6 Music Celebrates Libraries

Join us as we celebrate the wonder and awe of libraries with a selection of specials from the 8th to 21st November.

Download DJ Yoda’s exclusive track created for Steve Lamacq from the sound archive of the British Library. (8MB)

Watch Scroobius Pip's 'Library' Poem

The 'Library' comes to life...

A selection of 6 Music presenters - Mary Anne Hobbs, Gideon Coe,Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie, plus Radio 2's Jeremy Vine - selected their favourite books and created a BBC Music playlist to accompany their book.

Find out more about their favourite books and listen to their fantasy book playlist.

The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show
Craig explores the session musicians who write and play for music-library labels across TV, radio and film. Production duo Skeewiff will also create a library music masterpiece of their own.
Chris Hawkins
Chris Hawkins commissions award winning spoken-word poet, and hip-hop artist Scroobius Pip to write a poem about libraries.
Shaun Keaveny
Shaun chats to Guy Garvey about his special love for Manchester's Libraries including the beautiful John Rylands Library, the newly refurbished Central Reference Library and the hidden gem that is the Portico Library.
Radcliffe and Maconie
On Friday November 14, Mark and Stuart will be live from the newly refurbished Manchester Central Library with specials from Emma Jane Unsworth, Guy Garvey and New Order’s Bernard Sumner, plus live music from Everything Everything.
Guy Garvey's Finest Hour
Guy visits the beautiful Neo-Gothic treasure trove that is John Rylands Library, Manchester Central Library and the Portico Library to discover Manchester’s most precious artifacts with a great tour soundtrack.
Stuart Maconie's Freakzone
Stuart will be speaking to artists performing at Manchester Central Library as part of Chaos to Order, a collaborative artistic residency curated by Everything Everything. With contributions from pianist Matthew Bourne and saxophonist player Christophe de Bezenac.
Gideon Coe
From Monday 17 to Thursday 20 November, Gideon will be asking listeners what music they were introduced to by their local library. He'll also offer you an amnesty of unreturned library LPs.
Steve Lamacq
On Friday 21 November, Steve Lamacq is live at the British Library in London. Guests include Public Service Broadcasting, plus DJ Yoda will be creating a brand new track from the British Library's extensive Sound Archive.