What’s on
Featured exhibitions
Fairy Tales
A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.
Story Explorers in Leeds
Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.
All Events
List of Events
Refugee Week: No Place Like Home
The Sanctuary Foundation’s No Place Like Home competition prize-giving ceremony returns to the Library.
Fairy Tales: Schools Festival of Storytelling
Celebrate the spellbinding power of stories at our Fairy Tales Festival of Storytelling for primary schools.
Multispectral Gaze: New Approaches to the Cotton Genesis
In memory of John Lowden.
Food Matters for Food Lovers
This two-day course will inspire, inform, and equip you with the knowledge and skills to think, eat and write about food in a more meaningful way.
A Midsummer Night’s Fairy Tale, with Mermaid Chunky
Late at the Library.
Paths Through Britain
Nicholas Crane, Phoebe Smith and Chris Butterfield explore ancient routes, the enduring power of walking, and the landscapes that shape us.
Celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge
Save the date for this joyous jamboree of Key Stage 1 reading.
Writer's Summer School: Revitalise Your Writing
Refresh your writing process at our week-long summer school for writers.
Self-Guided Visit: Fairy Tales
A self-guided opportunity for schools to discover our upcoming exhibition all about fairy tales.