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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.
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Minority Writes: How Queer Books and Bookshops Changed the World
Layla McCay and AJ West join Damian Barr for a celebration of queer books and bookshops.

Get Published
Wednesday 15 April, Wednesday 8 July and Wednesday 14 October Have you written (or are writing) a book and want to get it published? This workshop covers both going via a publisher and self-publishing.

Living Newspaper Unit
Thursday 9 July 15.00 Eccles Institute Creative Fellow Hilary Powell and the Living Newspaper Unit share print, performance and microfilm.

How the World Made the American Revolution
Thursday 9 July 19.00 Sarah Pearsall in conversation with Tom Holland, co-host of The Rest is History.

Family Under 5s Workshop: World of Wishes
Friday 10 July 9.45 Jump in this musical journey and make a wish.

Celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge
Friday 10 July 10.30 Save the date for this joyous jamboree of Key Stage 1 reading.

Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks
Tuesday 14 July 13.00 Fatherhood and colonial power in Jamaica, and Chinese Labour in the British Caribbean.

Exhibition workshop: Fairy Tales
Monday to Thursday, 20 April – 16 July, London Take your pupils on a magical adventure in an interactive exhibition at the Library all about fairy tales!

Meet the Pioneers: The Revolutionary Publishers
Thursday 16 July 19.00 with Margaret Busby, Colin Grant, Alexander D Great, Beverley Mason, Lemara Lindsay Prince and Lemn Sissay.
Featured exhibitions

Fairy Tales
27 March – 23 August 2026 A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.

Story Explorers in Leeds
Thursday 19 February – Saturday 29 August Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.