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Featured exhibitions

  • A cheeky green dragon with yellow eyes drawn by illustrator Chris Riddell on a purple background. The dragon is surrounded by smoke and stars.
    British Library, London

    Fairy Tales

    27 March – 23 August 2026

    A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.

    More info
  • A collage on a blue background. It shows a cat in a spaceship and a star against an orange planet-shaped background. There are a frog and some leaves against a green planet-shaped background. And, a fish and some coral against a blue planet-shaped background. There are also a bird and a rocket!
    Leeds Central Library
    Free

    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.

    More info
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  1. Event speakers.

    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.

    More info
  2. Image shows a group of adult learners seated at tables looking at a screen and listening to an educator
    Five-day course

    Writer's Summer School: Revitalise Your Writing

    Monday 20 – Friday 24 July

    Refresh your writing process at our week-long summer school for writers.

    More info
  3. Book open at the title page with a large fold-out map of the Amazon also open.
    Free

    Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks

    Tuesday 21 July 13.00

    Writing women in the history of the British Empire and mapping the Library’s Latin American collections.

    More info
  4. Mother and daughter engaging with activity while another girl draws.
    Free

    Family Station: Legendary Creatures

    Sunday 26 July, 11.30 and 13.30

    Exploring South Asian Tales.

    More info
  5. Toni Morrison sits on a white couch, wearing a white long-sleeve blouse and dark skirt, holding papers and a pen. Behind her are a large lamp and works of art on the wall.
    Free

    Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks

    Tuesday 4 August 13.00

    The environmental impact of laundry technologies and curating Toni Morrison’s work as Random House editor.

    More info
  6. Male and female students, in dark clothing and white shirts, are either seated at their school desk or queuing up to speak with the teacher by the blackboard.
    Free

    Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks

    Thursday 6 August 13.00

    Using speculative and feminist storytelling to recover Indigenous women’s voices, plus US education and Native American identity.

    More info
  7. Image shows course tutor, Mallika Basu, standing at a table with four course participants, there are images from food magazines on the table, the group are discussing food photography
    Two-week course

    Ancient Fairytales: The Odyssey

    Friday 7 and Friday 14 August

    Join Dr Antony Makrinos online for two mornings as we explore Homer's The Odyssey.

    More info
  8. Head and shoulders photo of a woman wearing a decorative dress and small earrings.
    Free

    Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks

    Tuesday 11 August 13.00

    Rediscovering composer Gilda Ruta and revealing the story behind objects sent to the UK from 1850s Northeast Brazil.

    More info
  9. Head and shoulders sepia toned photo of a bearded man wearing a polo neck sweater, a blazer with a cord collar, and a hat.
    Free

    Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks

    Thursday 20 August 13.00

    Edward S Curtis and his photographs of Native Americans, and North American Indigenous Language Lists.

    More info
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