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

Writer's Summer School: Revitalise Your Writing
Monday 20 – Friday 24 July Refresh your writing process at our week-long summer school for writers.

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.

Family Station: Legendary Creatures
Sunday 26 July, 11.30 and 13.30 Exploring South Asian Tales.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Summer Scholars Lunchtime Talks
Thursday 20 August 13.00 Edward S Curtis and his photographs of Native Americans, and North American Indigenous Language Lists.
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.