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.
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List of Events
Relaxed Early Opening for Families
Join us for a free sensory friendly early opening of the British Library.
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
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
Eccles Institute Creative Fellow Hilary Powell and the Living Newspaper Unit share print, performance and microfilm.
How the World Made the American Revolution
Sarah Pearsall in conversation with Tom Holland, co-host of The Rest is History.
Celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge
Save the date for this joyous jamboree of Key Stage 1 reading.
Exhibition workshop: Fairy Tales
Take your pupils on a magical adventure in an interactive exhibition at the Library all about fairy tales!
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
Refresh your writing process at our week-long summer school for writers.