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  1. Author Katherine Rundell next to the cover of her book, Impossible Creatures The Poisoned King which shows a green and yellow illustration of a winged lion with horns.
    Years 5 – 8Free

    Katherine Rundell on Fantasy and Maps

    Multi-award-winning author Katherine Rundell will celebrate wondrous and mysterious maps in fiction in this student Q&A event.

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  2. Portrait of a man with short grey hair and glasses, next to a purple graphic with red text reading 'the history of information Chris Haughton'
    Years 5 – 9Free

    Chris Haughton on Maps and Information Literacy

    Award-winning author Chris Haughton will take a look at maps and secrecy through the lens of his latest book The History of Information.

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  3. Handwriting on paper. Close-up crop of letter from Princess Ekaterina Dashkova to the Wilmot Sisters.

    Journeys through the Archives: Bringing the past to life

    with Alexis Wolf, Edmund de Waal and Mathelinda Nabugodi.

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  4. Tim Marshall

    The Future Map of the World, with Tim Marshall

    The author of Prisoners of Geography looks at how the borders of the World may change.

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  5. An illustration of characters from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland including Alice, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat in a snowy Christmas scene. Text reads The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland, in partnership with Macmillan Children's Books and Lupus Films. With Carys Bexington and Kate Hindley.
    Year 2Free

    The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland

    An opportunity to celebrate reading for pleasure with year 2 in a fun-filled festive school trip treat just in time for the Christmas holidays!

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  6. A collage of images showing maps, globes, and military personnel marking a map.
    Years 1 – 2Free

    Sensory Storytelling: Secret Maps

    X marks the spot in this fun-filled sensory adventure around our latest exhibition!

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  7. Artwork for Secret Maps exhibition. Navy background with lots of different maps from history, and images of a flight tracker, an Enigma Machine, Minecraft’s Uncensored Library, D-Day, and a war room. Some of these are obscured by shadows or pixellation.
    Years 3 – 6 and Years 7 – 11Free

    Secret Maps Workshop

    Students will develop information literacy and critical thinking skills by exploring our maps collection.

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  8. Children reading books in our the reading corner of the Story Explorers exhibition at the British Library
    Years 1 – 6Free

    Self-Guided Visit: Story Explorers

    A self-guided opportunity for schools to discover our riotous new hands-on exhibition taking a fresh look at the Library’s collection.
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  9. Doctoral Open Day: British and European Collections, Antiquity to 1800

    Explore our collections covering Antiquity to 1800 in this Doctoral Open Day for PhD students.

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