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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. Portraits of Mina Ikemoto Ghosh, Eric Huang,  Rosie Jon and Jason Lyon alongside their books.
    Free

    Family Workshop: Comics Jam

    Sunday 20 September 13.00

    Draw, swap and build a comic strip together.

    More info
  2. Portraits of Anne Chen, Sojung Kim-McCarthy and Yu Rong beside their books.
    Free

    Family Workshop: Popsicle Characters

    Sunday 20 September 13.00

    Build a backdrop and let the story begin.

    More info
  3. Portraits of Eric Huang, Jason Lyon, Lucy Tandon-Copp and William Yamaguchi Dobson with their books.
    Free

    Family Workshop: Design My Cover

    Sunday 20 September 15.00

    Three books – which one will you design a cover for?

    More info
  4. Portrait of Rosie Jon, Sojung Kim-McCarthy and Christina Yang Dong alongside their books.
    Free

    Family Workshop: Tweet Tweet! Bow Wow! Kokak!

    Sunday 20 September 15.00

    Make some noise creating a lift the flap book.

    More info
  5. Archive photo of Amnesty booklet titled 'The Forgotten Prisoners', with blue and black illustration of a man behind bars

    A Life in Human Rights – the story of Amnesty International

    Monday 21 September 19.00

    Exploring the archive of Amnesty founder Peter Benenson.

    More info
  6. Library visitor at book issue desk.
    Free

    What is a trade mark and how to search for one?

    Tuesday 11 August 12.00 – Tuesday 22 September 12.00
    Customers need to be able to identify your business from your competition in a highly competitive market place.
    More info
  7. The image shows the tops of two peoples heads as they are bent over a table taking part in a monthly workshop at the British Library
    Free

    Art workshops for people who are blind and partially sighted

    Once a month, Wednesdays, 11.00

    Join us for a monthly art workshop designed for blind and partially sighted visitors.

    More info
  8. Cover image of The Twirly Wiggly Dance book. Main Character Intisa dances in the middle while her parents look in the background.
    Free

    Family Workshop: The Twirly Wiggly Story, Craft & Dance

    Friday 25 September 9.45

    Finish your summer reading challenge with The Twirly Wiggly Dance.

    More info
  9. Three people sat at a table in a workshop.
    Free

    Start using social media for my small business

    Friday 25 September 13.00

    Everyone seems to talk about social media these days, but how can Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok and blogging actually help your business?

    More info
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