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.
All Events
List of Events
A Midsummer Night’s Fairy Tale, with Mermaid Chunky
Late at the Library with a fabulous night of music, performance and solstice shenanigans. Guest DJ Zakia Sewell.
Family Workshop: Finding Courage with Erika Meza
Sharing untold stories.
Family Workshop: Magical pixies and James Turner
Create your own comic.
Family Workshop: Monster Mayhem with Thiago de Moraes
Get creative designing your own wild monsters.
Family Workshop: Comic Jam
Unleash your creativity!
How to make your first hire
This workshop will provide practical tips so you can hire your first team member with confidence and without costly mistakes.
How to Party in Pompeii, with Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins
The celebrated classicists dig into the food of the Romans, at this Instant Classics live recording.
Bennie Kara explores representation in literary texts
An adaptation of the most popular workshop at the Lit in Colour Teacher Conference 2025.
The Broken Umbrella Challenge
Join us for a fun, hands-on workshop where we challenge you to get creative with broken items and transform them into something new!