Adult courses

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Nurture your creativity and develop your skills with courses themed around our collection, delivered both in-person and online. Enjoy a one-day masterclass, a hands-on creative weekend, or a six-week lecture series.

What's on

  1. A hand writing on lined paper.
    Two-day course

    Life Writing Masterclass

    Learn to write your own story.

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  2. A hand writing with a pen on lined paper

    Creative Writing Masterclass: Writing Memories Together

    Write your shared memories together.

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  3. Image shows course tutor, Mallika Basu, standing at a table with four course participants, there are images from food magazines on the table, the group are discussing food photography
    Two-day course

    Food Matters for Food Lovers

    This two-day course will inspire, inform, and equip you with the knowledge and skills to think, eat and write about food in a more meaningful way.

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  4. Image shows a group of adult learners seated at tables looking at a screen and listening to an educator
    Five-day course

    Writer's Summer School: Revitalise Your Writing

    Refresh your writing process at our week-long summer school for writers.

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  5. Three people are silhouetted against a brightly lit display case as they look at the books instead. The case has a yellow background.
    Free

    ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)

    Join us for an introduction to the British Library and our collection in this session for adult learner groups at all ESOL levels.
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