Cultural Events

Browse our events programme, from conversations and talks to performances and music, available at the Library and online.

What's on

  1. China Mieville

    China Mieville presents The Rouse

    A defining new work from the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction.

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  2. Illustration of a lamp casting light across an armchair

    The Agatha Cure

    The Queen of Crime and the power of reading.

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  3. Photos, posters and other images associated with Roger Ely.

    The Roger Ely Experience

    An evening celebrating the life and legacy of the counterculture artist, publisher, archivist, curator and collector Roger Ely.

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  4. An audience sitting on tiered seating, they are smiling and applauding

    The Poetry Hour: The Poetry of The First World War

    The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour with special guest readers.

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  5. Three images from left to right: Ancient Greek reed pens in a box, an image of an angel with a quill from a medieval manuscript and a black and white image of Marilyn Monroe signing an autograph.

    The Pen: Simon Garfield in Conversation with Jeremy Deller

    Simon Garfield and Jeremy Deller explore the history of the pen and it’s enduring place in our cultural and daily lives.

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  6. image show a man looking out to sea

    Hercule Poirot and Friends

    Sophie Hannah and expert guests on the man behind the moustache...

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  7. Six ladies in Georgian costume in a line

    Pride and Prejudice

    with Dolly Alderton and guests.

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  8. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd book cover

    Roger Ackroyd: The Killer Murder

    The book that changed Christie’s career – with Harriet Tyce, Tony Medawar and Sam Blake.

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  9. David Turner and his book on Disability: A History of Resistance

    Resistance: A History of Disability in Britain

    David Turner puts disabled people and their stories back at the heart of British history.

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  10. Maggie O'Farrell

    Irish Writers' Weekend: Maggie O'Farrell

    In conversation with Martin Doyle.

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  11. Illustration of an ox

    Irish Writers' Weekend

    With some of Ireland’s finest authors, poets and performers.

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  12. image shows speaker profiles and a Agatha Christie's typewriter

    Christie: The Writer's Writer

    with Jan Carson, Bobby Seagull, Shrabani Basu and Jeremy Vine.

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  13. Headshots of the speakers.

    Christie Around the World

    Top crime trio Vaseem Khan, Victoria Dowd and Martin Edwards discuss the Queen of Crime's influence across the globe.

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  14. Photographs of Neneh Cherry and Andi Oliver

    Neneh & Andi: 45 years of Friendship, Family and Food

    With Neneh Cherry and Andi Oliver.

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  15. Top Ten Christie Killings... In Reverse Order

    An evening of terrible things happening to terrible people.

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  16. Labi Siffre

    An Evening with Labi Siffre

    A exclusive Classic Album Sundays conversation and listening event with the legendary-soul-folk singer, now acclaimed by new generations.

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  17. Lucy Foley, Kate Mosse and Natalie Haynes.

    Miss Marple versus 2027

    Lucy Foley, Kate Mosse and Natalie Haynes on the evolution of Miss Marple.

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  18. Val McDermid, Ruth Ware and Steph McGovern.

    Agatha and Me: Inside A Life of Crime

    Val McDermid, Steph McGovern and Ruth Ware with Stuart Maconie.

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