About our events
Join us for family fun from creative family festivals to artist-led workshops, regular under 5s sessions and relaxed openings, there's so much for your family or community group to enjoy together.
What's on
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.
Family Under 5s: Fairy Tale Movement Stories
Create stories through movement.
Family Workshop: Zanna Davidson's Fractured Fairy Tales
A Magical Science Adventure with Izzy the Inventor.
Family Station: May half-term
Come along this half-term and explore the Library with our creative offer, designed with families.
Family Station: Fairy Tales from Ukraine
Join author Tanya Sunny in this Family Station takeover.
Relaxed morning for SEND Families
Join us for a sensory friendly opening of Fairy Tales for SEND families
The Fairy Tale Fan Club, with Richard Ayoade and David Roberts
What happens when curious kids send letters to their fairy-tale idols?!
A Feast of Tales: The Stolen Smell and The Feast by the River
One of our most popular storytellers, Vanessa Woolf, brings to life two wonderful folk tales.
Family Station: Explore and Play
Explore the Library with our creative offer, designed with families.
Story Explorers: Animal Trail
Help us find cunning creatures hidden amongst the library shelves in Leeds.
Under 5s Workshop: Jack and the Beanstalk
Climb into a greener Fairy Tale!
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!
Family Festival: Happily Ever After
Get creative with Fairy Tales!
Joseph Coelho's Fairy Tales Gone Bad
Create your own gruesome stories.
Relaxed Early Opening for Families
Join us for a free sensory friendly early opening of the British Library.