What's on
One Hundred Years of Reading
Colombia through its greatest novels.
WriteBack: An Evening of Writers Off Duty
Writers to speak on topics of their own choosing.
Words Across Waters: Afro Lit Fest
Experience the power of words, rhythm and culture at a bold new literature festival celebrating voices from Africa, the Caribbean and the global diaspora.
The PEN Pinter Prize 2025: Leila Aboulela
The annual award for writing and freedom of expression.
Oscar Wilde: The Legacy of A Scandal
The extraordinary story of Wilde’s reputation after his death. With Merlin Holland and Rupert Everett.
Books in their Elements: Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change
The Panizzi Lectures 2025, delivered by Professor Isabel Hofmeyr.
The Wordsworth Lecture: Romantic Ecology Rebooted
with Jonathan Bate.
Queer Fantasy
An evening with Juno Dawson, Samantha Shannon, Tasha Suri and TJ Klune.
Tales of the Weird: An Autumnal Festival
The return of the British Library’s celebration of strange, uncanny and horrifying writing.
An Evening with Andrzej Sapkowski
In conversation with the bestselling author of The Witcher.
World Wide Weird: Mariana Enríquez and Mona Awad
A special event to close Tales of the Weird: An Autumnal Festival.
Screening of African Apocalypse
The forgotten victims of colonial atrocity in a film from the award-winning director, Rob Lemkin.
Heart of Conrad
Joseph Conrad in Contemporary Culture.
Wild About Jane Austen: The Woman Behind the Novels
An energetic exploration of a writer for our times.
Darkland Tales: Benbecula
Booker-nominated Scottish author Graeme Macrae Burnet shares the research behind his newest work.
RSL presents: The Pioneer Prize
Bernardine Evaristo and guests celebrate the life and work of Maureen Duffy.
The W.G. Sebald Lecture 2025: Elif Shafak
The annual lecture on literary translation.