Literature at the Library

About our events

A year-round series of events about Literature for book lovers, including popular and contemporary literature, fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

What's on

  1. Jamaica Kincaid and Olivia Laing

    The Radical Power of Gardening

    Two acclaimed writers in a special event to launch the British Library exhibition, Unearthed: the Power of Gardening
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  2. Black and white photograph of an audience of adults, the words British Library are stamped vertically in white in the centre of the image

    The Dylan Thomas Prize

    Celebrating the Dylan Thomas Prize 2025
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  3. Black and white photograph of an audience of adults, the words British Library are stamped vertically in white in the centre of the image

    The Jhalak Prize 2025

    Free
    Where will the Jhalak prizes go next?
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  4. Percival Everett

    The Myth of Authenticity, by Percival Everett

    The Douglas W. Bryant Lecture in American Studies
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  5. Black and white photograph of an audience of adults, the words British Library are stamped vertically in white in the centre of the image

    RSL presents: A Century of Mrs Dalloway

    With Elaine Showalter, Merve Emre and Phelim McDermott
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  6. Black and white photograph of an audience of adults, the words British Library are stamped vertically in white in the centre of the image

    WriteBack: with Nuar Alsadir, Nikesh Shukla,

    What do writers talk about when they’re not writing?
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