Literature at the Library

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. open book image, handwriting. Jane Austen's handwritten manuscript for her novel Persuasion
    Free

    Jane Austen at 250

    A Jane Austen display in our Treasures Gallery.

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  2. image shows ruined abandoned stone house

    Darkland Tales: Benbecula

    Booker-nominated Scottish author Graeme Macrae Burnet shares the research behind his newest work.

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  3. Two women seated together, left Bernadine Evaristo in a white shirt, right Maureen Duffy in a pink shirt

    RSL presents: The Pioneer Prize

    Bernardine Evaristo, Val McDermid and guests celebrate the extraordinary life of Maureen Duffy

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  4. Photo of Elif Shafak, she smiles at the camera while in front of a bookcase

    The W.G. Sebald Lecture 2025: Elif Shafak

    The annual lecture on literary translation.

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