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
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    Jane Austen at 250

    A Jane Austen display in our Treasures Gallery.

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  2. Guillermo del Toro and Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein on the set of Frankenstein.

    Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro in Conversation

    Bringing Mary Shelley's classic to the screen. With special guest Jacob Elordi.

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  3. Red background, right a moasic of 6 portraits of people speaking at the event, right the pink cover of Wasafiri magazine.

    Presencia & Resistencia

    A Wasafiri Celebration of Latinx Writing.

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  4. image shows Hekate book cover

    Hekate – The Play

    Nikita Gill and Jenny Wall welcome you to this work in progress of Hekate.

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  5. Monochrome photograph of Kenneth Williams smiling

    Kenneth Williams at 100: A Celebration

    Join actor David Benson and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth for an afternoon celebrating the life and impact of Kenneth Williams.

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  6. Black and white portrait of Ronald Blythe from 1955

    The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe

    Join Patrick Barkham, Ian Collins, Jenny Hall and Helen Melody for an evening celebrating the life and work of nature writer and essayist Ronald Blythe.

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  7. W.H. Auden, 1939.

    The Poetry Hour: W.H. Auden

    The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour celebrates one of the greatest Twentieth Century poets.

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  8. Black Women Speak Volumes

    Bernardine Evaristo, Joy Francis, Yvvette Edwards and Andi Oliver give voice to the stories of older Black women.

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  9. Iranian Womens' Voices

    WritersMosaic presents an evening of conversation, poetry, film, music and protest.

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  10. Illustration of the silhouettes of two children holding hands in woodland

    Haunted Woods and Grimm Tales: Philip Pullman and Sam Leith

    A special conversation to open the British Library’s Fairy Tales exhibition season.

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  11. Photo of Ben Aaronovitch at a Future Worlds Award event alongside an image of his book cover

    Ben Aaronovitch in Conversation

    Sunday Times best-selling author Ben Aaronovitch talks to fellow writer Mark Stay.

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