About our events
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Join us in London, Leeds or online for workshops, interactive sessions, self-guided visits, and teacher CPDs to inspire you and your students.
What's on

Make a Guidebook: Around the World
A creative literacy journey for primary years with Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Viviane Schwarz.

Teacher View of Fairy Tales
Thursday 11 June 16.30 A Teacher View of our new Fairy Tales exhibition, an adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.

Refugee Week: No Place Like Home
Monday 15 June 13.00 The Sanctuary Foundation’s No Place Like Home competition prize-giving ceremony returns to the Library.

Fairy Tales: Schools Festival of Storytelling
Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 June, 10.30 and 11.30 Celebrate the spellbinding power of stories at our Fairy Tales Festival of Storytelling for primary schools.

Bennie Kara explores representation in literary texts
Tuesday 23 June 16.00 An adaptation of the most popular workshop at the Lit in Colour Teacher Conference 2025.

19th-century non-fiction by writers of colour
Tuesday 30 June 16.00 A session in collaboration with Lit in Colour exploring our latest teaching resource supporting English at KS3 – 5.

Celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge
Friday 10 July 10.30 Save the date for this joyous jamboree of Key Stage 1 reading.

Exhibition workshop: Fairy Tales
Monday to Thursday, 20 April – 16 July, London Take your pupils on a magical adventure in an interactive exhibition at the Library all about fairy tales!

Self-Guided Visit: Fairy Tales
Monday – Thursday, London A self-guided opportunity for schools to discover our upcoming exhibition all about fairy tales.

Gruffalo Granny with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Friday 11 September 10.30 Start the new school year with a treat for your primary class.

Refugee’s Journey: A Drama Workshop
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, Leeds Use drama activities to explore space and characterisation, while learning about the experiences of refugees.
Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens
Term-time, Leeds Experience Tudor life and explore the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.
Once Upon a Time
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, Leeds Through exploring the story of the Three Little Pigs, pupils will develop storytelling skills, strengthening their literacy and oracy.

Musical Storytellers
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, Leeds Combine literacy with music to have fun developing vocabulary, oracy and comprehension skills.
Write Like a Poet
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, Leeds What makes a poem? Do they have to rhyme? Can they be silly?
Sounds Familiar?
Tuesdays, London Uncover ways of analysing speech, accent and dialect by diving into oral history collections from the National Sound Archive.
Once Upon a Time: Tell a Story
Monday – Friday, London Students take a well-known story and develop storytelling skills through performance, strengthening their literacy and language skills.
Once Upon a Time: Make a Story
Monday – Friday, London Students will create a new story as a class, developing their literacy and language skills through imaginative play.
Listen Up! Sound Lab
Wednesdays and Thursdays, London Students use a range of techniques to create, collect, amplify, mix, layer and record sound in this hands-on session.
Research Matters Primary
Thursdays, London Start developing your class's research skills in this session touching on information literacy, observation, analysis and more.
Research Matters Secondary
Mondays and Thursdays, London Empower your students to conduct independent research in this hands-on workshop.
Voyage into Maps
Monday – Friday, London Students will explore maps on display in our Treasures Gallery, thinking critically about their many uses and styles.
Write Here
Monday – Friday, London Students will explore the Library and our Treasures gallery to gain inspiration in this creative writing workshop.
Exploring Black British Literature
Monday – Friday, London Explore the rich history of Black writing and literature in Britain.