A celebration of the Jamaican writer James Berry a...

13 August 2018

Join us for a conference and an evening event at the British Library on 5 October.

Apply for a 2019/20 Chevening Fellowship at the Br...

10 August 2018

The application window is now open for two 12 month fellowships at the British Library for international experts. Deadli...

Why not do an Apprenticeship at the British Librar...

09 August 2018

Apply by 31 August 2018

Digitisation Services at the ARA Conference

02 August 2018

British Library Digitisation Services will be exhibiting at the Archives and Records Association Conference in Glasgow o...

On Demand August Bank Holiday Opening Times

01 August 2018

The UK’s August bank holiday is Monday 27 August this year, so most On Demand services will stop from 02.00 on 25 August...

“A brilliant service” from On Demand, according to...

27 July 2018

British Library On Demand has received compliments and praise from the “learned and accessible” scholar and classicist,...

Most borrowed authors and books in UK libraries

27 July 2018

The latest annual data shows the most borrowed authors and books in UK public libraries during 2016-17

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26 July 2018

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Knowledge Centre and Bar closed for refurbishment

13 July 2018

Please check before you travel: closed from 23 July – 29 August inclusive

A new Chair for the British Library

26 June 2018

Dame Carol Black appointed for a four-year term starting in September

All Parliamentary Writers Group launches Inquiry i...

22 June 2018

All Parliamentary Writers Group call for evidence

Bringing the Restoration and 18th - century litera...

21 June 2018

What literary treasures will inspire you?

Possible disruption to British Library website on...

15 June 2018

We'll be carrying out web maintenance from 07.00

Advisory Committee for PLR - new member

11 June 2018

Writer and illustrator Alexis Deacon appointed to the PLR Advisory Committee

Cotton manuscripts added to UNESCO Memory of the W...

11 June 2018

Find out more about this collection of historical and literary treasures held at the Library