A graphic of people with placards expressing feminist demands.

Exhibition

Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights

Open until 1 Aug 2021

A fairer world for everyone: the fight for women’s rights is unfinished business.

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Treasures of the British Library. Discover stories that shape the world.
Exhibition FREE

Treasures of the British Library

Monday to Sunday

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Image credit: Sothiou Courtesy of the Studio of Nicola Green and Jealous © The Estate of Khadija Saye, London
Exhibition FREE

Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe

3 Dec 2020 - 10 Dec 2021

Book your tickets for this exhibition, running from 18 May 2021 – 7 October 2021

Coming soon
Paddington Bear
Exhibition

Paddington: The Story of a Bear

9 Jul 2021 - 31 Oct 2021

Join Paddington on a new adventure at the British Library this summer.

Events at the Library

A photograph of lots of paperbacks in an outdoor book stall
Course

Learn Live: Black British Literature

Read the fiction and poetry of Bernardine Evaristo, Jackie Kay, Linton Kwesi Johnson and George Lamming on our online course

Limited places

Other events

Photograph of Frances Bingham (c) Liz Mathews, alongside a photograph of Valentine Ackland from Frances Bingham's collection, and the cover art from the book Valentine Ackland: A Transgressive Life
Online Event

Transgressive Voice

Frances Bingham explores the life of gender-rebel poet Valentine Ackland

Illustrated pile of book spines
Online Event FREE

10 Stories to Make a Difference

A stellar line-up celebrates the publication of ten new children’s stories

A little girl draws on some clear plastic in the British Library
Family Activity

Family Workshop: Explore, Make and Play

We need you! Help us create an exciting art station for families

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'Cakamaki baksa o apurbba rājabastra: ai dui bishaẏaka duiṭī suramẏa upākhẏāna. [British Library 14127.c.3.(6.)]
Online Event FREE

The Gendered Journey Of The Roopkotha

Explore the complex literary history of Bengali 'fairy tales' called roopkotha

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