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Wednesday, 19 August 2026

In-Person - History and Treasures of Guildhall Library
Free
Wednesday, 19 August 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
History Literature
CANCELLED - History and Treasures of Guildhall Library
Free
Wednesday, 19 August 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library
History Literature
Rescheduled - Guildhall Library Collections Focus: London Theatre
Free
Wednesday, 19 August 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Melanie Strong
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
History Performing Arts Literature

Saturday, 22 August 2026

Colson Whitehead: Cool Machine
Saturday, 22 August 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Colson Whitehead
Purcell Room
Literature History

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Colin Grant: What We Leave We Carry
Wednesday, 26 August 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Colin Grant
Purcell Room
Anthropology Literature History

Friday, 28 August 2026

Mieko Kawakami: Sisters in Yellow
Friday, 28 August 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Mieko Kawakami, Georgina Godwin
Purcell Room
Literature Social Science

Friday, 4 September 2026

Sherlock & Co.
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 00:00
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Performing Arts Literature

Saturday, 5 September 2026

Thursday, 10 September 2026

In-Person Only: History and Treasures of Guildhall Library (Evening)
Free
Thursday, 10 September 2026 at 18:00
Guildhall Library
History Literature

Wednesday, 16 September 2026

An Evening with Sebastian Faulks
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Sebastian Faulks
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
Literature History Military & War

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Women of Bath and Willesden: Ordinary Women in English Literature
Free
Wednesday, 30 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Professor Marion Turner
Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn
Literature History Sex & Gender

Thursday, 1 October 2026

Shakespearean England and Views of the Irish Language
Free
Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín
Barnard's Inn Hall
History Language Literature

Saturday, 3 October 2026

Wednesday, 7 October 2026

An Evening with Katherine Rundell
Wednesday, 7 October 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Katherine Rundell
Conway Hall
Conservation Literature Biology

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Collections Focus: Crime Broadsides
Free
Wednesday, 14 October 2026 at 18:00
Guildhall Library
History Literature Media

Friday, 16 October 2026

Nussaibah Younis: Fundamentally
Friday, 16 October 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Nussaibah Younis, Pandora Sykes
Purcell Room
Literature Philosophy

Saturday, 17 October 2026

A coffee with Ben Okri and Rosemary Clunie
Saturday, 17 October 2026 at 11:00
Speaker: Ben Okri, Rosemary Clunie
John Madejski Fine Rooms | Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Art Literature Philosophy

Sunday, 18 October 2026

Creating Beyond the Mainstream
Sunday, 18 October 2026 at 15:00
Speaker: Courttia Newland
Brockway Room, Conway Hall (Virtual event also available)
Literature Art Activism

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Itinerant Sailors and Displaced Ayahs - The West India Docks During Wartime
Free
Tuesday, 20 October 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library
History Literature Anthropology

Thursday, 22 October 2026

Saturday, 24 October 2026

Sunday, 25 October 2026

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Wednesday, 28 October 2026

In-Person Only: History and Treasures of Guildhall Library (Halloween)
Free
Wednesday, 28 October 2026 at 14:00
Guildhall Library
History Literature

Monday, 2 November 2026

Zadie Smith: Dead and Alive
Monday, 2 November 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Zadie Smith
St George's Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR
Literature Politics Philosophy History

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Raising Hare: An Evening with Chloe Dalton
Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Chloe Dalton
Kiln Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Rd, London, NW6 7JR
Conservation Literature Psychology Biology Philosophy

Thursday, 19 November 2026

In-Person Only - Exhibition Launch: Penny Dreadfuls
Free
Thursday, 19 November 2026 at 18:00
Guildhall Library
Literature History

Saturday, 3 April 2027

Ira Glass: Stories for a Saturday Night
Saturday, 3 April 2027 at 20:00
Speaker: Ira Glass
Royal Festival Hall
Literature Performing Arts Media

Saturday, 3 July 2027

Total Immersion: The World of Tove Jansson - Talk
Free
Saturday, 3 July 2027 at 13:00
Frobisher Auditorium 1, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Literature Geography

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