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Saturday, 5 September 2026

The Book Club
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Dominic Sandbrook, Tabby Syrett
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Literature Media

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

Friday, 11 September 2026

In Celebration of Typography Between Poetry and Painting
Friday, 11 September 2026 at 14:00
Tate Britain
Art Literature Design

Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Friday, 18 September 2026

Other wise Sara Mackillop and David Blamey in conversation with Duncan Wooldridge
Friday, 18 September 2026 at 14:00
Tate Britain
Art Design Literature

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Wednesday, 23 September 2026

The stories of literature in language: Teaching research and teaching tensions
Free
Wednesday, 23 September 2026 at 17:30
Speaker: Professor Amos Paran
UCL Institute of Education
Education Language Literature

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

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

Thursday, 29 October 2026

Poetry reading with Stewart Sanderson
Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 18:30
SOAS University of London / TBA
Literature History Geography

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

Monday, 16 November 2026

An Exclusive Evening with Strangers author Belle Burden
Monday, 16 November 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Belle Burden
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, Belgravia, London, SW1X 9DQ
Literature Sex & Gender Psychology

Tuesday, 17 November 2026

Between the Lines: Elif Shafak
Tuesday, 17 November 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Elif Shafak
Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6AH
Literature 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

Thursday, 27 May 2027

Roberto Saviano - Quel che resta di me
Thursday, 27 May 2027 at 20:30
Speaker: Roberto Saviano
Literature Human Rights Activism

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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