Events

Join Marcia Hutchinson to discuss her Women’s Prize for Fiction longlisted debut novel – The Mercy Step. 

Join poet, novelist and art critic Sue Hubbard to discuss God’s Little Artist, a biography in verse of Welsh painter Gwen John (1876 – 1939).

In October 2024, Loughborough Primary School children helped to plant Cherry, the Minet Library Cherry Tree in memory of Benjamin Zephaniah.

Puggle Snuggles is a playful picture book that follows a baby platypus who loves to snuggle by day but bounces awake when the sun goes down!

On January 9, 2006, The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally.

Nathaniel Price is a British screenwriter known for adapting literary works and writing for film, radio, television and the theatre.

The emergence of UK drill music made headline news, portrayed as a criminal enterprise instead of recognised as an art form. This new rap subgenre, however, is neither the first nor the only Black music to be targeted this way.

Join us at Brixton Library to celebrate the release of Tọlá Okogwu’s new book series Bím Blake's Hot Takes, a witty, warm, and relatable tween slice-of-life from the author of the Onyeka series.

Join us at Brixton Library to celebrate the release of Tọlá Okogwu’s new book series Bím Blake's Hot Takes, a witty, warm, and relatable tween slice-of-life from the author of the Onyeka series.

A powerful theatre performance exploring Black motherhood, loss, and the silence surrounding maternal health inequality.

Join locals; Celia Silvani, Marni Appleton and Rupert Dastur for a lively conversation about being a debut author. They’ll share their writing journeys, the challenges they overcame, and what they’ve learned along the way.

Join Jan and Vincenzo to discuss Jan’s latest exhibition, The Triangle, a photographic exhibition of Brixton, a place of contrasts and colliding cultures with a complex history marked by struggles for equality, justice, and self-determina

This event brings together emerging and established local authors to showcase their work and connect with readers. You’ll be able to purchase books directly from authors and learn more about the vibrant literary talent around Crystal Palace.

I Shine Like the Sun is a collection of nature-inspired affirmations for little ones.

Join Dee for a conversation, a discussion about family memory and identity. His poetry collection, 3000 Miles from Home: Stories My Father and Mother Never Told Me, is a poetic journey between Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

This event will be hybrid, and an online link will be sent with your booking.

Join Lambeth Libraries LGBTQ+ book club to discuss The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Woulden.

A market celebrating independent football books, magazines, fanzines, kits, art and other independent football-related projects.

Everyone Everywhere is a powerful exploration of Britain’s mixed race identity, tracing its hidden past, vivid present, and hopeful future.

Flow is a group exhibition by artists, working across painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, collage, photography, and film and video.

Tayari Jones returns with a luminous, deeply moving novel about mothers and daughters, and two lifelong friends whose worlds collide after years apart. Vernice and Annie are born within days of each other in Honeysuckle, Louisiana.