We’re excited to partner with Out-Spoken, a champion for diversity of voice in writing and performance, for live poetry and music nights and workshops. Our growing pocket forest creating a natural ...

Malikian performs material from his latest album, inspired by watching his son grow, and experiencing his own growth by his side. The Lebanese-Armenian musician’s bold, charismatic style – performing ...

Housing the world’s largest public collection of modern poetry, we are the National Poetry Library; free to join across the UK, and London’s only space dedicated to poetry study. Founded by the Arts ...

Explore poetry off the page in Astra Papachristodoulou’s debut solo exhibition, where poems exist as sculpture, objects and textiles. Papachristodoulou’s object poems encourage interactive and shared ...

Discover new poets through this free online collection of brilliant, moving, funny and groundbreaking poems curated by our specialist poetry librarians. Search the poems by type or by topic, or use ...

The Curling Club is a seriously slick way to slide into the winter spirit. Our alpine-themed curling pop-up is back offering you the chance to chance your arm across the ice, or simply enjoy the ...

At the closing night of ESEA Lit Fest, writer and actor Phil Wang talks about his memoir Sidesplitter and what it means to be torn between two continents. British-Malaysian stand-up comedian, writer ...

Winners will have their poems published as a limited edition on hand-stitched pages between uniquely designed covers. There will be a launch during 2025.

Situated in the heart of London, on the banks of the River Thames is the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, a beacon for arts and culture for over 70 years. The 2,700 capacity Royal Festival Hall ...

Who uses the Medusa’s eye? Have you heard a chorus of frogs? Do you know who Gentle Dobbin is? The library keeps a running list of frequently asked for ‘lost’ quotations that for some reason have come ...