CILIP London: Tour of London Library
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26 November 2026 9:30am - 11:30am
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The London Library
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For 180 years, The London Library has inspired literary icons from Charles Dickens to Helena Bonham Carter. Housing one million borrowable books and a vast eLibrary, it remains a vibrant center of creativity. Join us for an exclusive building tour and meet the teams behind this legendary institution.
CILIP London: Tour of London Library
Thursday 26 November 2026 - 09:30am-11:30am
The London Library is one of the UK’s greatest literary institutions, providing a centre of creativity, inspiration and ideas for 180 years.
Well-known members and frequent borrowers have included Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, George Eliot, Bram Stoker, Rebecca West, Virginia Woolf, Angela Carter, Daphne du Maurier, AS Byatt, HG Wells, TS Eliot, Stanley Kubrick, Ian Fleming and Sir Tom Stoppard. Current writers in membership include Kazuo Ishiguro, Raymond Antrobus, Simon Schama, Hallie Rubenhold, Antonia Fraser, Jessie Burton and Sarah Waters. Nearly all of its collection of around one million books can be borrowed, it offers a vast eLibrary and invaluable postal loans service. The Library is championed by its President, Helena Bonham Carter CBE.
Join us for a tour of the building and an introduction to a few of the library’s teams.
Note: There are stairs and open steel grid walkways. Please wear flat bottom shoes.
This event is relevant to PKSB areas:
- Area 01: Collection Management and Development
- Area 10: Customer Focus, Service Design and Marketing