Barbican Library Lates

Thu 28 –Sat 30 Dec 2023

Join The Gentle Author for an afternoon's ramble through the ancient streets in search of the soul of the City of London. 

Wed 29 Nov 2023, 19:00

Join Jen Calleja, Jess Chandler and Lavinia Singer, as they talk about their books and the innovatively hybrid work of Prototype, the East London publishing house that is challenging boundaries.

Wed 25 Oct 2023, 19:00

Join Alison Rumfitt, Peter Scalpello and Jack Thompson, as they talk about their books and the path-breaking work of Cipher Press, the London-based publisher for Queer and Trans writers everywhere.

Wed 27 Sep 2023, 19:00

This talk has been postponed. Our Box Office will be in touch if you have already purchased tickets. Details of the new date will be announced soon.

Wed 28 Jun 2023, 19:00

This event has been postponed. Our Box Office will be in touch soon to arrange refunds for any tickets purchased.

Wed 31 May 2023, 19:00

Join authors Tom Crewe and Jeremy Seabrook as they discuss their respective, recently published novel and memoir - The New Life and Private Worlds - about Queer relationships past and present.

Wed 26 Apr 2023, 19:00

Join Emma Warren as she discusses her new book, Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor, in conversation with Dave Swindells, club photographer and former Nightlife editor at Time Out.

Wed 29 Mar 2023, 19:00

Join So Mayer, Irenosen Okojie and Kate Hardie, as they discuss Ursula Le Guin's Space Crone, a new collection celebrating Le Guin's writings on feminism and gender.

Wed 22 Feb 2023, 19:00

Join Lauren Elkin, Xiaolu Guo, Therese Henningsen and Andrea Zimmerman as they discuss the art, philosophy and politics of encountering other people in documentary practice, on the page and screen.

Wed 25 Jan 2023, 19:00

Join Colin Grant and Gary Younge as they discuss contemporary Black lives and experience through the lens of Grant’s powerful new memoir.

Wed 30 Nov 2022, 19:00

Acclaimed cartoonist Tom Gauld reveals the secrets behind his hugely popular and darkly amusing literary comic strips.