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Library Assistant Hannah is passionate about books and reading. In the third of our new blog series, Hannah chats to Norwegian writer Camilla Bruce. Bruce writes speculative and historical fiction and, with two new releases, she chats to Hannah…

Need some Book Bingo inspiration? Our Book Bingo challenge is back for 2023. A great way to mix up your usual reading list, and take you out of your comfort zone, this year’s Book Bingo has nine new categories for you to have a go at. Find out…

Since meeting at the Library’s Reading Group one evening, Anna and Natalia have been firm friends. For the latest blog in our People of the Library series, Marketing & Communications Officer Abi caught up with the pair to chat about what the…

We're kicking off 2023 with some exciting new additions to our 140th anniversary exhibition - including a brand new discovery. Now on display is a book that might have been the first ever collected by our co-founder Thomas Guille. It disappeared…

2022 was the Library’s 140th year. Our founders Thomas Guille and Frederick Allès first opened the doors on Monday 2 January 1882. Our focus this year has been to celebrate the extraordinary story of how they made that happen. November saw the…

With Boundless Curiosity now a month old, Marketing Officer Abi Paine reflects on the exhibition journey, and how much we've learnt about the Library's founders.   A week before the Boundless Curiosity exhibition was due to open in November, the…

As a special exhibition opens to mark our 140th anniversary, here's the Chief Librarian, Cornelia James, to reflect on the Library's storied history.   I'm delighted to welcome you to BOUNDLESS CURIOSITY, celebrating 140 years of our remarkable…

BOUNDLESS CURIOSITY: 140 Years of the Guille-Allès Library opened to the public on Friday 4 November 2022. In this blog, exhibition project manager Adam Bayfield takes you behind the scenes to share an insight into the journey and explain how the…