World Book Night 2016

The British Library and The Reading Agency present a special gala evening

It's World Book Night - a celebration of words and reading which has become a hugely popular annual event. It sees passionate volunteers give out hundreds of thousands of books in their communities to share their love of reading with people who don’t read regularly or own books. The British Library and The Reading Agency present a special gala evening beginning with a fantastic line up of authors and other guests - each discussing the place of books in their lives and reading from some of their favourites.

The evening continues in the Entrance Hall of the Library with a birthday party for Shakespeare and entry to the exhibition Shakespeare in Ten Acts is also included in the ticket price.