British Library - Autumn events and exhibitions

September 2014 What's On

	This autumn sees the opening of Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination, the UK’s largest exhibition of Gothic literature, plus a series of events celebrating gothic film, fashion, music and more.    Find out more about all our exhibitions and events at What’s On.

	What's in this issue:

Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination	Dylan Thomas: Return Journey	Ida Barr's Great War Music Hall	Salman Rushdie: The PEN Pinter Prize 2014	Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Movers and Shakers

Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination Exhibition open Fri 3 Oct 2014 to Tue 20 Jan 2015 £10/concessions available Discover the UK’s biggest ever Gothic exhibition. Two hundred rare objects trace the history of the Gothic movement over 250 years, exploring our fascination with the mysterious and the macabre. From Mary Shelley and  Bram Stoker  to Stanley Kubrick and  Alexander McQueen, via  posters, books, films and even a vampire-slaying kit, experience the dark shadow that the Gothic imagination has cast across our daily lives. Accompanying the exhibition are events with writers Sarah Waters, Kate Mosse, comedian Stewart Lee, actor Reece Sheersmith, musician Brian May and more. Book now

Dylan Thomas: Return Journey Fri 12 Sep 2014 – Sat 13 Sep 2014 Conference Centre £10/£8/£7 Crafted from the words of Dylan Thomas, Bob Kingdom's electrifying performance as the poet has been acclaimed around the world. This 'thrilling lyrical journey' (the Guardian) was directed by Anthony Hopkins and is now presented at the Library to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth. Book now

Ida Barr's Great War Music Hall Tue 30 Sep 2014 Conference Centre £8/£6/£5 Music hall star turned hip-hop artiste Ida Barr (the creation of former British Library Artist in Residence Christopher Green) will have you singing along at this event celebrating the height of the British Music Hall during WWI. This event accompanies our free exhibition Enduring War: Grief, Grit and Humour - Open until 12 October 2014. Find out more     Salman Rushdie: The PEN Pinter Prize 2014 Thu 9 Oct 2014 Conference Centre £8/£6/£5 This year’s PEN Pinter Prize will be awarded to Salman Rushdie. He will be presented with the prize and deliver an address at this event recognising writers who, in the words of Harold Pinter, cast an ‘unflinching, unswerving gaze upon the world, and shows a ‘fierce intellectual determination … to define the real truth of our lives and our societies’. Find out more

	Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Movers and Shakers				Around Town
	Mon 22 Sep 2014 Conference Centre £10  Innovative businesses are constantly disrupting the status quo and generating new ideas to gain a competitive advantage. Do the same and you could become the next big thing! Be inspired by speakers: Michael Acton-Smith OBE, CEO and founder of Moshi Monsters; Vanita Parti, founder of Blink Brow Bar and Sam Bompas, co-founder of Bompas & Parr. Find out more				Constable: The Making of a Master Victoria and Albert Museum Sat 20 Sep 2014 – Sun 11 Jan 2015 Presenting a fresh interpretation of Britain’s best-loved landscape painter, the exhibition reveals how Constable combined a reverence for the Old Masters with a revolutionary approach to capturing light and atmosphere. Book now Image: Study of Cirrus Clouds, 1822. Oil painting © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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