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2024

Until 18 December

Christmas Raffle

Help raise funds for our wonderful library and try to win one of this year's prizes!

24 October - from 10:00 to 17:00

Wine Tour - Tenuta Poggio Torselli

Tour bus will leave Florence at 10:00 and should be back in town by 17:00.

19 September 18:30

Wine Tasting - Poggio Torselli

Talk and Taste

At the British Institute Library

Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers - between the real world and Middle Earth

John Hooper in conversation with Morgan Fiumi

A Special Event in the Library

Wine Tasting - Ruffino Wines

Talk and Taste

At the British Institute Library

16 gennaio 18:00

Wine Tasting - Basilica Cafaggio Winery

Talk and Taste

At the British Institute Library

2023

19 December - 18:30

Christmas Concert

At the British Insitute Library

Until 19 December

Christmas Raffle

Help raise funds for our wonderful library and try to win one of this year's prizes!

16 October- 18:30

Populists or Pussycats? Giorgia Meloni’s government one year on

John Hooper in conversation with Morgan Fiumi

A Special Event in the Library

21 September - 18:30

Christian Levett: In conversation

At the British Institute Library and online

8 - 10 September

The Future of Intelligence: A Multidisciplinary Vernon Lee Conference

At the British Institute Library

Martedì 9 maggio - 18.30-20.30 - presso la Scuola in Viale Mazzini 10

From Elizabethan to Carolean - the man behind the crown

Lezione Speciale a cura di Julia Waldman
Martedì 9 maggio - 18.30-20.30 - presso la Scuola in Viale Mazzini 10

2022

2 December, 15:00-18:00

Christmas Fair 2022

At the British Institute Library

28 November - 18:30

Permacrisis

What is happening in Italy and the wider world?

A Special Event in the Library

19 September- 18:30

All Change in Italy?

Italy goes to the Polls

A Special Event in the Library

19 September - 12:00

Funeral of Her Majesty The Queen

At the British Institute Library

14 September - 18:00

Queen Elizabeth: a Lifetime of Service

Special Screening

At the British Institute Library

Byron, Shelley and Hunt in Tuscany

At the British Institute Library

2021

Thursday 25 NOV - 17:00

It's Storytime!

Reading and Activities for Children

11 November 2021 - 17:30

Town Hall meeting for UK Nationals Living in Italy

At the British Institute's Library

1 October 2021 - 15:30

INTARSI DANTESCHI

At the British Institute's Library and online, via Zoom

13 - 14 September 2021 - from 19:00

Speaking Dante

A 24-hour live reading marathon, in streaming

17 - 23 May 2021

To Remember, To Listen

A durational performance by Marisa Garreffa

23 April 2021 - 9:30-17:30

The IASEMS Graduate Conference at the British Institute of Florence

Virtual Conference, via Zoom

2020

12-16 October 2020

Super Tuscans 4 (1475 - 1550)

History of Art Online Seminar - on ZOOM

05-09 October 2020

Super Tuscans 3 (1400-1475)

History of Art Online Seminar - on ZOOM

26 September 2020

European Day of Languages

Online Event

22 September - 31 October 2020

Exhibition - Queen Victoria

at the British Institute's Library

21 - 25 September 2020

Super Tuscans 2 (1325-1400)

History of Art Online Seminar - on ZOOM

07-11 September 2020

Super Tuscans (1250-1325)

History of Art Online Seminar - on ZOOM

5 May 2020 - 18:00

Lungarno Chats | Conversations with inspiring individuals

on Facebook Live and on YouTube

5 March 2020 - 16:30

Afternoon Tea

at the British Institute Library

4 March 2020 - 15:00

Book Presentation - "Marco Giuliani"

at the British Institute of Florence Library

27 February 2020 - 16:30

Afternoon Tea

at the British Institute Library

20 February 2020 - 16:30

Afternoon Tea

at the British Institute Library

18 February 2020 - 19:00

Fundraising Party

at the Sala Ferragamo, Palazzo Lanfredini, Lungarno Guicciardini 9

13 February 2020 - 16:30

Afternoon Tea

at the British Institute Library

13 February 2020 - 16:00

Reading Exchange

at the British Institute Library

11 February 2020 - 18:00

Life after BREXIT Talk

at the British Institute Library

6 February 2020 - 16:30

Afternoon Tea

at the British Institute Library

3 February 2020 - 18:00

Lungarno Chats | Conversations with inspiring individuals

at the British Institute Library

30 January 2020 - 16:30

Afternoon Tea

at the British Institute Library

9 January 2020 - 16:30

Afternoon Tea

Join us for the first Afternoon Tea of the season on Thursday 9th January

2019

19 December 2019 - 18:00

Christmas Readings & Carols

at the British Institute Library

19 December 2019 - 16:30

Last Afternoon Tea before the Winter closure

Harold Acton Library

14 December 2019 - from 15:00

String City 2019

at the British Institute Library

10 December 2019 - 18:30

Special Fundraising Gala Concert

at the British Institute Library

9 December 2019- 17:30

Book signing with Julian Barnes

at the British Institute of Florence - Sala Lungarno

6 December 2019 - from 15:00 to 18:00

Christmas Fair

at the British Institute Library

18 November 2019 - 18:00

Lungarno Chats | Conversations with inspiring individuals

at the British Insitute Library

19 July 2019 - 17:00

Dignity through the Arts

Concert - Music for Migrants

10 July 2019 - 18:00

Concert by Fleur Snow and Morgan Overton

Music by Schubert, Mozart, Debussy and Satie

26 june 2019 - 18:30

Town hall meeting with British nationals

Meeting for UK Nationals on citizens’ rights and EU Exit

6 June 2019 - 16:00

Reading Exchange

Reading Exchange

30 May 2019 - 09:00

Vernon Lee 2019: An Anniversary Conference

British Institute of Florence (30 May) and Villa Il Palmerino (31 May)

2 May 2019 - 17:00

Reading for children - Leonardo da Vinci Fables and Legends

Reading for children by Matilda Colarossi

Tuesday 16 April 2019 - 15:00-18:00

Spring Book Fair

Books, arts&crafts, tea and cakes.

9-12 Aprile 2019

Shakespeare Week 2019

From 9 to 12 April we celebrate William Shakespeare with a week of cultural events

21 March 2019 - 16:00

Reading Exchange

Reading Exchange

19 March 2019 - 16.30

Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories

The US author JHUMPA LAHIRI will present the new Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories

12 March 2019 - 18:30

SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CULTURAL SALON

LAUNCH EVENT

21 February 2019 - 15:00

THE DIGITAL TEACHER: improve your digital skills for language teaching

A workshop for teachers

17 January 2019 - 16:00

Reading Exchange

The next Reading Exchange will be held at the Library on Thursday 17 January at 16:00

2018

20 December 2018 - 17:00

LA MUSICA E IL DOLCE STIL NOVO

7 December 2018 - 15:00

Christmas Fair 2018

All are welcome to the annual Harold Acton Library Christmas Fair

7 December 2018 - 15:00

Christmas Raffle 2018

At the Harold Acton Library

From 25 to 31 October 2018

Frankenreads

The British Institute Library joins Frankenreads

18 October 2018 - 16:30

Reading Exchange

The next Reading Exchange will be held at the Library on Thursday 18 October at 16:30

7 June 2018 - 16:00

Reading Exchange

The next Reading Exchange will be held at the Library on Thursday 7 June at 16:00

Il Maggio dei Libri 2018

The Harold Acton Library joins Il Maggio dei Libri 2018, the national campaign to promote reading, with five events.

16 - 20 April 2018

Shakespeare Week 2018

Measure for Measure

Easter Afternoon Tea

Tea, Children's Reading and Easter Egg Hunt .

8 March 2018 - 16:00

Reading Exchange - International Women's Day

The next Reading Exchange will be held at the Library on Thursday 8 March at 16:00

2017

15 December 2017 - 15:00

Christmas Fair 2017

Books, arts and crafts, homemade goods. All are welcome to the annual Harold Acton Library Christmas Fair.

6 December 2017 - 21:00

Special 1920's Gala Event: Murder on the Orient Express

Gala Screening of Murder on the Orient Express with 1920's theme and lots of prizes to be won.

7 October 2017 - 17:00

Tea with a View

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the well-loved film A Room with a View and to mark the visit in Florence of its Director, James Ivory, the British Institute of Florence is organising a Tea with a Viewin the Harold Acton Library.

16 June 2017 - 14:30

Bloomsday

Public Reading from Ulysses

8 June 2017 - 16:00

Reading Exchange

The next Reading Exchange will be held at the Library on Thursday June 8 at 4 pm

Shakespeare Week 2017

Richard III

3 April-26 May 2017

Shakespeare in White

Exhibition at the Harold Acton Library by Lorenzo Perrone

23 March 2017 - 18:30 at the Harold Acton Library

In the Name of the Family

Italian launch of Sarah Dunant's new novel

9 March 2017 - 16:00

Reading Exchange

The next Reading Exchange will be held at the Library on Thursday March 9 at 4 pm

3–27 February 2017

Exhibition - Black History Month Florence

Exhibition at the Harold Acton Library curated by Leon Jones (SACI MFA)

2016

2 December 2016 - 15:00

Christmas Fair 2016

Books, arts and crafts, homemade goods. All are welcome to the annual Harold Acton Library Christmas Fair.

4 November 2016 - 17:00

Responses to the 1966 Florence flood

Part of the Month of Mud

27 October 2016 - 17:00

(Not so) Scary Monsters

Reading and workshop

Month of Mud

In November, Florence will mark 50 years since the worst flood in the city's history since 1557. The British Institute of Florence will be commemorating the anniversary in a number of ways.

13 October 2016 - 16:00

Du iu spik inglish?

Presentazione del libro di Alessandro Gualtieri

6 October 2016 - 16:00

Reading Exchange

at the Harold Acton Library

3-28 October 2016

In biblioteca 2016: dire no alla violenza

Exhibition: Children of the nineteenth century: Henry Mayhew and Charles Dickens

16 June 2016 - 17:00

Bloomsday - Public Reading from Ulysses

9 June 2016 - 16:00

Reading Exchange

at the Harold Acton Library

7 June 2016 - 16:30

Conference in English: Water, architecture and the city in Renaissance Italy

26 May 2016 - 17:00 - Harold Acton Library

Tea with Sarah Dunant: From the mind to the page: the birthing pains of a new novel

At the Harold Acton Library

5 May 2016 - 17:00

Alfred The Time Traveling Dinosaur

Storytelling and Workshop

Il Maggio dei Libri

1-31 May 2016

From 18 to 23 April

Shakespeare Week

Shakespeare and Italy

15 April 2016 - 17:00

Sweet Dreams, Honey Bear

Reading in English

10 March 2016, 16:00

Reading Exchange

The next Reading Exchange will be held at the Library on Thursday March 10th at 4 pm

15 February - 7 March 2016

Exhibition - Jane Austen's Emma

4 February 2016 - 16:30

Afternoon Tea at the Harold Acton Library

Every Thursday from 4:30 to 18:00

14 January 2016

Afternoon Tea at the Harold Acton Library

What is reading but silent conversation? – Walter Savage Landor

2015

1 December 2015

Reading and Values

Teacher Training with Nina Prentice presenting the Official Read On! Theme for 2016