Thanks to the generosity of all those who have supported the project, we have secured the required funds to complete the building works for Phase One of the Library's Building Connections project. The New Room will open in early June 2026.

The New Room on the ground floor will be a permanent, dedicated space for a wide variety of uses that focus on our public benefit remit as a charity, such as sixth-form school visits, meetings of our Emerging Writers, exhibitions and displays, and workshops with other charitable organisations. It will provide a venue for our member special interest groups to meet in, as well as hosting speaker events, discussions, and trustee meetings, and will also be available for private hire.

In addition to this, Phase One included creating a basement kitchen to enable our event caterers to stop using the Study as a field kitchen and provide a consolidated storage area for our catering supplies.

London Library Trustee Stephanie Hall gave a presentation on the Building Connections project at the 2025 AGM which can be accessed here. Please continue to check this website for updates as plans progress including more detailed information about the plans, designs and building works, as well as our FAQs page for more information.