Home / What's On / Birmingham / What are we readingWhat are we readingThe Birmingham & Midland Institute, BirminghamDateMonday 19 October 2026Starts1pmEnds2pmTypeOtherWhere9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BSLast checked1 October 20262026 is the National Year of Reading. Jenny Howe, from the Royal Literacy Trust and Samina, Honorary Librarian of the Birmingham and Midland Institute Library, will lead an hour discussing what we are reading, what recommendations we have, what discoveries we have made. Audience…At Birmingham & Midland InstituteArts centre — 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS.Birmingham & Midland Institute on FolkAirMore at Birmingham & Midland InstituteStudy Day - Mike Leigh, Abigail’s Party (1977) & Willy Russell, Educating Rita (1980) — 2 October 2026The Alliance of Literary Societies Fair — 3 October 2026Dr John Hall-Edwards, Birmingham’s Pioneering radiologist — 5 October 2026Around Birmingham & Midland InstituteGas Hall — Art gallery, 50mBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery — Museum, 70mBirmingham Museums Venue Hire — Museum, 80mListing from the original source. FolkAir links out rather than selling tickets for this event.