Alison Bailey

Alison Bailey is Lead Curator, Printed Heritage Collections 1901-2000, at the British Library, responsible for material published in the UK and Ireland in the 20th century. She is also Co-Curator of the Fairy Tales exhibition which runs at the British Library until 23 August 2026. She has worked at the Library for over 40 years and is particularly interested in children’s literature, suffrage literature and First World War ephemeral printing. She has contributed introductions to six of the tales included in The British Library Book of Fairy Tales.