British Library receives Keith Waterhouse archive and offers first glimpse with Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands

The British Library has acquired the archive of Billy Liar author Keith Waterhouse, CBE, who died in 2009. The award-winning journalist turned novelist, playwright and screenwriter left a large collection of manuscripts which has been donated to the British Library by his family. The first chance to glimpse an item from the archive will be during the Library's next major exhibition Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands (11 May - 25 September)