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Future Library’s books will be printed from trees that are still growing, and no one alive will read them. It’s a metaphor for the climate crisis.

Some are written in codes or ciphers that haven’t been cracked, while others are purposefully designed to remain incomprehensible forever.

The German author’s contribution will remain unseen, alongside contributions from authors including Margaret Atwood and David Mitchell, until 2114

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BITS ‘N’ PIECESEvery year since 2014, the Scottish artist Katie Paterson has invited a prominent writer to submit a manuscript, and the commissioning will continue until 2113. Then, a century after the project Future Library began, they will...

Over the next hundred years, prominent authors will place an unread manuscript in a time capsule until 2114.

<strong>Editorial:</strong> Trees, vision and shelf space are all needed for an exemplary project that will hide books for a century

David Mitchell, Sjón, Tsitsi Dangarembga and Karl Ove Knausgård join inaugural celebration of project housing works that will remain unseen until 2114

Katie Paterson condenses subjects of vast scope and significance into singular artworks – navigating the the geological history of our planet.

In the centre of the gallery (a simple, light-filled cube some eleven metres square) will stand a single plinth. On it, will sit a large jar, a glass