diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/ReadiumView.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/ReadiumView.kt
index c62bc1e..a200ea9 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/ReadiumView.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/ReadiumView.kt
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ class ReadiumView(
             payload
           )
         }
+        is ReaderViewModel.Event.MetadataLoaded -> {
+          val json = event.metadata.toJSON()
+          val payload = Arguments.makeNativeMap(json.toMap())
+          module.receiveEvent(
+            this.id.toInt(),
+            ReadiumViewManager.ON_METADATA,
+            payload
+          )
+        }
         else -> {
           // do nothing
         }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/ReadiumViewManager.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/ReadiumViewManager.kt
index e5d8710..e4ed0e8 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/ReadiumViewManager.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/ReadiumViewManager.kt
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ class ReadiumViewManager(
           MapBuilder.of("bubbled", ON_TABLE_OF_CONTENTS)
         )
       )
+      .put(
+        ON_METADATA,
+        MapBuilder.of(
+          "phasedRegistrationNames",
+          MapBuilder.of("bubbled", ON_METADATA)
+        )
+      )
       .build()
   }
 
@@ -141,6 +148,7 @@ class ReadiumViewManager(
   companion object {
     var ON_LOCATION_CHANGE = "onLocationChange"
     var ON_TABLE_OF_CONTENTS = "onTableOfContents"
+    var ON_METADATA = "onMetadata"
     var COMMAND_CREATE = 1
   }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/reader/BaseReaderFragment.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/reader/BaseReaderFragment.kt
index ac995ab..b31b90a 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/reader/BaseReaderFragment.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/reader/BaseReaderFragment.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.launchIn
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onEach
 import org.readium.r2.navigator.*
 import org.readium.r2.shared.publication.Locator
+import org.readium.r2.shared.publication.Metadata
 import com.reactnativereadium.utils.EventChannel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ abstract class BaseReaderFragment : Fragment() {
     val viewScope = viewLifecycleOwner.lifecycleScope
 
     channel.send(ReaderViewModel.Event.TableOfContentsLoaded(model.publication.tableOfContents))
+    channel.send(ReaderViewModel.Event.MetadataLoaded(model.publication.metadata))
     navigator.currentLocator
       .onEach { channel.send(ReaderViewModel.Event.LocatorUpdate(it)) }
       .launchIn(viewScope)
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/reader/ReaderViewModel.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/reader/ReaderViewModel.kt
index 944f85b..537de00 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/reader/ReaderViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativereadium/reader/ReaderViewModel.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.readium.r2.shared.Search
 import org.readium.r2.shared.UserException
 import org.readium.r2.shared.publication.Link
 import org.readium.r2.shared.util.Try
+import org.readium.r2.shared.publication.Metadata
 
 @OptIn(Search::class, ExperimentalDecorator::class)
 class ReaderViewModel(
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ class ReaderViewModel(
         class Failure(val error: UserException) : Event()
         class LocatorUpdate(val locator: Locator) : Event()
         class TableOfContentsLoaded(val toc: List<Link>) : Event()
+        class MetadataLoaded(val metadata: Metadata) : Event()
     }
 
     sealed class FeedbackEvent {
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index c916992..095cbee 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ PODS:
   - React-Mapbuffer (0.74.3):
     - glog
     - React-debug
-  - react-native-readium (1.2.1):
+  - react-native-readium (2.0.2):
     - R2Navigator
     - R2Shared
     - R2Streamer
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-jsitracing: 6b3c8c98313642140530f93c46f5a6ca4530b446
   React-logger: fa92ba4d3a5d39ac450f59be2a3cec7b099f0304
   React-Mapbuffer: 9f68550e7c6839d01411ac8896aea5c868eff63a
-  react-native-readium: 7f71dab8b9c3eff510a2b7527e7a249691637215
+  react-native-readium: 3de612400580e915706306b4f8879d7ebd029ed7
   react-native-safe-area-context: b7daa1a8df36095a032dff095a1ea8963cb48371
   react-native-slider: ce295d2bf830a7990af05b0bd70ab28c133e230c
   React-nativeconfig: fa5de9d8f4dbd5917358f8ad3ad1e08762f01dcb
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   RNVectorIcons: fcc2f6cb32f5735b586e66d14103a74ce6ad61f8
   SocketRocket: abac6f5de4d4d62d24e11868d7a2f427e0ef940d
   SwiftSoup: 33e8d374021a6c332788f78fa29a93227d8a7699
-  Yoga: 88480008ccacea6301ff7bf58726e27a72931c8d
+  Yoga: 04f1db30bb810187397fa4c37dd1868a27af229c
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 686539c4adb72be4e293af103a245974f4ffa466
 
diff --git a/example/src/components/Reader.tsx b/example/src/components/Reader.tsx
index 0140f04..4823364 100644
--- a/example/src/components/Reader.tsx
+++ b/example/src/components/Reader.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState, useRef } from 'react';
 import { StyleSheet, View, Text, Platform, DimensionValue } from 'react-native';
-import {
-  ReadiumView,
-  Settings,
-} from 'react-native-readium';
-import type { Link, Locator, File } from 'react-native-readium';
+import { ReadiumView, Settings } from 'react-native-readium';
+import type { Link, Locator, File, Metadata } from 'react-native-readium';
 
 import RNFS from '../utils/RNFS';
 import {
@@ -22,11 +19,13 @@ export const Reader: React.FC = () => {
   const [file, setFile] = useState<File>();
   const [location, setLocation] = useState<Locator | Link>();
   const [settings, setSettings] = useState<Partial<Settings>>(DEFAULT_SETTINGS);
+  const [metadata, setMetadata] = useState<Metadata | null>(null);
   const ref = useRef<any>();
 
+  console.log('Metadata:', JSON.stringify(metadata, null, 2));
+
   useEffect(() => {
     async function run() {
-
       if (Platform.OS === 'web') {
         setFile({
           url: EPUB_URL,
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ export const Reader: React.FC = () => {
       }
     }
 
-    run()
+    run();
   }, []);
 
   if (file) {
@@ -66,11 +65,13 @@ export const Reader: React.FC = () => {
           <View style={styles.button}>
             <TableOfContents
               items={toc}
-              onPress={(loc) => setLocation({
-                href: loc.href,
-                type: 'application/xhtml+xml',
-                title: loc.title || '',
-              })}
+              onPress={(loc) =>
+                setLocation({
+                  href: loc.href,
+                  type: 'application/xhtml+xml',
+                  title: loc.title || '',
+                })
+              }
             />
           </View>
           <View style={styles.button}>
@@ -97,7 +98,10 @@ export const Reader: React.FC = () => {
               settings={settings}
               onLocationChange={(locator: Locator) => setLocation(locator)}
               onTableOfContents={(toc: Link[] | null) => {
-                if (toc) setToc(toc)
+                if (toc) setToc(toc);
+              }}
+              onMetadata={(metadata: Metadata) => {
+                if (metadata) setMetadata(metadata);
               }}
             />
           </View>
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ export const Reader: React.FC = () => {
       <Text>downloading file</Text>
     </View>
   );
-}
+};
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   container: {
diff --git a/ios/ReadiumView.swift b/ios/ReadiumView.swift
index dd798b1..3a1a0f5 100644
--- a/ios/ReadiumView.swift
+++ b/ios/ReadiumView.swift
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class ReadiumView : UIView, Loggable {
   }
   @objc var onLocationChange: RCTDirectEventBlock?
   @objc var onTableOfContents: RCTDirectEventBlock?
+  @objc var onMetadata: RCTDirectEventBlock?
 
   func loadBook(
     url: String,
@@ -163,5 +164,9 @@ class ReadiumView : UIView, Loggable {
         return link.json
       })
     ])
+    self.onMetadata?([
+      "metadata": vc.publication.metadata.json
+    ])
+
   }
 }
diff --git a/ios/ReadiumViewManager.m b/ios/ReadiumViewManager.m
index acedabe..01503d9 100644
--- a/ios/ReadiumViewManager.m
+++ b/ios/ReadiumViewManager.m
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ @interface RCT_EXTERN_MODULE(ReadiumViewManager, RCTViewManager)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(settings, NSDictionary *)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onLocationChange, RCTDirectEventBlock)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onTableOfContents, RCTDirectEventBlock)
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onMetadata, RCTDirectEventBlock)
 
 @end
diff --git a/src/components/ReadiumView.tsx b/src/components/ReadiumView.tsx
index 49d6ae7..55cbbd1 100644
--- a/src/components/ReadiumView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ReadiumView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-import React, { useCallback, useState, useEffect, forwardRef, ForwardedRef, useRef, createRef } from 'react';
+import React, {
+  useCallback,
+  useState,
+  useEffect,
+  forwardRef,
+  ForwardedRef,
+  useRef,
+  createRef,
+} from 'react';
 import { View, Platform, findNodeHandle, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
 
 import type { BaseReadiumViewProps, Dimensions } from '../interfaces';
@@ -8,74 +16,102 @@ import { BaseReadiumView } from './BaseReadiumView';
 
 export type ReadiumProps = BaseReadiumViewProps;
 
-export const ReadiumView: React.FC<ReadiumProps> = forwardRef(({
-  onLocationChange: wrappedOnLocationChange,
-  onTableOfContents: wrappedOnTableOfContents,
-  settings: unmappedSettings,
-  ...props
-}, forwardedRef) => {
-  const defaultRef = useRef<any>(null);
-  const [{ height, width }, setDimensions] = useState<Dimensions>({
-    width: 0,
-    height: 0,
-  });
-
-  // set the view dimensions on layout
-  const onLayout = useCallback(({ nativeEvent: { layout: { width, height } }}: any) => {
-    setDimensions({
-      width: dimension(width),
-      height: dimension(height),
+export const ReadiumView: React.FC<ReadiumProps> = forwardRef(
+  (
+    {
+      onLocationChange: wrappedOnLocationChange,
+      onTableOfContents: wrappedOnTableOfContents,
+      onMetadata: wrappedOnMetadata,
+      settings: unmappedSettings,
+      ...props
+    },
+    forwardedRef
+  ) => {
+    const defaultRef = useRef<any>(null);
+    const [{ height, width }, setDimensions] = useState<Dimensions>({
+      width: 0,
+      height: 0,
     });
-  }, []);
 
-  // wrap the native onLocationChange and extract the raw event value
-  const onLocationChange = useCallback((event: any) => {
-    if (wrappedOnLocationChange) {
-      wrappedOnLocationChange(event.nativeEvent);
-    }
-  }, [wrappedOnLocationChange]);
+    // set the view dimensions on layout
+    const onLayout = useCallback(
+      ({
+        nativeEvent: {
+          layout: { width, height },
+        },
+      }: any) => {
+        setDimensions({
+          width: dimension(width),
+          height: dimension(height),
+        });
+      },
+      []
+    );
 
-  const onTableOfContents = useCallback((event: any) => {
-    if (wrappedOnTableOfContents) {
-      const toc = event.nativeEvent.toc || null;
-      wrappedOnTableOfContents(toc);
-    }
-  }, [wrappedOnTableOfContents]);
+    // wrap the native onLocationChange and extract the raw event value
+    const onLocationChange = useCallback(
+      (event: any) => {
+        if (wrappedOnLocationChange) {
+          wrappedOnLocationChange(event.nativeEvent);
+        }
+      },
+      [wrappedOnLocationChange]
+    );
 
-  // create the view fragment on android
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (Platform.OS === 'android' && defaultRef.current) {
-      const viewId = findNodeHandle(defaultRef.current);
-      createFragment(viewId);
-    }
-  }, []);
+    const onTableOfContents = useCallback(
+      (event: any) => {
+        if (wrappedOnTableOfContents) {
+          const toc = event.nativeEvent.toc || null;
+          wrappedOnTableOfContents(toc);
+        }
+      },
+      [wrappedOnTableOfContents]
+    );
 
-  // assign the forwarded ref
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (forwardedRef && 'current' in forwardedRef) {
-      forwardedRef.current = defaultRef.current;
-    } else if (forwardedRef) {
-      forwardedRef(defaultRef);
-    }
-  }, [defaultRef.current !== null])
+    const onMetadata = useCallback(
+      (event: any) => {
+        if (wrappedOnMetadata) {
+          wrappedOnMetadata(event.nativeEvent);
+        }
+      },
+      [wrappedOnMetadata]
+    );
 
-  return (
-    <View
-      style={styles.container}
-      onLayout={onLayout}
-    >
-      <BaseReadiumView
-        height={height}
-        width={width}
-        {...props}
-        onLocationChange={onLocationChange}
-        onTableOfContents={onTableOfContents}
-        settings={unmappedSettings ? Settings.map(unmappedSettings) : undefined}
-        ref={defaultRef}
-      />
-    </View>
-  );
-});
+    // create the view fragment on android
+    useEffect(() => {
+      if (Platform.OS === 'android' && defaultRef.current) {
+        const viewId = findNodeHandle(defaultRef.current);
+        createFragment(viewId);
+      }
+    }, []);
+
+    // assign the forwarded ref
+    useEffect(() => {
+      if (forwardedRef && 'current' in forwardedRef) {
+        forwardedRef.current = defaultRef.current;
+      } else if (forwardedRef) {
+        forwardedRef(defaultRef);
+      }
+    }, [defaultRef.current !== null]);
+
+    return (
+      <View style={styles.container} onLayout={onLayout}>
+        <BaseReadiumView
+          height={height}
+          width={width}
+          {...props}
+          onLocationChange={onLocationChange}
+          onTableOfContents={onTableOfContents}
+          onMetadata={onMetadata}
+          settings={
+            unmappedSettings ? Settings.map(unmappedSettings) : undefined
+          }
+          ref={defaultRef}
+        />
+      </View>
+    );
+  }
+);
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   container: { width: '100%', height: '100%' },
diff --git a/src/interfaces/BaseReadiumViewProps.ts b/src/interfaces/BaseReadiumViewProps.ts
index b645b2e..b348719 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/BaseReadiumViewProps.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/BaseReadiumViewProps.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { Settings } from './Settings';
 import type { Link } from './Link';
 import type { Locator } from './Locator';
 import type { File } from './File';
+import type { Metadata } from './Metadata';
 
 export type BaseReadiumViewProps = {
   file: File;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ export type BaseReadiumViewProps = {
   style?: ViewStyle;
   onLocationChange?: (locator: Locator) => void;
   onTableOfContents?: (toc: Link[] | null) => void;
+  onMetadata?: (metadata: Metadata) => void;
   ref?: any;
   height?: number;
   width?: number;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/Metadata.ts b/src/interfaces/Metadata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa98ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/interfaces/Metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * An interface representing the Readium Metadata object.
+ */
+export interface Metadata {
+  title: {
+    und: string;
+  };
+  identifier: string;
+  language: string[];
+  author: {
+    name: {
+      und: string;
+    };
+    sortAs?: {
+      und: string;
+    };
+  }[];
+  description: string;
+  published?: string;
+  publisher?: {
+    name: {
+      und: string;
+    };
+  }[];
+  subject?: {
+    name: {
+      und: string;
+    };
+  }[];
+  presentation?: {
+    layout: string;
+    spread: string;
+    overflow: string;
+    orientation: string;
+    continuous: boolean;
+  };
+  readingProgression: string;
+  conformsTo?: string[];
+}
diff --git a/src/interfaces/index.ts b/src/interfaces/index.ts
index b480442..83d2a97 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/index.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export * from './File';
 export * from './Link';
 export * from './Locator';
 export * from './Settings';
+export * from './Metadata';