Edinburgh Libraries - news about events, activities and services across our 28 community libraries, Central Library, mobile library service and digital library.https://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mm57hwovwl2iExplore all things local history at Ratho Library this week with Paper Trails from Edinburgh International Book Festival! zurl.co/dQit2 https://zurl.co/dQit218 May 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm57hwovwl2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mm4k224see24Happy Bookbug Week 2026! Join in the fun at your local library as we celebrate Bookbug Week with songs, nursery rhymes and stories. zurl.co/59K0w #BookbugWeek2026 https://zurl.co/59K0w18 May 2026 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4k224see24https://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mlnlazq2ya2iThere are only a few days left to catch our John Kay display currently on show in the front hall at Central Library! Pop in to discover Kay’s distinctive style and satirical humour and enjoy the glimpse they offer into life in Edinburgh in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.12 May 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnlazq2ya2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mlnhqcictk2wBookbug Week is coming! Celebrate Bookbug’s Big Quest from 18 to 24 May. Check out the Bookbug sessions happening at your local library and pick up four limited edition postcards (put them together and they make a map!) zurl.co/QSJTP #BookbugWeek2026 #Bookbug #ScottishBookTrust12 May 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnhqcictk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mllfn6jwwn2eThis year's Helen Hopekirk Festival and Competition will mark the 170th anniversary of Hopekirk’s birth. Read our blog post to find out more about #HelenHopekirk the well-travelled composer, musician and teacher who was born in #Portobello zurl.co/yvcnX https://zurl.co/yvcnX11 May 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllfn6jwwn2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mlbjnapa6p2i“This room has the space that I need to thrive doing my artwork.” Did you know that Central Library has a free, bookable art room for adults? zurl.co/xk0na https://zurl.co/xk0na07 May 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbjnapa6p2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mlb2pfty4l2iMissing Vera on the TV? Listen to the DCI Vera Stanhope audiobooks by Ann Cleeves on uLibrary instead! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary07 May 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb2pfty4l2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mlavhhqin42qOur #ThrowbackThursday inspired by #NoMowMay captures a beautiful section of Moray Place and Bank Gardens and a lawn carpeted with daisies. This photo was shared by Val and takes us back just one year in time. Share your springtime pictures on our online community archive too! zurl.co/KlqM407 May 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlavhhqin42qhttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3ml6qczksjc2iWe're highlighting just a few of the new library books acquired this month - some that perhaps you haven’t heard of, to spark the imagination, or draw you into another world... zurl.co/jBOHb #GoAllIn2026 #ReadingForPleasure06 May 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6qczksjc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3ml3u2bred52aThe #ArtAndDesignLibrary has a lovely new exhibition for the month of May. Don't miss 'Impressions: wood engravings and linocuts' by Masha Tiplady at Central Library zurl.co/BRXzA #printmaking https://zurl.co/BRXzA05 May 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3u2bred52ahttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mkpbzna3gq22This studio portrait records a woman in her Leith Corporation Tramways conductress uniform, dated around 1916. Women were first employed on the tramway from late 1915, during World War One. Our #ThrowbackThursday is kindly shared by Living Memory Association on Edinburgh Collected - zurl.co/dOmGa30 Apr 2026 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpbzna3gq22https://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mkmtxn6ijk22Ward interior, Royal Infirmary “This is a P.C. [postcard] of the ward, I thought you would like it. I don't think I'll be very long or I get home now.” Explore the full set of historical 'Postcards from Hospital' in our latest exhibition on Capital Collections at zurl.co/kiAP129 Apr 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmtxn6ijk22https://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mkknx3mvfk2mWhat’s your story? Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session and find out how to get started using the library's free online resources. Our next session is this Thursday 30 April at 2pm at Central Library. Book your place by emailing informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk28 Apr 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkknx3mvfk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mk5or7fmsg2bThis great photo captures the apprentices who started at the Henry Robb Shipyard in Leith in 1975. #ThrowbackThursday photo shared by Davy Wood on Edinburgh Collected. Do you have picture memories of working life in Edinburgh you could share to help our community archive grow? zurl.co/MkpVb23 Apr 2026 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5or7fmsg2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mjz72rlraf22During this National Year of Reading, explore, discover and read into what you love at your library. zurl.co/TSZ0h #GoAllIn2026 https://zurl.co/TSZ0h21 Apr 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz72rlraf22https://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mjynlvukg62aThere's just a few days left to catch the wonderful Living Heritage exhibition at Central Library curated by @traddanceforum.bsky.social with the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. It's all about the women who danced a nation back to life - don't miss it! zurl.co/EexFb https://zurl.co/EexFb21 Apr 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjynlvukg62ahttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mjwqefwt3c2xWant to find out how to start your family tree? Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library on Thursday 30 April at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources. Book your place by emailing informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk20 Apr 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwqefwt3c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mjm3bm2kks2xToday’s #ThrowbackThursday is a photo of Betty Webster and her nursery nurse colleagues at Bonnington School in 1954. Betty is third from left and you can tell she's passed her exams because she's wearing an overall and court shoes! Photo thanks to the Living Memory Association zurl.co/NEYoi16 Apr 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjm3bm2kks2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mjk2s3ljno2yWe’ve an extra beginners’ #FamilyHistory session coming soon! Come along to Newington Library on Thursday 14 May at 2pm to find out about the library's free online resources that can help you with your research. Please book your place by contacting Newington Library - zurl.co/Lyv3Y15 Apr 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk2s3ljno2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mjhqsmr67u2dListen to the book everyone's talking about! The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins - available to borrow now on BorrowBox from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburghgov.uk/borrowbox14 Apr 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhqsmr67u2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mjhmfdw7es2pA Postcard from Hospital is our latest Capital Collections exhibition. Many of the historical postcards have been written and sent, some clearly written during the person’s hospital stay, telling friends or family how they were or when they expected to get out! Browse them all at zurl.co/D6FqN14 Apr 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhmfdw7es2phttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mjhhtui7ki2k"The" book of the moment - Project Hail Mary! Available to listen to now on BorrowBox from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/borrowbox14 Apr 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhhtui7ki2khttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mixyprigcj22Visit the #ArtAndDesignLibrary at Central Library this month to see a new exhibition by Edinburgh LoFi, a photography collective who use traditional, alternative and lomographic techniques. zurl.co/yYORj #EdinburghLofi #CameraEffigy https://zurl.co/yYORj08 Apr 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixyprigcj22https://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mivzpd6rm22nOur Resources Team hand-pick a selection of titles from the freshly arrived library books for April - zurl.co/Yjg3v07 Apr 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivzpd6rm22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3milgpvuvez2jListen to the American master of noir crime fiction! James Ellroy audiobooks available for you to listen to for free now through uLibrary www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary03 Apr 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3milgpvuvez2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3mijjw77nr42wSharing stories at Central Children’s Library zurl.co/Lo2Xr https://zurl.co/Lo2Xr02 Apr 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijjw77nr42whttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3miizgmr6nf2sThese books are made for walking! A collection of books all about walking is on display and available to borrow at Central Library zurl.co/Cqjiv https://zurl.co/Cqjiv02 Apr 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3miizgmr6nf2shttps://bsky.app/profile/edinburghlibraries.bsky.social/post/3miiwgegjwi22Today’s #ThrowbackThursday gives an unusual perspective on a well-known scene! Picture memory shared by Galoot on Edinburgh Collected, our online community archive. zurl.co/RGudr Happy Easter!02 Apr 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:otxtr5unp72ukx2igrdz6333/app.bsky.feed.post/3miiwgegjwi22