How libraries help learners

Submitted by Edinburgh City ... on Mon, 2013-05-20 14:41

This week is Adult Learners’ Week. What’s it all about?

Adult Learners’ Week is a national celebration of the benefits of lifelong learning. We’re getting involved with writing workshops, singing, cooking, and facebook sessions – for details see our events calendar.
But why are libraries getting involved?

The Decoration of Spring

Submitted by Edinburgh City ... on Thu, 2013-05-16 14:43

Spring has arrived! The flowers bud, newborn animals lay in the fields; and the sky transforms from the dark grey snows of winter, to the dull grey constant rain that all other seasons in the British Isles consist of.

The ebook everyone is reading

Submitted by Edinburgh City ... on Wed, 2013-05-15 08:50

four corners of the sky
Join thousands of eBook readers around the world by taking part in the first ever Big Library Read of an eBook!
The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone is available all library members to borrow until 1 June. So get together with your friends and family or your book group for a wild ride full of twists and turns, a story of love, secrets and the mysterious bonds of families.

It’s book award season

Submitted by Edinburgh City ... on Mon, 2013-05-13 09:40

Lots of activity on the book awards front over the next few weeks. First up is The Orwell Prize for political writing.

Richard Holloway at Edinburgh Central Library

Submitted by Edinburgh City ... on Wed, 2013-05-08 09:51

At the end of each of our Edinburgh Reads author events we ask the audience to fill in feedback forms telling us what they thought of the evening.
At last week’s event with Richard Holloway the same words kept coming up: candour, candid, openness, honesty.
People were also struck by Richard’s relaxed style, his sense of humour and thoughtfulness; but it was our speaker’s frankness that seemed to make the biggest impression.

Mark Douglas-Home at Corstorphine Library

Submitted by Edinburgh City ... on Mon, 2013-05-06 15:52

“A classic whodunnit” Allan Massie in The Scotsman
An “always gripping and entertaining mystery” Alan Taylor in The Herald

Long Exposures by Lorenzo Dalberto

Submitted by Edinburgh City ... on Fri, 2013-05-03 10:00


This month we are delighted to host an exhibition of photographs by Lorenzo Dalberto.You can see more of Lorenzo’s work up close in the Fine Art Library until 31st May.

The barber, the artist and the Scottish Enlightenment

Submitted by Edinburgh City ... on Wed, 2013-05-01 09:46

John Kay self portraitThis is John Kay. John worked as a barber on Edinburgh’s High Street during one of the most exciting times in our city’s history – the period known as the Scottish Enlightenment.