When is an exhibition not an exhibition? Come along to Central Library between 7th July and 31st August and find out.
This is Not an Exhibition, put together by a group of artists from Edinburgh College of Art, will use locations throughout the building in a variety of unique and interesting ways, including:

Chris Kent’s astonishing graphic novel Medusa tells a hard-hitting story about a soldier who returns from the war in Iraq to discover his daughter is missing.

Alexander Reid was often a stubborn and difficult individual, but his place is the history of Scottish art is assured. Reid has been described as a ‘prince among dealers’ and it was he who brought impressionism to Scotland.

“Libraries matter to everything we do” Nick Barley, Director,  Edinburgh International Book Festival

Edinburgh City Libraries’ Liz McGettigan appeared on BBC Radio Scotland’s Sunday Morning programme yesterday to talk about the remarkable life of Holocaust survivor Ernest Levy and the archive which has been bequeathed to Central Library by his daughter Judith.
To find out more about this remarkable man listen to the programme on the BBC i-player (scroll to 1.29.10 for the segment on the Levy Archive)

A touring exhibition of the project shortlisted for the RIAS Best Building in Scotland Award makes its way to Central Library from 15th June to 14th July.

It’s all go at Central Library right now. We’re getting our self-service machines installed next week, so the lending library will be closed from Monday 20th June to Thursday 23rd June while we get the machines fitted.
All the other Central Library departments will be open as normal so you’ll still be able to return and renew books, collect reservations and so on.
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‘Circus Stars’ is our theme for this year’s reading challenge – so there will be lots of clowning about in libraries this summer! Scroll down to see what’s happening at your local library (if it’s  not listed give them a call to find out what’s happening, or ask the next time you’re in).
To find out more about the summer reading challenge take a look at this video or head over to the Circus Stars site.

16-20 May is Adult Learners week and my goodness we’ve  got plenty going on in libraries to mark the fact. Whether you want to find out more about local history, start a book group, improve your computer skills or trace your family tree, we’ve got something for you.