Local author Marianne Wheelaghan stopped by Central Library to talk about and sign copies of The Blue Suitcase, her remarkable debut novel. Based on diaries and letters found after her mother’s death, The Blue Suitcase is the incredibly powerful and evocative story of a young girl growing up in Nazi Germany.

It’s one hundred years since the tragic death of one of the world’s greatest entertainers here in Edinburgh, and we’re marking the centenary with a series of events in libraries.

Michel Faber, creator of The Crimson Petal and the White (currently being screened on BBC2) visited Central Library along with publisher Jamie Byng to talk about books, writing and the relationship between author and publisher.

“A book like this comes along and we are once again astonished by the capacity of some humans to do unspeakably cruel things, and of others to survive them …

To celebrate World Book Day,  Central Library is proud to host Allegra Goodman discussing her new novel, The Cookbook Collector, with Hil Williamson.

Bookgroupers were out in force on Monday 24th January in the Central Reference Library, to listen to a panel of ‘Edinburgh Reads’ authors (Sue Peebles, Laura Marney and Alan Bisset, with Stuart Kelly as Chair) discuss their ‘fantasy bookgroup’.
See more photos from the event on flickr

Kirsten Tranter, author of The Legacy, will be joining us for a very special event on 20th January at Central Library (6.30pm start).
Sophie Cooke, author of Under the Mountain and The Glass House, will also be appearing.

We’re delighted to announce that the  first Edinbur

Released last month through Canongate was the brilliant A Life in Pictures  by Alasdair Gray.  He  is perhaps more reknowned for his