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?

World Book “Day”??? We’ve been celebrating all week with a hat-trick of library visits from stand-up comedian, TV writer and best-selling author of the World of Norm series, the one and only Jonathan Meres.

A poignant and moving exhibition focused on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 was formally opened last night at Edinburgh’s Central Library by the city’s Lord Provost and the Japanese Consul General.

Many of us fancy ourselves as writers but get stuck turning our ideas into stories, poems, plays… or even blog posts.
Well, we might have just the thing to help.

Edinburgh’s Social Media Surgeries are back!
Would you like some help and advice on social media and the web? Come along to McDonald Road Library next Monday evening (21st January) any time between 5.30 and 7.30pm and get the heads up from the experts.

If you or someone you know is preparing for the citizenship test and have reached Intermediate level English or above this will be of interest.
Starting 23rd January we’ll be holding drop-in sessions for applicants where an ESOL tutor will be on hand to give help and advice on the test. This will run from 5.30 – 7.30pm every Wednesday from 23rd January through to 20th March.

“The Wipers Times” acted as the voice of the British soldier in the First World War, the title being a pun on ‘Ypres’ where it was first produced. Written and produced amidst gruesome conditions, this was a publication which used satirical humour as a defence against the horrors of war.
Pupils from St Thomas of Aquins and George Heriot’s schools have been inspired by the trench newspaper to create their own black humoured look at the life of a First World War soldier.

We know that things aren’t always as simple as they should be. And that’s especially true when it comes to gadgets like eBook readers.
You can have all the instructions in the world but sometimes when technology has got you stumped what you need is a real person to show you what to do.

If you or someone you know is preparing for the citizenship test and have reached Intermediate level English or above this will be of interest.
Starting 7th November we’ll be holding drop-in sessions for applicants where an ESOL tutor will be on hand to give help and advice on the test. This will run from 5.30 – 7.30pm every Wednesday from 7th November through to 19th December.

Want to find out a fun way to improve your maths skills?
Fancy testing your skills against students from all over the UK?
Want to see how quickly you can improve by playing fun, interactive games?
The Mathletics Four Nations Challenge takes place on 13th and 14th November and it’s free to take part.