Love stories? Love music? Then you’ll love this! Join us for a fun, Festive Book Boogie at Rutherglen Library, full of dancing and laughter. Let’s boogie into the season together! 🎄 📅 Monday 8th December 🕒 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM ✅ Drop-in - no booking needed!

This is just a selection of the lovely wares for sale at Larkhall Library, made by our knitting and crochet groups! There's still time to snap some up - the stalls will be open at the library until noon on Friday 5 Dec. All proceeds go to CHAS (Children's Hospices Across Scotland).

East Kilbride Central Library hosted their first Paws and Pages event last Saturday and Della the Therapet lapped up all the treats and cuddles from all that attended!🐾

Larkhall Library's knitting and crochet groups are having a Christmas sale of work! The stalls will be here until noon on Friday 2 December. All proceeds go to CHAS (Children's Hospices Across Scotland).

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree with Cairdie's Brig at Hamilton Town House Library! 🎄Join us for a morning of live music, holiday cheer, and good vibes as our local band brings the Christmas spirit to life! Tues 9th Dec, 11-12pm. FREE! www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/87/hami...

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All at Rutherglen Library would like to thank children’s author/illustrator Morag Hood for visiting us last Saturday for Book Week Scotland to read some of her books including I AM BAT and THE STEVES, plus run a craft session based around her book RUNAWAY CONE. The children loved it! ❤️

Here at Carluke Library, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Find out about old Rutherglen cinemas next Tuesday 📽️🎞️ www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...

The Book Nook at Forth Library is meeting on Monday 1st December at 2pm to discuss our latest read, Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen. If you enjoyed the TV Series 'Dept.Q', you might enjoy the original version by the Danish author. www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/84/fort...

Tomorrow's Autumn Author Talk Under the Dome at Rutherglen Library features Gillian Shirreffs, author of Brodie, presenting her new book, Elephant. This is a free event 😊 📖 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...

Thanks to Sara Sheridan for a wonderfully charming and enthralling talk for Book Week Scotland at Lanark Library. Sara gave us a behind the scenes glimpse into writing her bestselling novels, including The Fair Botanists and The Secrets of Blythswood Square.

Exciting News – Extended Staffed Hours at Blantyre Library! 😀👇 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/75/blan...

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Atkinson-Pryce Books in collaboration with the Lint Mill welcomed author Arthur Parkinson to Biggar Library. Arthur's latest book, Hen Party is a riotous celebration of all things chicken, descriptions of rare breeds and more commonly found birds plus tips on how best to keep them.

Here is Biggar Library's new 'Coorie in for Christmas' display, showcasing a few festive reads 🎄 📚 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/74/bigg...

The holidays are coming at Larkhall Library! Pop in to enjoy a welcoming warm space and a wonderful selection of Christmas books.

Rutherglen Library are hitting us right in the feels with this #BookWeekScotland display themed on friendship! 💞 That's what friends are for! www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...

Look! It's wicked books on display at East Kilbride Central Library! 💚💗

Marion Langston from The Carluke Parish Historical Society is delivering a presentation about their new book, 'Sacrifice & Resilience - The Lives of the people of Carluke District During WW2', in Carluke Library on Friday 28th November at 2pm. Contact the library on 01555 772134 to book.

Carluke Library hosts a Carluke Men’s Shed exhibition from Mon 17 Nov for 2 weeks! See amazing woodwork and crafts by the group. Items aren’t for sale in the library, but visit their open day on 6 Dec for charity sales. More info at Carluke Library. www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/80/carl...

Join Liz Allan this Book Week Scotland for her talk on Robert Louis Stevenson - Scotland to Samoa at St. Leonards Library. Taking place this Friday, 21st November, 11am and 2pm. Book your spot by calling 01355 241573 or going online and booking under the Events tab at www.sllclibrary.co.uk

Uddingston Library had a well-attended talk yesterday by local writer and mindfulness teacher Martin Stepek, covering his inspiration to start writing poetry, his life experience that led him to mindfulness, and some very moving personal reminiscences. Thanks Martin, and to all who came along 🙂.

On Friday 21st November at 11am Ken Waterman presents his debut from his new crime series "Woody Buchman : Rogue Currency Trader" in Rutherglen Library. 👇 #BookWeekScotland www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...

St Leonards Library Adult Reading Competition. Starting the 17th of November 2025 and finishing the 5th of January 2026. Read for fun and fame, ignite your competitiveness and win a prize at the end.

Ran out of books to read? Too many choices? Looking for a new favourite author? Try a blind date with a book in Carluke Library! We’ve got some great titles under wraps, with some clues about genre to point you in the right direction. #BookWeekScotland www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/80/carl...

Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault. 20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton on 01698 452299 to reserve your spot. #BookWeekScotland

Learn how to transform an old book by folding the pages (something we usually frown upon 😦) in Carluke Library on Thursday 20th November at 2pm. #BookWeekScotland www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/80/carl...

To celebrate Book Week Scotland, we’re hosting a Writer’s Workshop led by Raymond Burke. This is a free event and booking is essential. Please use the link to book your place: Https://southlanarkshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/EVSESENQ/118959614/130796661,1

On Thursday 20th November, at 6pm, Scott Kyle brings his acclaimed spoken word experience "It's Not Where You Start" to Rutherglen Library 🗣️ #BookWeekScotland www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...

Martin Stepek is coming to Carluke Library! #BookWeekScotland www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/80/carl...

👤Mason Cross, bestselling local author, is coming to Rutherglen Library on Thursday 20th November at 2:30pm. #BookWeekScotland www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...

Come and celebrate Book Week Scotland 2025 at Lanark Library with an hour of friendship themed stories and colouring! 😊 ✍️ #BookWeekScotland www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/89/lana...

We raised £244.45 at our Coffee Morning in Carluke Library on Wednesday 29th October. We have a sales table with items donated by the knitting & crochet clubs in the Library, including some kindly donated plants and homemade chutney. Why not come in and have a look? All proceeds going to Macmillan.

We’re excited to announce a brand new Bookbug session in Blantyre Library every Saturday at 3 pm! 😊 🎶 Come along for songs, rhymes, and stories in a lovely, friendly atmosphere that’s perfect for little ones and their grown ups. 🌈✨ www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/75/blan...

Next Week! 📚 For Book Week Scotland, Rutherglen Library is delighted to announce our 🍁Autumn Author Talks 🍁 Under the Dome 🍁 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...

Come along to Hamilton Town House Library's Bookworm Club 😀 📚 🪱 👇 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/87/hami...

Bring along your favourite toy to Bookbug's Teddy Bear Picnic in Carluke Library 🧸😀👇 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/80/carl...

Join us at Hamilton Town House Library for Chair Yoga! The session will be run by YOGA WITH DELLA. Please let us know of any health conditions or physical limitations before the class begins. Please bring water with you. 📅Friday 28th November 🕒1:30PM - 2:30 PM 🔔This is an adults only class.

Biggar Library's thoughtful Remembrance display 🙂 #RemembranceDay www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/74/bigg...

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Today's Biggar Library recommendation is from Lorraine 🙂 📖 Find it in our catalogue southlanarkshire.spydus.co.uk and keep an eye out for the brilliant TV adaption on BBC iPlayer 📺

Paws & Pages is coming to East Kilbride Central Library 🐾📚😀 👇 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/82/east...

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A big thank you to Caoimhe's Nonna Linda and Nonno Marco for donating this big pile of jigsaw puzzles! Come along to St. Leonards Library to join the jigsaw fun and start your puzzling journey 🧩 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/93/st_l...

WEDNESDAY 17th DECEMBER 🐾 Paws & Pages: Read with a Furry Friend 📚 🕐 3:30pm – 4:30pm | Children’s Library, Hamilton Town House Children aged 6+ can enjoy a calm reading session with a friendly Therapet® dog. 📞 Booking essential – Call 01698 452122 (Parent/guardian must accompany each child)

At Larkhall Library we're marking the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a new non-fiction display, featuring everything from the day-to-day lives of ordinary East Germans to extraordinary stories of Cold War espionage and intrigue.

The spiders from Halloween are sticking around a little while longer to help with the new jigsaw at St. Leonards Library. Just in time for the new Jigsaw Lending Library to begin. If you have any jigsaws you're wanting to clear out St. Leonards are happy to take them off your hands! 🧩

Meet the author Martin Stepek in Uddingston Library during #BookWeekScotland 🙂 📚 👇 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/97/uddi...

🕯️ Something nasty this way come 🩸 Spend Halloween with John Lees as he delves into The Video Nasty Panic, Horror Movies, & Britain’s 1980s moral outrage over gory films, recorded live at Rutherglen Library. Not for the little monsters - this one’s for grown-up horror fans! 👻