The book was better..? Decide for yourself with our reading suggestions to get ahead of the titles coming to a big or small screen near you later this year – zurl.co/KF8PZ

Love football? Kick off the new year with Back of the Net, a new #football course for everyone aged 16 and over! A place to share your football stories, meet other people and chat over a cuppa. Starts Wednesday 21 January. Contact Hazel or Lorrane for more details.

We're highlighting just a few of our new library books - some that perhaps you haven’t heard of, to spark the imagination, or draw you into another world... zurl.co/7undN

This month's Talking Books Book Club title is the heart-warming Japanese bestseller The Convenience Store by the Sea. Borrow immediately through the Book Clubs link on uLIBRARY zurl.co/2o8hR

This wonderful Edwardian studio cabinet print is taken from A Leith Photograph Album. You can see all the photos from this album in a scrapbook shared by the Living Memory Association on Edinburgh Collected. Do you have any old family photos to add to our community archive? zurl.co/UI06K

Read today’s blog to find out how a mystery Leith photograph album shared by the Living Memory Association on Edinburgh Collected took us on a #FamilyHistory trail… zurl.co/O5kew

There's a very special event coming soon to the Reference Library... Award-winning writer and broadcaster @damianbarr.bsky.social will be talking to @alicestrangart.bsky.social about his brilliant and stunningly reimagined novel, The Two Roberts. Don't miss out, book your ticket at zurl.co/ivaFr

Fortified – a series of photographs of defensive structures around Scotland by keen local photographer, James Carter, kicks off the ArtAndDesignLibrary# 2026 monthly programme of exhibitions at Edinburgh Central Library zurl.co/4nsoe

Listen to the audiobook of Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell - available to borrow with no waiting now through uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary

Sometime in the mid-1780s, Robert Barker was out for a walk on Calton Hill when he had an idea to record the cityscape - the entire 360 degree view from one spot. On Capital Collections you can see the resulting wonderful panoramic view and see how Edinburgh looked 200 years ago! zurl.co/OulZl

There’s loads of great stories coming to the big and small screens this year. Get ahead and read the book that inspired the film or tv show. Here’s a list of titles that you can borrow from Your Library. Simply click to reserve and then pick up from your local library zurl.co/wB5P1

Our #ThrowbackThursday is a photo of ‘Hope’ shared by RA on Edinburgh Collected. Taken on the last day of 2019, it represents hope that “after each dark night there is a light coming with the morning to remind people of the joy of new beginnings”. Best wishes for a joyous New Year! zurl.co/WoLpW

Looking for a great book to start the new year? Find out which books Edinburgh Libraries' staff thought were the best they read in 2025... zurl.co/FsU0B

Earlier in the year, we worked with the Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh who told the story of Edinburgh as a City of Industry, focused on the Incorporated Trades, an organisation which was established in the 1500s and still continues today. Find out more on Our Town Stories - zurl.co/YXnaV

Today we’re revisiting a special #Edinburgh900 exhibition which brought together eclectic items from the collections of Archives, Libraries and Museums and Galleries - ranging from a 12th century charter to a hand-knitted Maisie the Morningside Cat! Browse on Capital Collections - zurl.co/LEzvj

This past year, we received a fantastic response to our #Unearthed photo competition - from iconic landscapes to small details spotted on someone’s daily routine, all celebrating gardens and green spaces. They're a wonderful addition to Edinburgh Collected, our community archive zurl.co/bp2fa

Today we revisit a story written by the Art and Design team at Central Library. It explores how philosophy, science, medicine, architecture and the arts flourished in Edinburgh during the 18th century, a cultural Golden Age. Read the City of Ideas story and be enlightened! zurl.co/zp2D1

Hogmanay reads available on Libby! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby

From 2024 to 2025 we added 10 new stories to Our Town Stories in celebration of #Edinburgh900. Written by different contributors, they tell all aspects of the city’s past from commerce and conflict, faith and diversity to leisure and ideas. Search on ‘Edinburgh 900’ to read them all! zurl.co/8a7yk

This year it’s much easier to watch Christmas favourite The Nutcracker. Download the Medici tv app and watch this treat and many more ballets for free all you need is your library card! zurl.co/DGuDq

Today we time travel to Christmas Day in the 1950s as a family gather for their dinner. Our #ThrowbackThursday is thanks to Living Memory Association. Can you share your picture memories of Christmas on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive, to help us record history? zurl.co/bcXSD

A reminder of our opening times over the holiday period - Libraries will be closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and 2nd January, and closing at 5pm on 24th and 31st. And don’t forget, Your Library is always open online for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers! zurl.co/9rjJa

Find out what Edinburgh Libraries' readers' top ebooks, audiobooks and magazines were on Libby in 2025 - zurl.co/WTz8D

Listen to Richard Coles fabulous cozy crimes this Christmas - including Murder Under the Mistletoe! Free and available now on uLIBRARY www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary

This year it’s much easier to watch Christmas favourite The Nutcracker. Download the Medici tv app and watch this treat and many more ballets for free all you need is your library card! zurl.co/WZcid

Our #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to 1950 and a staff Christmas Party at Stewart’s Ballroom. Maybe you remember Stewart’s Ballroom at Abbeymount? Or maybe you know someone who worked there? Share your memories on Edinburgh Collected Photo thanks to Living Memory Association zurl.co/umFbN

Here's a reminder of our opening times over the holiday period - Edinburgh Libraries will be closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and 2nd January. But don’t forget, Your Library is always open online for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers! zurl.co/aaiJb

This year it’s much easier to watch Christmas favourite The Nutcracker. Download the Medici tv app and watch this treat and many more ballets for free all you need is your library card! zurl.co/TGNE1

The deadline for the Local History Writing Competition is looming - submit your competition entry to Edinburgh Central Library by 31 December 2025. #EssayCompetition #LocalHistory

"Deep within the vaults of Edinburgh Central Library, there exists a small manifestation of the city’s history neatly compiled and organised through a series of bulky tomes" - the Edinburgh Miscellanea! zurl.co/PBqDp

Watching the latest series of Shetland? Why not listen to all the fabulous books by Ann Cleeves. Available to borrow for free on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary

If you’re out and about this festive season, can you help us record history by sharing your picture memories of the city on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive? This magical view of Edinburgh in snow was taken on 19 Dec 2010 and kindly shared by The1701 zurl.co/xWMXf #ThrowbackThursday

Listen to audiobooks whilst wrapping, crafting or cooking this festive season! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/eaudiob...

#DidYouKnow today is World Llama Day?? On the blog we have some fun reading suggestions for children to learn more about these gentle, quirky animals - zurl.co/brI00

It's that time of year again... Oh, yes it is! #OnThisDay when the #KingsTheatre first opened its doors in 1906 with a performance of Cinderella, we look back at some of the pantos through the years with the help of the wonderful British Newspaper Archive - zurl.co/J6gOF

The Scottish Brewing Archive Association’s project, funded by an OEC Jean Guild Grant, aims to publish a new book, Capital Brewing, to ensure that the brewing industry in Edinburgh is not forgotten. Read all about it on our website. #edinburghbrewing #canongatebreweries #brewingarchives

Thomas Keith was well-respected in his lifetime as a surgeon, however for a brief time in the 1850s, he experimented with and mastered another scientific development – photography. View the wonderful results of his travels in Scotland on Capital Collections at zurl.co/z8v5y

Get in the Christmas spirit with festive-themed ebooks and audiobooks. Read for free with Libby www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby

In 2011, the photographer crept out in their "pyjamas and slippers to take this photo of the supermoon" above Dean Village. Tonight, we may catch a glimpse of the last #supermoon of this year... Share your photos with us on Edinburgh Collected! #ThrowbackThursday thanks to henry zurl.co/fhbjc

Listen to this month's Talking Books title from uLIBRARY - Dramatic Murder: a lost Christmas murder mystery zurl.co/kSNRI

Get some Christmas food, crafts and decorating inspiration with free magazines on Libby www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby

Here's a note of Edinburgh Libraries' opening times over the festive period - zurl.co/e0HD2

The World of Maria Prymachenko exhibition is on display in the Art and Design Library at Central Library throughout December, filling the room with bright colour and inspiration - don't miss it! zurl.co/FdS2w

Watching Down Cemetery Road?! Listen to the whole fantastic Mick Herron audiobook series for free on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries zurl.co/J5MZ9 #ulibrary

On the blog - we throw the spotlight on a few of the new titles available to borrow from your library zurl.co/hmTfx

Listen to the audiobooks from the whole Slow Horses series by Mick Herron on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries. Available to borrow immediately and free with your library membership! zurl.co/5Dl00 #lovelibraries

Today for our #ThrowbackThursday we’ve a fantastic 1950s bird’s eye view of Princes Street which looks to be taken by someone staying at the Balmoral, or the North British Hotel, as it would have been known then. Photo via Edinburgh Collected thanks to @Living Memory Association zurl.co/EtFCQ

Get in the mood for Christmas with seasonal reads on Libby. Free from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby

Spread the news www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby

Our latest Capital Collections exhibition features the beautiful early photographs of Thomas Keith, a surgeon and amateur photographer. They'll take you on a virtual tour of 1850s Scotland stopping off at Iona, Aberdeenshire, Fife, the Lothians and Loch Katrine at zurl.co/yvTIQ