Book Week Scotland is friendship woven through words. ❤📚 Whatever you are doing to celebrate, from going along to one of hundreds of events to reading a brilliant book at home, we wish you a happy Book Week Scotland! 📚🥳

Happening tomorrow! Bring your device for free digital skills help at Central library 💻 Lloyds Banking Group volunteers offering 1:1 support. 📅 Tue 18th Nov 🕝 2:30-4:30pm 📍 Mezzanine Level (Central Library) Drop in welcome on the day or book ahead: [email protected] | 07716 702180

Want to find out how to start your family tree? Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library on Thurs 27 Nov at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources. Book your place by emailing [email protected]

Today marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson! Find out more about his life by taking a virtual wander on Our Town Stories through the Edinburgh he knew as a child and student. zurl.co/esAjh #RLSDay2025

One hundred years ago staff and patients at Leith Hospital pose for a ward photograph. The hospital opened to patients in 1851 on Mill Lane and closed in 1987. #ThrowbackThursday thanks to the Living Memory Association zurl.co/HSuis

Over on the blog, our Resources Team spotlight some hidden gems amongst the many new books Edinburgh Libraries have acquired this month - zurl.co/yOMkY

There's a new FREE bookable art studio space at Central Library! zurl.co/vzSBk

Discover a new ‘RSVP‘ series of events celebrating how artists from different cultures and working in different artforms respond to the same theme zurl.co/pqPLx

Read the Edinburgh in World War Two story on Our Town Stories to find out how war touched every aspect of people’s lives – zurl.co/0FRn7 #WW2 #RemembranceDay

Ahead of #RemembranceDay on Sunday, read how World War One affected everyday life and the people of Edinburgh on Our Town Stories. Find out about rationing, the zeppelin raid, the Gretna Rail Disaster, football heroes, war poets and pioneering Dr Elsie Inglis. zurl.co/cLgBk

Read all about the meticulous conservation work to restore two of the #ArtAndDesignLibrary's vintage railway posters zurl.co/OwYJE

Sharing your pictures on Edinburgh Collected can be a way to remember the lives of loved ones. Stuart Laidlaw shared a collection of photos and documents from his father’s Army service during World War Two in a Wartime Memories scrapbook - zurl.co/7YSSL #ThrowbackThursday #WW2

A fantastic new exhibition by the Edinburgh Photographic Society has just opened in the #ArtAndDesignLibrary! zurl.co/Bkjyf

Fireworks are really stressful for animals, pets and some people. Have a safe and fun bonfire night with family and friends. Check for organised displays near you at zurl.co/yPeS9

Fireworks are really stressful for animals, pets and some people. Have a safe and fun bonfire night with family and friends. Check for organised displays near you at zurl.co/55UIV

A unique railway exhibition is coming soon to Currie Library! It will celebrate the history of the former branch line known as the Balerno Loop which was part of the Caledonian Railway. #Railway200

Do you know Scotland’s firework laws? Stay safe and don’t risk it. Find out more and check for organised displays near you at zurl.co/T3t4M

The heyday of exchanging halloween postcards was between 1900 and 1920 and the bizarre images often had a folkloric tale to tell. These anthropomorphic cabbages allude to divination recorded in Scotland and Ireland where the shape of a pulled cabbage stalk denoted the figure of your future love!

Our latest blog article gives an update on how to access PressReader. Access via Libby will no longer be available after 1 November - instead, please go directly to the PressReader website or app. zurl.co/NyN88

Twenty years ago, the first of the three blocks of high-rise flats in #Oxgangs were pulled down. This picture captures the moment Capelaw Court was demolished and some say, also a ghostly face within the dust… Can you see it? #ThrowbackThursday thanks to Firrhill Community Council zurl.co/M4bJ0

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! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary #lovelibraries

Take a look at our latest Capital Collections exhibition to see how Edinburgh looked over 300 years ago! The drawings from the collections of Central Library are by John Slezer, a talented draughtsman who undertook survey work for the army around Scotland. zurl.co/koKPv

What makes a good place? Tell us what you think about where you live. Fill in our consultation online, or come along to one of our pop-in events. planningedinburgh.com/2025/10/29/c...

A world of crime writing is waiting to be discovered at Edinburgh Central Library zurl.co/futiI

Watching Down Cemetery Road?! Listen to the whole fantastic Mick Herron audiobook series for free on uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary #ulibrary

For our latest collaboration on Our Town Stories we handed over to @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social to tell their remarkable story. Find out about this vibrant club and how they've been been exploring Edinburgh through its history for over a century! zurl.co/NJpSm

Want to find out how to start your family tree? Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Edinburgh Central Library on Thursday 30 October at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources. Book your place by emailing [email protected]

What book have you finished lately that's had you raving about it to fellow book lovers?

The #FamilyHistory Fair at Edinburgh Central Library is in full swing! Pop by until 4pm today, Friday 24 October to speak to us and representatives from many other archives to learn how our collections and services can help your research! Full details at zurl.co/NRtOK

I wrote an article on The Foot-Ball Club for History Scotland magazine, but it has now ceased publication. Rather than let it go to waste, it makes a long read for my website: www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...

Our #ThrowbackThursday records patients at work in the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Gardens sometime in the 1970s, ‘earthing-up’ tatties! zurl.co/SO3SD#ThrowbackThursday Photo thanks to the Living Memory Association Can you help us record history by sharing your picture memories on Edinburgh Collected?

Need a little help with your #FamilyHistory research? Come along to a Family History Fair at Central Library this Friday 24 October 2025 from 10am where you'll be able to speak to the experts or attend a free talk. Find the full programme details at zurl.co/mQieA#FamilyHistoryWe hope to see you there!

Have you seen our latest Capital Collections exhibition? It brings together drawings by John Slezer of the city of #Edinburgh and surrounding areas. The drawings date from the late 17th century and are some of the oldest images in our collections - View them all at zurl.co/HQ248

Want to find out how to start your #familyhistory? Or maybe you're a bit stuck and need some advice? Come along to the free Family History Fair next Friday, 24 October, between 10am and 4pm at Central Library! View the full programme of talks and information stallholders at zurl.co/TEiR1

Huge news from the Edinburgh Journal of Botany - its entire archive is now freely available online! 🥳 This moment has been years in the making. Explore more than a century's worth of scientific research 👇

Recognise this Edinburgh view? Clue - the water's edge has moved over time... #ThrowbackThursday 1930s postcard from the Living Memory Association via Edinburgh Collected zurl.co/4Gw9Y

In 1908, a group of #Edinburgh citizens got together to form a society to make the city’s incredible history accessible to all. This is the story of the @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social and how they have been exploring the city through its history for over a century - zurl.co/o2EbX

Calling Edinburgh writers! Enter our local history writing competition, the William Anderson Memorial Prize 2025, for the chance to win £200. #Edinburgh900 zurl.co/6g0zT

Our Resources Team throw the spotlight on some of this month's brand-new fiction titles - zurl.co/w2hSQ

Have you heard that we're hosting a #FamilyHistory Fair on Friday 24 October at Central Library? Find full details of the programme of talks and organisations taking part on the day in our latest blog post. zurl.co/cZEoo

The Parent and Carer Support Team in partnership with Edinburgh Libraries are launching a new pilot programme of free Bitesize learning sessions for parents and carers. zurl.co/VqhVC

Don't miss the Sunflower Dreams compelling exhibition of Ukrainian children's artwork on show on the Mezzanine Level at Central Library until the end of October🌻 zurl.co/f4kR5

This torn, but still wonderful, photograph is dated around 1895 and captures a busy scene on North Bridge as well as the old tenement buildings and shops which would shortly be replaced by the Scotsman Newspaper buildings zurl.co/shGdv #ThrowbackThursday thanks to the Living Memory Association

We’re looking for your views on our plans to improve provision for walking, wheeling and cycling along Dundee Street and in the wider Fountainbridge area. The consultation is open until 12 January 2026.

Unbelievable, but true - you can borrow (for free) and listen (without waiting) to the bestselling The Wedding People (the book everyone's talking about!). Borrow today from uLIBRARY, just sign in with your Edinburgh Libraries membership card www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary

We were so impressed by the photographs and memories submitted to our 'Unearthed Edinburgh' competition that we've decided to put a selection on display this month at Central Library. If you can't drop by to see it, you'll find them all on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive zurl.co/rCsTN

Good news - Piershill Library are back open as normal. Apologies again for any inconvenience their late opening may have caused.

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Piershill Library is unable to open this morning. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. We will provide an update as soon as the situation changes.

Please treat yourself and listen to this month's Talking Books Book Club title - Frank & Red. A story of intergenerational friendship that you won't forget. Borrow for free with no wait from uLIBRARY, login with your Edinburgh Libraries membership card. zurl.co/bjBNb

Visit the #ArtAndDesignLibrary at Central Library to see Touching Wood, this month's exhibition by Hillside Visually Impaired Art group. zurl.co/ZnjGJ