Central Library’s Children’s Art Club returns for autumn 2025! zurl.co/mxQ0z

Listen for free to all Robert Galbraith Strike novels including the latest The Hallmarked Man - no queues, available immediately from uLIBRARY! Login with your Edinburgh Libraries membership card! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary

Today we share the ‘eerie beauty’ as the haar descends in our #ThrowbackThursday taken ten years ago. It’s a fantastic picture of autumn in Edinburgh, but do you recognise the park? zurl.co/ffFsh#ThrowbackThursday Photo thanks to lynpic501

Fancy a pleasant change from your ordinary drink? We give you “the great nerve and brain strengthener and restorer.” Yes, celery coffee was a thing in 1892. This advertisement is from the Young Women’s Christian Association’s ‘Our Own Gazette’. #InternationalCoffeeDay #WorldVegetarianDay

On Tuesday 30 September, 8-11pm there will be no access to online catalogue, your library account and library app, customers may not be able to log in to some online services. This is to allow for essential maintenance. We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause.

Delve into the recorded past for fun, discovery, nostalgia, or research. Stream thousands of videos and TV programmes from the last 60 years with BFI Replay at your local library. zurl.co/YDrqI

#ThrowbackThursday to September 1963 and Patrick Thomson’s department store on North Bridge was swinging into Autumn with a promotion for ‘Gor Ray’ skirts. The company produced popular and flattering skirts with pioneering permanent pleats! zurl.co/LIWMQ#ThrowbackThursday Photo thanks to Living Memory Association

Edinburgh’s largest Volunteer Recruitment Fair 📅 Tuesday 30 September 2025 | ⏰ 10:00 – 17:30 📍 St Paul’s & St George’s Church, York Place Looking to volunteer? Meet dozens of organisations face to face Free entry | 1000+ visitors expected Don’t miss your chance to discover how you can get involved!

Our #Edinburgh900 exhibition is now complete and includes this item representing one of Edinburgh's best-loved stories... Greyfriars Bobby was given this collar by the Lord Provost in 1867! See many more intriguing items from nine centuries of city life at zurl.co/JtYki

As the year of celebrating #Edinburgh900 draws to a close, we review the 10 stories specially created to tell 900 years of Edinburgh’s history on Our Town Stories zurl.co/ZeNoV

It's Maths Week Scotland! Check out our brilliant range of kids maths ebooks on Libby. Borrow today with your library card! zurl.co/lpVxY

The final chapter in the Our Town Stories #Edinburgh900 series looking at the city’s history over the past 900 years explores Edinburgh a City of Diversity, celebrating the city’s multicultural landscape and the 2050 City Vision for a diverse and vibrant future for the city zurl.co/E60BX

Celebrate Read an Ebook Day today! Borrow an ebook from Libby and share your what you’re reading with #ebooklove on social media! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby

Today’s #ThrowbackThursday shows a beautiful seasonal harvest from Craigentinny allotment and is one of the many fantastic entries we received to our Unearthed Edinburgh photography competition. Photo thanks to Hannah Ayre via EdinburghCollected zurl.co/rvhXk

Want to find out how to start your family tree? Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library on Thursday 25 September at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources. Book your place by emailing [email protected]

In the our latest blog post, Central Library colleagues give an update on their project to reorganise the closed access Reference Library books stored on the gallery shelves and reveal the 'secret doorways' to this upper shelving level... zurl.co/dBOhZ

See the final selection of objects in our #Edinburgh900 exhibition at zurl.co/cDlRp#Edinburgh900 Every object tells a story - before a city fire brigade, landlords could pay an insurance company to protect their property. Fire marks like this proved to firefighters that the owner was insured!

#genealogy #LocalHistory #Scotland #FamilyHistory #research #conference 🗃️📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Our latest blog post highlights some children’s books which celebrate neurodiversity that you can borrow from the library zurl.co/IizJb

Delve into the recorded past for fun, discovery, nostalgia, or research. Stream thousands of videos and TV programmes from the last 60 years with BFI Replay at your local library zurl.co/P8pau

More fascinating items from 900 years of city life have been added to our digital exhibition on Capital Collections, including this certificate from 1795 issued to James Rocheid of Inverleith, for payment of a new tax on hair powder! Browse the full #Edinburgh900 exhibition at zurl.co/Sz9Bm

The final chapter in the Our Town Stories #Edinburgh900 series looking at the city’s history over the past 900 years explores Edinburgh a City of Diversity, celebrating the city’s multicultural landscape and the 2050 City Vision for a diverse and vibrant future for the cityhttps://zurl.co/fqzfa

The fantastic Music on the Mezzanine returns to Central Library this Saturday 30 August at 1pm, kicking off with Django's Swing, an Edinburgh-based jazz guitar duo. Check out the full programme of Saturday lunchtime #LiveMusic coming over the next few weeks at zurl.co/xQxHf

The #Unearthed Edinburgh photography competition winners are revealed today! Thanks to everyone who entered and shared their gorgeous photos of Edinburgh’s beautiful green spaces via Edinburgh Collected! zurl.co/rD1Zf

There are some spaces available on our beginners' #FamilyHistory session at Central Library this week. Come along on Thurs 28 August at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources to uncover your past! Book your place by emailing [email protected]

Edinburgh has a year-long calendar of festivals. #DidYouKnow that one of the oldest, Leith Festival, began in 1907 as a pageant and gala day to raise funds for Leith Hospital? Discover more about our #CityOfCelebration on Our Town Stories zurl.co/qeUDC#DidYouKnow#CityOfCelebrationPic thanks to Living Memory Association

Want to trace your family tree, but not sure where to start? Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library to find out about the free library resources that can help. Our next session is on Thurs 28 August at 2pm. Book by emailing [email protected]

This week's #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to school in 1947! See many more school photos from Edinburgh's past in an online scrapbook created by the Living Memory Association on our community archive, Edinburgh Collected - zurl.co/Q50it

Learning English as a second language? Need help with spelling and grammar? Login to Spellzone online spelling course with your library card today. Suitable for aged 6 up to adult! zurl.co/YhI6y @spellzone

Come to Central Library today or tomorrow to talk to the Royal Scots Museum Outreach Team and find out more about your family who fought in WW2. Commemorating VJ Day 80 you'll be able to search the records, see the display and watch a short film zurl.co/p7ACU #VJDay80 #RoyalScots

Need help with spelling? Want extra spelling and grammar support due to SDL or dyslexia? Login to Spellzone online spelling course with your library card today. Suitable for aged 6 up to adult! zurl.co/YhI6y @spellzone

We continue our exploration of Edinburgh’s heritage for #Edinburgh900 with a whistle-stop tour through a calendar year of festivals! Read on and you could discover some new festivals to try! zurl.co/3xaTQ#Edinburgh900 Photo of Jazz Festival 1987, thanks to SKerr via Edinburgh Collected

The Royal Scots Museum will be visiting Central Library next week to host a pop-up Family Research Area. The Research Area will be free to attend and run from Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 August coinciding with #VJDay80   zurl.co/3eJm1

Once again, colleagues in our Resources Team tempt you to try a title from our new selection of library books. Reserve online and pick up at your local library! zurl.co/XOQHF

Music on the Mezzanine, Central Library's Saturday lunchtime concert programme returns for the Autumn on 30 August 2025. Read on to find out who will be performing at the fortnightly sessions - zurl.co/uLmrP

August's Talking Books Book Club audiobook title is Goodbye Birdie Greenwing. Sign up to this online book group to borrow this warming tale of friendship today zurl.co/wVCxB

During August come to Edinburgh Central Library and discover 'Pathways', a new exhibition of paintings in acrylic by Scottish artist and tutor, Carolyn Burchell. On show in the #ArtAndDesignLibrary zurl.co/05363

This wonderful photo memento of a family’s day out captures a day at #Portobello Open Air Swimming Pool in the early 1960s. #ThrowbackThursday thanks to Living Memory Association. Share your summer holiday pics on Edinburgh Collected and help us record history today! zurl.co/VsEoB

Our new City of Celebration story on Our Town Stories continues our exploration of Edinburgh’s heritage with a whistle-stop tour through a calendar year of festivals. How many of these festivals have you attended? #Edinburgh900 zurl.co/ehZKQ

The laying of the foundation stone of the Royal High School, Edinburgh, on 28th July 1825. A great blog by Steven Robb for the OEC. #royalhighschool #caltonhill #thomashamiltonarchitect #lordprovost #lordglenorchy #oldedinburghhistory #scottishenlightenment #greekrevivalbuildings

What’s your story? Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session and find out how to get started using the library's free online and physical resources. Our next session is on Thursday 31 July at 2pm at Edinburgh Central Library Book by emailing [email protected]

As the #WomensEuros final approaches, we look back to women’s football in the 1950s, a time when the Edinburgh Dynamos weren’t allowed to join the Scottish Football Association! Does anyone know where this pic was taken? #ThrowbackThursday thanks to @ThelmaScotland zurl.co/itoNC

If you’ve been putting off submitting your brilliant photo of gardening, gardens or green spaces to the Unearthed Edinburgh #PhotographyCompetition, this is a little reminder. Now's the time to do it! Competition closes on 31 July 2025. Find full details at zurl.co/jkzOO

Join Readers of Scotland, a research project exploring reading experiences and benefits. We are on the lookout for lovers of romance books! ❤️

This month for #Edinburgh900 we’re looking at the #CityOfLeisure theme and highlighting the history of the Assembly Rooms, a venue which has been at the heart of the city’s social life since it opened in former premises in the Old Town in 1710! Read the story online at zurl.co/P9Gpd

The MA Interior, Architectural & Spatial Design programme is proud to present BridgING, an exhibition at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social and @edinburghlibraries.bsky.social Central Library, featuring research and design responses to Edinburgh's George IV Bridge. Find out more: lnkd.in/eRZS6y2h

900 years of Edinburgh’s rich history are celebrated in a new digital exhibition on Capital Collections. Browse evocative objects and images from Edinburgh Museums & Galleries, Libraries and Archives - some of which have never fully been shared with the public before! zurl.co/xQHI8

Edinburgh Libraries members! Join the world’s biggest digital book club by reading this gorgeously-written family saga via Libby #BigLibraryRead

Libby's Big Library Read is here! Borrow the ebook or audiobook of The Storyteller's Death immediately. Be prepared to lose yourself in this fabulous story. www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby #BigLibraryRead

Our #ThrowbackThursday shared by Living Memory Association, captures a young boy playing in the garden at Redhall Drive c1952. Enter our photo competition on the theme of gardening and green spaces and you’ll also be contributing to our online community archive! Competition info at zurl.co/VRMHS