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☕️ Coffee Morning in support of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library 🗓️ Saturday 7 December 🕙 10am-12 noon ⛪️ Dunblane Cathedral Hall 💷 Entry £3 🧁 Home baking, raffle, book stall & gift ideas for Christmas …/👇

If this looks like the sort of thing you and/or the small people in your life might enjoy, come along to our half-term events: museum trail, crafting, storytelling, that sort of thing. history.rcp.ac.uk/events

a tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587). the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.

We are very pleased with our new festive cards, and had an inordinate amount of fun on this glorious day doing a photoshoot in the grounds of the Library! They'll be at our Festive Fayre on Fri 6 & Sat 7 Nov and you can order them in our online shop here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/shop/shop/ch...

Nearly the end of our season and we're having two special Tours with the Keeper tomorrow: find out all about our Bookmarking exhibition before it closes at the end of the month. Tickets here: innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk Online booking closes at midnight tonight.

Coming up at Innerpeffray we have our closing talk of the season, the Ted Powell Memorial Lecture on Wed 8th October. Members of the Friends of Innerpeffray can attend for free, but please book your place! Tickets for non-members £10, book here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/whats-on/

To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Buchan, we are reading excerpts of his most famous book, The Thirty Nine Steps at 1100 BST LIVE on YouTube www.youtube.com/@Innerpeffra... join us if you can.

At our Festival, author & musician L.A.MacRae will be talking to us abouther debut novel. Hosted by our assistant keeper and trad singer Naomi, expect a weaving of music & readings and the explorations of a writer. Sat 6th Sept 15.30. innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

Next up in our festival programme is a unique opportunity to hear celebrated playwright, theatre director and author David Greig. On the afternoon of Sat 6 Sept, he'll be sharing insights about the writing of his debut novel, 'Columba's Bones'. innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

We are very excited to be welcoming 'Things Found in Books' to our festival! Join singer-songwriters Yvonne Lyon & Boo Hewerdine to hear their songs inspired by things found in old books. Tickets £15, Saturday 6th September 7pm. Bookings and enquiries here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/innerpeffray...

If Books Could Kill! This year at Innerpeffray we discovered that we have some poisonous books in our collection. Join our poet in residence Jennie Turnbull on Friday 5th September for a creative foray into the power of the written word. innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

Hooray! We're having a festival! The Innerpeffray Festival returns for 2025 from Friday 5-Sunday 7 Sept. Check out our website for a programme of poetry, workshops, fiction, readings and music - inspired by the marks we make in books. The festival is sponsored by the Friends of Innerpeffray.

We're looking forward to our Summer Fayre next Friday and Saturday! Local craftspeople, refreshments and lots of secondhand #books

Fantastic news At Perth Art Gallery, unseen treasures of #Millais from the family collection now on long term loan www.culturepk.org.uk/news/millais...

Did you know Scotland's first free public lending library is nearly 350 years old? 🤔 Innerpeffray Library in rural Perthshire has welcomed readers from all walks of life since 1680, when it was founded by local landowner David Drummond, the third Lord Madertie.

Where better to cool off on a sunny day than an 18th century building with *very* thick walls! #cool

*SOLD OUT* We are both excited and sorry (for anyone who has missed out) that we have reached capacity for our event this evening. See other dates for the Three Inch Fools here: www.threeinchfools.com/upcoming-per...

*SOLD OUT* Sorry, we have reached capacity for our event this evening. If you've missed out, see other dates for the Three Inch Fools here: www.threeinchfools.com/upcoming-per...

Our next event is the fabulous frolic of the Three Inch Fools outdoor Shakespeare with music and madness! Thurs 10th July at 7pm Book here: innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

A musical event with a difference later this month at Innerpeffray - Viola da Gamba player Sarah Small is cycling the length and breadth of the UK, performing a programme of music from the 17th cent to today. Tickets £15, book via the 'What's On' page on our website, link in bio.

I just stumbled across an old article in The Central Queensland Herald, Australia, by an international visitor to @innerpeffray.bsky.social - Miss Constance Bardsley visited Innerpeffray with 2 others on 1st July, 1937. On her return home, she wrote about her 6-month world tour in her local paper.

I love a little drama on a Wednesday morning! 💒 On 4 May 1872, the Revd and (allegedly) Mrs A. M. Gibson visited @innerpeffray.bsky.social together and signed the visitors' book - but they weren't actually married until the 21st of May, almost three weeks later!

We have a musical month approaching in June, beginning with this celebration of the life & songs of Carolina Oliphant of Gask. Join Freeland Barbour & Gerda Stevenson for a stirring afternoon on Sun 1st June. Tickets £15, available here: innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

We’re ready for our first visit of the season from a busload from the Netherlands. This means no full tours of the library between 2-4pm every Thurs between now & September-BUT you can still explore Scottish first editions! Image of tulips (how appropriate!) from 'Familiar Garden Flowers,' 1879.

On Wednesday 14th May, we're delighted to welcome Mike Bullock, Chief Exec of the Northern Lighthouse Board to talk all things lighthouses - and beyond! Talk begins at 7pm in the Old Schoolroom. Tickets £10, available here: innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

Very excited for the installation of 'Reading Forms; A Site-Specific Exhibition' today! Gorgeous work by textile Artist Helen Gallogly will be on display at Innerpeffray during May, with a launch event tomorrow eve and tours & talks throughout the month.

We launched our catalogue today - watch it here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/whats-on/

All hail #Macbeth! #ShakespearesBirthday We are delighted to be loaning our copy of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (1577) to @perthmuseum.bsky.social for their latest exhibition - opens Friday! perthmuseum.co.uk/inside-the-m...

It's been a long time coming, but we are at last able to share our full catalogue online and we invite you to join us for the launch.

Tickets for the launch of Helen Gallogly's Reading Forms exhibition are now available! #textileartist #booklove #lovelibraries innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

"Notes like running water" - that's how the music of Morag Brown and Lewis Powell-Reid has been described, drawing on a well of tunes from Scotland to the Balkans. Come and hear them in the Chapel on Sunday 27th April, 3pm. Tickets available via our website. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk_V...

Up next at Innerpeffray on Wednesday 9th April - a special evening of words and music performed by Crawford Logan, Peter Banks & Joan Taylor. We had a wonderful evening last year, and this event promises to be no less engaging. It will be preceded by the Friends's AGM at 6.30 in the Schoolroom

It's been a busy few months helping to set Below Stairs Books up! Thank you to the Georgian House for letting me work on what has been such a fun project. Do come and visit our quirky secondhand bookshop 7 Charlotte Square in Edinburgh's New Town. @n-t-s.bsky.social 📚 #BelowStairsBooks

This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of novelist, biographer, historian and writer of the 'shocker' John Buchan. We are delighted to be hosting a talk from his granddaughter Ursula Buchan on 20th March "Beyond the 39 Steps" innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

Did you know you can visit our #HeritageTrail all year round (free). We're closed while we create our next exhibition so here are some outdoor pictures to tempt you.

The siller moonlicht straiks ower this boorach o neds that jumped me, hellbent oan ma daith… —Frances Robson, “Daith o Saint Andrew” A Scots poem for #StAndrewsDay – inspired by Peter Howson’s “Andrew, Portrait of a Saint” www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/daith-o...

Our new exhibition opens this coming week @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social: ‘Oracles, omens and answers’ with a gorgeous new book from my colleagues in Bodleian Publishing. Not to be missed!

Our book hedgehog Henrietta has a festive hat for the Carols this weekend.

As Advent draws nigh, so too do our traditional carol concerts, led by the Innerpeffray Singers - two in the Library on Sat 31st Nov and one in the Innerpeffray Chapel on Sun 1st Dec. Tickets available here: innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk Book now and come join the happy throng!

The Wreath Making Workshop is going ahead today - and a repeat session tomorrow, Sunday 24th at 2.30pm. Spaces available on the door for both (£35).

We're greatly looking forward to a night of "pleasing terror" this evening with Nunkie Theatre and the tales of M.R. James. There are only a couple of spaces left, and the performance starts at 7pm sharp in the Schoolroom, no late admittances. Suitable for ages 13+, tickets £18.00

I'm Isla, a doctoral candidate at Stirling University, working with @innerpeffray.bsky.social on nineteenth-century book & library history - particularly their beautiful and fascinating visitors' books.

We're gearing up for #MuseumShopSunday with our new collection of enamel badges now in our online shop innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/shop/shop/en... #cat #library #lovelibraries

Can anyone tell us who 'the Ph ---' is/are in Ramsay's ode? #18thcentury #scottishliterature #poetry 🧐

James Hogg’s lesser-known *other* tale of a demonic doppelganger (or perhaps delusion – who can say?) is his 1830 short story “Strange Letter of a Lunatic” – available to download as part of the free ebook THE DEVIL I AM SURE: 3 Short Stories by James Hogg #WyrdWednesday asls.org.uk/publications...

Before JEKYLL & HYDE, there was James Hogg’s JUSTIFIED SINNER (1824): “a trenchant religious & social satire, a bloody Gothic tale, a morality play, a compelling account of madness. It’s also a story of ‘doubles’, or doppelgangers” #WyrdWednesday johannapolus.medium.com/the-devil-is...

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Delighted to be joining in the Milton-athon with Milton's Cottage www.miltonscottage.org/miltonathon/ watch along with a shared marathon reading to mark the 350th anniversary of Milton’s death.

We're hosting our Festive Fayre today! Come along for lovely literary and local craft gifts today and tomorrow, Friday and Saturday 10am - 4pm.