National Library of Scotland

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Find out about our events and exhibitions in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and online.

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Festival bindings

Display
10 to 29 August 2026
A contemporary bookbinding showing a cover covered in cut out letters.

Gaelic bookbug

Workshop
13 August 2026, 10:30AM to 11:00AM
The bookbug on a yellow background.

Bookbug

Workshop
20 August 2026, 10:30AM to 11:00AM
The bookbug on a green background

Navigating the maps website

Tutorial
26 August 2026, 3:00PM to 4:00PM
A map of Scotland with a magnifying glass enlarging Inverness.

Bookbug

Workshop
27 August 2026, 10:30AM to 11:00AM
The bookbug on a green background

Adult autism-friendly sessions at Kelvin Hall

Workshop
2 September 2026, 2:00PM to 3:30PM
A box of objects from the 1970s, including a cookbook, a Star Wars figure and a tin of instant mashed potato.

Bookbug

Workshop
3 September 2026, 10:30AM to 11:00AM
The bookbug on a green background

Whiskies Galore! An author talk with Ian Buxton

Talk
3 September 2026, 5:30PM to 6:30PM
A book cover titled 'Whiskies Galore' by Ian Buxton.

Open Book

Reading
7 September 2026, 10:15AM to 11:15AM
A group of people sitting around a table reading books.

Gaelic bookbug

Workshop
10 September 2026, 10:30AM to 11:00AM
The bookbug on a yellow background.

Open Book

Reading
14 September 2026, 10:15AM to 11:15AM
A group of people sitting around a table reading books.

Doors Open Day: Glasgow goes out to the pictures

Fair, Display, Doors Open Days
16 to 19 September 2026
Black and white photo of the old ABC 1 cinema on Sauchiehall St, Glasgow.