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Fully booked A repeated photo of Michael Pedersen, Colin McIlroy, and David Carrillo standing smiling.
Talk

Michael Pedersen on Robert Louis Stevenson

Thursday 1 May 2025

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
Fully booked A black and white illustration of the inside of the Advocate's Library from the 1700s or 1800s. There are columns around the room and chairs that some people are sitting on and a table in the middle that three people are standing around.
Talk

The Library of the Faculty of Advocates in the Scottish Enlightenment

Friday 2 May 2025

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

City Art Centre
Ticketed Free
A hand holding up an open book with shelves full of books in the background and question marks around.
Talk

Where does an old book belong?

Thursday 8 May 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
Fully booked Four photos. One of a memorial, a plaque, a poster of a man in highland dress, and a poster with a drawing of a castle with a rainbow and the words 'Plana Gaidhlig Dhun Eideann'.
Talk

Gaelic in Edinburgh: History and demography | Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann: Eachdraidh agus eòlas-sluaigh

Saturday 10 May 2025

2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
An image of a clown on a trapeze repaeated multiple times at different angles on a bright yellow angle. Text above the clown says 'Kelvinhall carnival'.
Talk

Kelvin Hall's hidden histories

Wednesday 14 May 2025

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Kelvin Hall
Ticketed Free
Fully booked
Talk

Women's lives in Clyde shipbuilding communities

Thursday 15 May 2025

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
A black and white photo of a woman kicking a ball and a book cover.
Talk

Celebrating Scottish women's football

Thursday 22 May 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
Fully booked Statues on the front facade of the National Library of Scotland’s George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh.
Talk

History of the National Library of Scotland

Thursday 29 May 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
Two photos. The first is of the outside of James Gillespie's High School. The second is of a sign for Taobh na Pairce.
Talk

The growth of Gaelic education in Edinburgh | Fàs foghlam Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann

Saturday 31 May 2025

2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
A collection of ephemera from Scottish queer history.
Talk

100 years of Scottish queer history

Thursday 5 June 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
Three photos of plaques commemorating Gaelic writers- Donnachadh Ban Macintyre, George Campbell Hay and Sorley Maclean.
Talk

Gaelic writers and literature in Edinburgh | Sgrìobhadairean Gàidhlig agus litreachas ann an Dùn Èideann

Saturday 14 June 2025

2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
A collage of Lavender Menace reading lists.
Talk

Pride: The books that shaped us

Wednesday 25 June 2025

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Kelvin Hall
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