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In the foreground there is a blue cardboard tile with a picture of a cat next to scissors and a red crayon and in the background there is a row of red cats made from rubbings of the tile.
Workshop

Tenement tiles crafternoon

Saturday 21 June 2025

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Kelvin Hall
Ticketed Free
The Bookbug character on a green background.
Workshop

Bookbug

Thursday 26 June 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed
An envelope book showing criss-crossed bindings.
Workshop

Creative making: Envelope bookbinding

Tuesday 1 July 2025

10:30 AM to 4:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
The Bookbug character on a green background.
Workshop

Bookbug

Thursday 3 July 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
Workshop

Scots language bookbug

Monday 7 July 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed
An open sketchbook with sketches of large red flowers in it.
Workshop

Creative making: Sketchbooks

Tuesday 8 July 2025

10:15 AM to 1:15 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed
A woman looks through a circle-shaped gap in a wall of books.
Workshop

Creative writing: Libraries through time

Wednesday 9 July 2025

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
The Bookbug character on a green background.
Workshop

Bookbug

Thursday 10 July 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
An old photo of a highland cottage in Lochaber.
Workshop

Researching your house's history

Wednesday 16 July 2025

12:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Online
Ticketed Free
The Bookbug character on a green background.
Workshop

Bookbug

Thursday 17 July 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed
The book cover for 'An illustrated Treasury of Dragon Tales' and some coloured pencils.
Workshop

How to draw your dragon

Saturday 19 July 2025

11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
The Bookbug character on a green background.
Workshop

Bookbug

Thursday 31 July 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge

Past exhibitions and displays

Explore some of the exhibitions and displays held at the National Library of Scotland since 2003.

A photo of a man diving underwater.

Watch recorded events

Watch past online events and talks that have been filmed on catch up.

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