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

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.

Gaelic bookbug

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

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.

Glasgow cinema city

Talk, Screening, Doors Open Days
16 September 2026, 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Painting depicting a street view outside a cinema.

Bookbug

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

Doors Open Day: Behind the scenes tours

Tour, Doors Open Days
17 September 2026, 10:30AM to 1:00PM
A curator reaching for a tape on a rolling archive shelf.