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The Bookbug logo on a yellow background.
Workshop

Gaelic bookbug

Thursday 12 June 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
A colourful close up map of Scotland around Inverness and surrounding areas.
Workshop

Navigating the maps website

Thursday 12 June 2025

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Online
Free
Six old books sitting spine out on a shelf.
Workshop

Library social: A Centenary celebration

Friday 13 June 2025

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Dementia friendly
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
Free
Reading

Open Book

Monday 16 June 2025

10:15 AM to 11:15 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
An old photo of a house in Kinlochewe in Ross-shire.
Workshop

Highlands and Islands family history

Tuesday 17 June 2025

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Online
Ticketed Free
An old photo of a highland cottage in Lochaber.
Workshop

Researching your house's history

Wednesday 18 June 2025

12:00 AM to 4:00 PM

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

Bookbug

Thursday 19 June 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Free
An historic photo of a blue mobile library van repeated six times in different coloured filters.
Exhibition

Dear Library

20 June 2025 to 18 April 2026

George IV Bridge
Free
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
Free
Reading

Open Book

Monday 23 June 2025

10:15 AM to 11:15 AM

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
Hearing Loop

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.

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

Several pages of blank white paper in a pile.

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