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Ossian: The world's greatest literary hoax?

Thursday 10 April 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge
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Fully booked rom left to right, authors Elle McNicoll and Chris Carse Wilson. Each is in their own headshot, side by side.
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Storytelling and safe spaces

Thursday 17 April 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge
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Items from Sorley Maclean’s archive, on display in our Treasures exhibition until September 2025, sitting open. On the left, one of Maclean’s notebooks. On the right, one of his published works.
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Sorley Maclean: The poet as historian

Thursday 24 April 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge
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Michael Pedersen and Val McDermid stand, hugging and smiling, in a central photo. Next to this photo is a photo of Michael Pedersen, Colin McIlroy, and David Carrillo stand smiling.
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Michael Pedersen on Robert Louis Stevenson

Thursday 1 May 2025

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

George IV Bridge
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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.
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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.
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Where does an old book belong?

Thursday 8 May 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
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'.
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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
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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.
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Celebrating Scottish women's football

Thursday 22 May 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

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

Thursday 29 May 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

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

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