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The Bookbug character on a green background.
Workshop

Bookbug

Thursday 1 May 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

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

Bookbug

Monday 5 May 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed
A photo of book shelves and a transparent photo on top of that of a hand writing something in a book.
Workshop

Flash fiction: 100 words for 100 years

Wednesday 7 May 2025

10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
An old black and white photo of a family.
Workshop

Introduction to family history

Wednesday 7 May 2025

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Online
Ticketed Free
The Bookbug logo on a yellow background.
Workshop

Gaelic bookbug

Thursday 8 May 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Free
A group of people sitting in a circle playing ukeleles.
Workshop

Library Social: Making music

Friday 9 May 2025

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Dementia friendly
Ticketed Free
Section of Goad Plan of Glasgow showing the offices of the Glasgow Herald on Mitchell Street, Glasgow.
Workshop

Maps for family and local history

Tuesday 13 May 2025

12:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Kelvin Hall
Ticketed Free
A black and white film still of Japanese lilies.
Workshop

Creative writing: Movement in nature

Tuesday 13 May 2025

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Kelvin Hall
Free
A selection of craft supplies on a table. In the background is a street with some buildings such as a library and a shop.
Workshop

Shoebox street crafternoon

Saturday 17 May 2025

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Kelvin Hall
Ticketed Free
A colour film still from an archive film from the National Library of Scotland collections. In the image, a local parade is taking place. In the foreground are two young children held by women. One child has an ice lolly in their hand. The other is smiling and waving. She wears a grubby, patterned overall. In the background is a sign for fish suppers.
Workshop

How to use film heritage for reminiscence

Tuesday 20 May 2025

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Kelvin Hall
Ticketed
Repeated photos of a handmade journal cover and the inside of it.
Workshop

Creative making: Make your own journal

Wednesday 21 May 2025

2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

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

Bookbug

Thursday 22 May 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.

Several pages of blank white paper in a pile.

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