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The Bookbug character on a green background.
Workshop

Bookbug

Thursday 19 December 2024

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Free
Reading

Open Book

Monday 13 January 2025

10:15 AM to 11:15 AM

George IV Bridge
Free
Reading

Open Book

Monday 20 January 2025

10:15 AM to 11:15 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
At the centre of the image is a picture of a man standing at the top of a hill with his back to us looking at the skyline of Glasgow. At either side of the image are pictures of open books and close up of film strips.
Screening

Glasgow: City of Poets

Wednesday 22 January 2025

6:15 PM to 7:45 PM

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

Bookbug

Thursday 23 January 2025

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

George IV Bridge
Free
Two haggis pom poms sitting in front of a cartoon image of a Scottish landscape with trees, mountains and a blue sky.
Workshop

Burns Crafternoon

Saturday 25 January 2025

1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Kelvin Hall
Ticketed
National Librarian Amina Shar sits next to poet Jackie Kay. They are talking and Jackie is holding an item from her archive in her right hand.
Talk

In conversation with Jackie Kay: The archive and the journey

Saturday 25 January 2025

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Free
Reading

Open Book

Monday 27 January 2025

10:15 AM to 11:15 AM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
Fully booked Background monochrome sketch of plants and their roots, in the centre there is a profile photo of Margaret Bennett, grey hair tied back.
Performance

Folklore and songs of plants with Margaret Bennett

Wednesday 29 January 2025

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Kelvin Hall
Ticketed Free
Fully booked The printing devices of Walter Chepman and Andrew Myllar, National Library of Scotland.
Talk

Edinburgh: the birthplace of printing in Scotland

Thursday 30 January 2025

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

City Art Centre
Ticketed
A sepia photo of Robert Louis Stevenson's house in Samoa with two groups of people sitting on the ground in front of it.
Workshop

Creative writing: Tusitala

Tuesday 4 February 2025

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

George IV Bridge
Ticketed Free
A cropped image from a promotional flyer for the Lavender Menace bookshop with the name in black text, an eye, and the text "is coming".
Screening

'Coming Out': In conversation with Lavender Menace

Wednesday 5 February 2025

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Kelvin Hall

Past exhibitions and displays

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

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