Edinburgh Central Library

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🎼Music on the Mezzanine continues tomorrow, Saturday, 10th October at 1:00 PM, as we welcome the Edinburgh University Early Music Ensemble🎵🎶🎵🎶

The Edinburgh University Early Music Ensemble is an new ensemble in central Edinburgh, made up mainly of current and former students. The ensemble aims to provide an opportunity for the university's community to appreciate and play historical music. The ensemble have a flexible makeup including winds, strings, vocals, percussion and brass, with their repertoire consisting of original arrangements of music from the European Medieval and Renaissance periods. The instruments include both reconstructions and experimental re-imaginings, with the aim of bringing early music back to life into today's world!

Please visit our Ticketsource page for further information and free tickets:
https://www.ticketsource.com/edinburgh-central-library/edinburgh-university-early-music-ensemble-at-music-on-the-mezzanine/2026-10-10/13:00/t-dkjngrl

Ticketsource says it is going to be another busy Saturday but please come along anyway. We Look forward to seeing you there!

📍 Mezzanine level, Library
📅 Saturday 10th October
🕐 1:00 PM

New exhibition of paintings Cityscapes and Dreamscapes by Michael McGovern opens Art & Design Library running till 30th October.

Oh, pretty things..!

Did you know we have a wonderful collection of artists’ books in our special collections?
Once a year we have an exhibition down in the mezzanine cabinets, and we hold workshops with a local bookmaker and printmaker, Susie Wilson () - keep your eyes peeled!

Please do explore our library catalogue where all items are listed. We also have a folder of listings up in the Art and Design Library where books are available for pre-arranged viewings (group visits are preferred) – visits like this one from a group of librarians from Lithuania.

Work on display by artists includes - Jane Hyslop (), Natalie D’Arbeloff, David Faithfull (), Joanna Robson (), Cécile (cé) Simonis (), Susie Wilson (), Anupa Gardner (.gardner), Ed Ruscha, Sol LeWitt, Isobel Lewis (), Frances Law (), Hamish Fulton, Karen Akester (.akester), Susie Leiper ().

🌊 Catch the wave! Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh's International Poetry Festival, returns to The Pleasance from 12–15 November, with pre-festival events too.

Four days of poetry, performance, music and conversation with poets and artists from Scotland and around the world, including Jackie Kay, Luke Wright, Anthony Joseph, Joelle Taylor, Naomi Shihab Nye, Kirsty Logan, Hannah Lavery, Joseph Coelho and many more.

📚 Pop into Central Library on George IV Bridge to pick up a free festival brochure, and while you're here, browse our poetry shelves to discover the festival's poets before you see them live. You can also reserve their books online and collect from your local library.

Full programme and tickets 👉 www.pushtheboatout.org

It’s Winnie the Pooh’s 100th birthday! Pop in to the Children’s Library during October to help him celebrate! We have some lovely jolly decorations, a display of books from Hundred Acre Wood and a new scavenger hunt to enjoy. Don't forget your hunny! 🍯

We are excited to have taster sessions with Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival here at Central Library tomorrow. There are still a few tickets left, visit the post below to secure your spot! 🎟

ONLY 3 DAYS TO GO!!

🎼Join us this Saturday, 26th September at 1:00 PM, for Music on The Mezzanine, as we welcome the talented MAJK STOKES🎵🎶🎵🎶

Majk is an Edinburgh based singer-songwriter, poet and musician. He has written over 400 songs and poems, from silly to serious, and recorded three studio albums and self-published two books of poetry.

Please come along and enjoy both a fun and thought-provoking afternoon of original music on the Mezzanine. Search 'Edinburgh Central Library' on Ticketsource or contact the Music Library by phone on 0131 242 8050 or by email at [email protected] to book your free tickets today.

We look forward to seeing you there!!

📍 Mezzanine level, Library
📅 Saturday 26th September
🕐 1:00 PM

🪼Wobbly, bubbly fun at Children's Art Club! 🎨🖌️

Our monthly family art and craft workshops returned on Saturday 19th September with a fabulous and fantastical undersea theme. Children and their adults had colourful, watery fun making vibrant jellyfish using coffee filters, felt-pen marks dabbed with water, and crepe paper and metallic ribbon, and then blew bubbles big and small in bowls and onto paper to create delicate and bold undersea patterns and textures. With the help of a hairdryer everyone's work was dry and ready to take home, and we even saw some jellyfish dance!

Our next workshop is scheduled for Saturday 31st October and we have some spooky Halloween activities planned! 🦇🐈‍⬛🩻

Children's Art Club welcomes families with primary school-aged children; pre-school children are also very welcome to join us. All children aged under 8 must be accompanied by a parent or carer. Each session runs from 10:30am to 12 noon.

Please book your family's places via Eventbrite (search Edinburgh Central Library) or give us a call at the Art & Design Library on 0131 242 8040. Booking will open two weeks before the workshop.

We look forward to seeing you next time!

If you are visiting Central Library over the next few days why not take a pause and enjoy some time reading in our giant deckchair? It makes a great photo opportunity too! Don't forget to tag us and the campaign if you join in the fun!