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- Congratulations to Cybraphon! 4:32am Nov 9
- And the prize draw winner is… 6:20am Nov 2
- Where are you? 2:33am Oct 30
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- Poetry in Motion
Edinburgh
Saturday, May 2 at 11:00am - Free Book Giveaway 2009
Edinburgh City Libraries, and event...
Saturday, January 31 at 9:00am - Conan Doyle and Joseph Bell - ...
EDINBURGH SURGEONS' HALL MUSEUMS
Sunday, February 1 at 12:00pm - Lost Worlds - Display
TEMPERATE PALM HOUSE AND THE POETRY...
Sunday, February 1 at 10:00am - In Search of Conan Doyle's Edi...
SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE
Saturday, February 7 at 1:30pm - The Animals and Ourselves
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND
Wednesday, February 11 at 7:00pm - Digital Evolution
THE DRILL HALL
Saturday, February 7 at 7:00pm - Sherlock Holmes: Murder in Edi...
The French Institute
Saturday, January 31 at 12:30pm - How The Giraffe Got Its Neck
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND
Saturday, February 7 at 11:45am - Lost Worlds - Opening Reading
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH TEMP...
Sunday, February 1 at 1:00pm
Edinburgh City of Literature
was on TV last night - there are a few writers up for the post of the Greatest Scot. Watch online and vote at http://player.stv.tv/programmes/the-grea
Source: player.stv.tv
Summary: First in a major new six part series looking at some of the most significant Scots in history. Actor Alex Norton profiles authors JK Rowling and Robert Louis Stevenson, comedian Billy Connolly, the Nation's bard Robbie Burns, and design and architectural pioneer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. ....
We were at the BAFTA Scotland awards last night. It was a fabulously glittery evening and a great party. The bad news for us was that The Lost Book didn’t win the Interactive category – but the good news is that the award went to the lovely Cybraphon. He...
Congratulations to libertine101 of Western Australia – you’re the winner of our prize draw. The signed storyboard panel and CD are winging their way to you! Many thanks to everyone who took part in our feedback survey. l...
I just combined our webstats with a World66 visited countries map to create a map showing the locations of all the visitors to The Lost Book website. You’re in 121 different countries: Aren’t maps fun?! Posted in News
Source: scottishpoetrylibrary.wordpress.com
Why not dress as a poet for Hallowe’en? Maybe you already are a poet. You could just go as yourself. But for those who aren’t, poets.org has come up with this fabulous tip sheet, especially for scary season. For Emily Dickinson, for instance, they advise that you will require:
Thanks to Laura Cummings and the Evening News for a wee mention in Saturday’s paper. It’s great to have support and coverage in Edinburgh’s press. The caption says “Delighted: Helen Jackson” which captures some of the jumping-about joy I’ve been expressing! Read the p...
It’s been quite a week! We’re still bouncing about with excitement after the BAFTA Scotland nomination. I thought you might like to see the other nominees in the Interactive category – after all, if you like The Lost Book, you might like them. In a...
Great news: The Lost Book has been nominated in the Interactive category for the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2009! This nomination is for everyone involved in The Lost Book, and that includes all of you who took part in writing the story...
Did you know there’s a sequel to The Lost World? Arthur Conan Doyle wrote several more Professor Challenger stories, but didn’t go back to South America. Instead, Greg Bear continued the story in his novel Dinosaur Summer. It...
Edinburgh City of Literature
welcomes Nick Barley as the new Director of the Book Fest - http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/news.html#To
Source: www.edbookfest.co.uk
We're very excited to announce that we have a new Director at the Book Festival. Nick Barley, most recently Executive Director at The Lighthouse in Glasgow, will replace Catherine Lockerbie who left after a nine-year tenure at the end of August. ...
Edinburgh City of Literature
had fun making mini poetry books at the Scottish Poetry Library yesterday - and did rather well in the Poetry pub quiz too! http://scottishpoetrylibrary.wordpress.c
Edinburgh City of Literature congratulations Don Paterson, taking the Forward Prize for best collection, announced today cos it's National Poetry Day
Edinburgh City of Literature finally has a phone! We are back up and running folks, in Central Library's Edinburgh Room. Happy Autumn, everyone.
A while ago, we told you about the books-and-storytelling experiment we’re running with a copy of Un Lun Dun by China Miéville. The book (signed by the author) is travelling around the world, gathering readers and stories along the way. E...
