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- Mapping mid-19th century Edinb...
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Thursday, March 26 at 7:00pm - Scottish independence
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Monday, March 16 at 7:00pm - NLS Film Club: Free introducto...
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Thursday, March 12 at 7:00pm - Discovering family history at ...
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Wednesday, March 11 at 2:00pm - Getting started at NLS
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Tuesday, March 10 at 6:00pm - 'Red Nightingales': Spanish Ci...
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Tuesday, March 3 at 7:00pm - Creative workshop: Contemporar...
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Saturday, February 21 at 10:00am - An evening with Sir Arthur Con...
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Tuesday, February 17 at 7:00pm - Dramatised reading: 'The conte...
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Thursday, February 12 at 7:00pm - Discovering family history at ...
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Thursday, February 12 at 6:00pm
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Imprentit: 500 years of the Scottish Printed WordCreated about 11 months ago
20 Years of Rankin and Rebus ExhibitionCreated on January 7, 2008 at 6:09am
Learn how to get a readers' ticket, find your way around the Library and request materials from our collections. Includes a tour of the reading rooms. All of our events are f...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:6:00PM Tuesday, March 10th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Discover the detail and accuracy of the Ordnance Survey six-inch County Series map of Edinburgh (1843-1882). A talk by Graeme Cruickshank, local historian and author of the no...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Thursday, March 26th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Do you believe 'the most important question facing Scotland is its future constitutional status'? Harry Reid and Paul Scott, editors of 'The Independence Book', explain why th...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Monday, March 16th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Witness the last day of the Edinburgh trams. See the outdoor pool at Portobello. Enjoy an early screening of Laurel and Hardy. The first of a series of workshops exploring Sco...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Thursday, March 12th
Location:National Library of Scotland
What part did Scottish women play in the Spanish Civil War? Daniel Gray, author of 'Homage to Caledonia: Scotland and the Spanish Civil War', explores the archives to find out...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, March 3rd
Location:National Library of Scotland
Preview this year's Scottish international poetry festival, StAnza 2009, with poet Kate Clanchy. The festival, featuring a wide range of performances, will be held in St Andre...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Monday, February 9th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Make your own modern-day commonplace book and fill it with your personal notes, quotes and photographs. The third in a series of creative workshops for adults with Isabelle Ti...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:10:00AM Saturday, February 21st
Location:National Library of Scotland
Tonight writer and historian Owen Dudley Edwards is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Join him for an evening of readings and reflections on the E...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, February 17th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Find out what Charles Darwin was up against in this dramatised reading from the evolutionary biologist and his contemporaries. Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birt...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Thursday, February 12th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Writers Christopher Brookmyre and Julian Baggini debate whether our schools should teach creationism alongside evolution. In recognition of Darwin Day – a global celebration o...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, February 11th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Use our collection of love letters as inspiration for your own Valentine's Day gifts. Explore letter-writing techniques and ideas for packaging and delivering your romantic me...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:6:30PM Tuesday, February 10th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Find out how we can help you with your family history research. Includes a short tour of the Library and some practical information about how to get a reader's ticket. All of...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:6:00PM Thursday, February 12th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Learn how to get a readers' ticket, find your way around the Library and request materials from our collections. Includes a tour of the reading rooms. All of our events are f...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:2:00PM Monday, February 9th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Join writer Margaret Elphinstone for a creative writing workshop for adults. Discover how to use source material for research. Explore 'The Sea Road', a novel based on Iceland...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:10:00AM Saturday, February 7th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Freedom or Safety?
The 42 day rule, CCTV, ASBOs - safeguards for good citizens or unacceptable intrusions and curtailments of civil liberty? Speakers debate the rights and wrongs of these topica...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, December 3rd
Location:National Library of Scotland
Robert Burns and the Politics of the 1790s
What was Robert Burns' relationship with the radical political ideas unleashed by the French Revolution? How did Burns see Scotland, and, indeed, Britain in its aftermath? Was...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, November 26th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Inspirations at NLS: Rankin on Spark
In the first of our new ‘Inspirations at NLS’ series, Edinburgh’s legendary crime novelist Ian Rankin talks about his appreciation for the work of Muriel Spark. Chaired by Ros...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Thursday, November 20th
Location:National Library of Scotland (Causewayside)
The Naming of Scotland’s Hills
Peter Drummond, author of 'Scottish Hill Names', talks about the early mapping and naming of Scotland’s mountains and hills. All of our events are free, but booking is advise...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, November 19th
Location:National Library of Scotland
The Naming of Scotland’s Hills
Peter Drummond, author of 'Scottish Hill Names', talks about the early mapping and naming of Scotland’s mountains and hills. All of our events are free, but booking is advise...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, November 19th
Location:National Library of Scotland
The Naming of Scotland’s Hills
Peter Drummond, author of 'Scottish Hill Names', talks about the early mapping and naming of Scotland’s mountains and hills. All of our events are free, but booking is advise...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, November 19th
Location:National Library of Scotland
The Future of the Book
Print books or e-books? Uplift or download? Writers and readers, or an interactive interchange? Join our expert panel and get thinking about what part you will play in the fut...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Friday, November 14th
Location:Scottish Book Trust, Sandeman House
The Muriel Spark Society Annual Lecture: A Girl of Slender Means
Journalist, columnist and writer Alan Taylor looks at one of Muriel Spark’s best known works, 'The Girls of Slender Means', in the context of the time and place of its setting...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, November 12th
Location:National Library of Scotland
The Muriel Spark Society Annual Lecture: A Girl of Slender Means
Journalist, columnist and writer Alan Taylor looks at one of Muriel Spark’s best known works, 'The Girls of Slender Means', in the context of the time and place of its setting...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, November 12th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Walking the Walls
Graeme Cruickshank leads a walk around the old town walls of Edinburgh, examining various surviving stretches of the three main systems: the capital’s King’s Wall, the Flodden...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:2:30PM Sunday, November 9th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Walking the Walls
Graeme Cruickshank leads a walk around the old town walls of Edinburgh, examining various surviving stretches of the three main systems: the capital’s King’s Wall, the Flodden...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:2:30PM Sunday, November 9th
Location:National Library of Scotland
Edinburgh Libraries Fair
Edinburgh Libraries Fair is a one-day exhibition of over 40 Edinburgh-based library and information services brought together under the one roof. Come and see for yourself! Th...
Host:National Library of Scotland
Time:10:00AM Saturday, November 8th
Location:Adam House
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