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We’re not currently posting on Twitter/X, apart from urgent service information.

You can still follow all of our news via the Tales of One City blog, Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram and the Your Library website - https://t.co/14QmjG82up

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We’ve made the move to Bluesky.
Join us there for news and updates about Edinburgh Libraries’ services, events and activities - https://t.co/rZlzlPISpx

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Are you interested in football?
This is a great opportunity for anyone aged 16+ to share football stories.
Meet others and have a coffee.
At Tollcross Community Centre on Wednesdays from 10-12, starting on 21st January

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It's Health Information Week - see Edinburgh Libraries collection of over 500 health ebooks, audiobooks and magazines, all available to borrow for free on Libby! https://t.co/DQNXUPZBMv

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The book was better..?
Decide for yourself with our reading suggestions to get ahead of the titles coming to a big or small screen near you later this year – https://t.co/JZUmiSriAX

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Love football? Kick off the new year with Back of the Net, a new #football course for everyone aged 16 and over! A place to share your football stories, meet other people and chat over a cuppa. Starts Wednesday 21 January. Contact Hazel or Lorrane for more details.

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We're highlighting just a few of our new library books - some that perhaps you haven’t heard of, to spark the imagination, or draw you into another world...
https://t.co/Jt54ECcNfK

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This month's Talking Books Book Club title is the heart-warming Japanese bestseller The Convenience Store by the Sea. Borrow immediately through the Book Clubs link on uLIBRARY https://t.co/SydNIsHPBq

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This wonderful studio cabinet print is taken from A Leith Photograph Album. You can see all the photos from this album in a scrapbook shared by @ThelmaScotland on Edinburgh Collected.
Do you have any old family photos to add to our community archive?
https://t.co/TDCgV7YEn2

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Read today’s blog to find out how a mystery Leith photograph album shared by @ThelmaScotland on Edinburgh Collected took us on a #FamilyHistory trail…
https://t.co/6SqW0SjxyD

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Fortified – a series of photographs of defensive structures around Scotland by keen local photographer, James Carter, kicks off the ArtAndDesignLibrary# 2026 monthly programme of exhibitions @edcentrallib

https://t.co/HvCCVbWd3B

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Listen to the audiobook of Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell - available to borrow with no waiting now through uLIBRARY from Edinburgh Libraries https://t.co/M1lxJ68sX0

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Sometime in the mid-1780s, Robert Barker was out for a walk on Calton Hill when he had an idea to record the cityscape - the entire 360 degree view from one spot.
On Capital Collections you can see the resulting wonderful panoramic view of Edinburgh!
https://t.co/7268qHO6p8

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There’s loads of great stories coming to the big and small screens this year. Get ahead and read the book that inspired the film or tv show. Here’s a list of titles that you can borrow - simply click to reserve and then pick up from your local library https://t.co/Pexfprclbf

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#ThrowbackThursday is "Hope" shared by RA on Edinburgh Collected. Taken on the last day of 2019, RA writes “after each dark night there is a light coming with the morning to remind people of the joy of new beginnings”.
Best wishes for a joyous New Year!
https://t.co/NKTwS3g0V4

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Looking for a great book to start the new year?
Find out which books Edinburgh Libraries' staff thought were the best they read in 2025...
https://t.co/JFVv0DS5sD

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Today we’re revisiting a special #Edinburgh900 exhibition which brought together items from the collections of Archives, Libraries and @EdinCulture - ranging from a 12th century charter to a hand-knitted Maisie the Morningside Cat!
Browse online at https://t.co/qHPT6he008

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This past year, we received a fantastic response to our Unearthed photo competition - from iconic landscapes to small details, all celebrating Edinburgh's gardens and green spaces.
They're a wonderful addition to Edinburgh Collected, our community archive https://t.co/BgiRPxwC5q

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Today we revisit a story written by Art and Design team @edcentrallib It explores how philosophy, science, medicine, architecture and the arts flourished in Edinburgh during the 18th century "Golden Age".
Read on to be enlightened! https://t.co/u9JwBZGwUe

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Hogmanay reads available on Libby! https://t.co/RqhRigNZjG