Launch event

Edinburgh Libraries Fair

Adam House, Chambers Street
10am – 4pm
Free – No booking required
Edinburgh Libraries Fair is a one-day exhibition of over 40 Edinburgh-based library and information services brought together under the one roof – is this the biggest library in the world? Come and see for yourself! There will be demonstrations, quizzes, activities for children, and lots of people to talk to about any topic under the sun. More information ...

Walking tour

Edinburgh Printing Trail

A walking tour organised by 500 years of Printing in Scotland Programme
Departing from Edinburgh Libraries Fair at Adam House at 10.30am and 2.00pm. Tours last approximately one hour.
Places limited, booking on a first come first served basis.

Poetry and Memorabilia

Words of the Wounded - Submission Day

If you have an interest in World War One, or have some written memorabilia from the Great War you would like to show, you are invited to come along to this event to be a part of Remembrance 90. We are particularly interested in the poems and songs that service men and women wrote. There will be experts on hand to advise on memorabilia and the history of the period, as well as an exhibition and display.  
Leith Library, 28 – 30 Ferry Road, EH6 4AE
10am -12pm
Free – No booking required. For more information telephone 0131 529 5518 or email Leith Library

For Children

Songs & Stories with Tony Bonning

Oxgangs Library, 343 Oxgangs Road North, EH13 9LY
11am -12pm
For ages 4 to 7
Free – Booking required. Free tickets will be available from Oxgangs Library two weeks before this event. Tel:0131 529 5549

Songs & Stories with Tony Bonning

Portobello Library, 14 Rosefield Avenue, EH15 1AU
2.30pm -3.30pm
For ages 4 to 7
Free – Booking required. Free tickets will be available from Portobello Library two weeks before this event. Tel: 0131 529 5558

Performance

Not about heroes

This play by Stephen MacDonald presents the story of the friendship between the First World War poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon which was forged while both were inmates at the Military Hospital for Nervous Diseases at Craiglockhart in Edinburgh. Presented by the Rowan Tree Company.
Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Craiglockhart Campus, Napier University, EH14 1DJ
7pm
Free – booking essential, please contact Lisa Greig on 0131 455 6027 or by email Lisa Greig.

Urdu Literary and Musical Evening

McDonald Road Library in partnership with Bazm-e Urdu Scotland, 2 McDonald Road, EH7 4LU
7.30pm – 10.30pm
Free – no booking required