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Muirhouse Library Winter Book Festival

Big Event Announcement!

Edinburgh International Book Festival Paper Trails x Muirhouse Library Winter Book Festival

In partnership with EBIF Paper Trails and North Edinburgh Arts we are very happy to announce, what we hope to be our first, Muirhouse library Winter Book Festival!

Throughout February we will be hosting:

Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi

Campaigners and hosts of the Witches of Scotland podcast and co-authors of How to Kill a Witch. Mitchell and Venditozzi join Vic Murray for a lively discussion about all things Scottish Witch trials and their sinisterly humorous book: How to Kill A Witch: A Guide for the Patriarchy.

Doug Johnstone

Author bestselling works including anarchic rock and roll road trip story The Ossians, the darkly funny seven-book series The Skelfs, and the whip-smart sci-fi Enceladons Trilogy.

Ahead of the publication of his 20th novel later this year, join Doug Johnstone to celebrate his 20-year career as a writer, including sharing reflections and hilarious stories from the last two decades.

Maisie Chan

Author of Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths, Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past and the Tiger Warrior series. Listen to Maisie read from her hilarious, warm-hearted books; hear where she gets the inspiration for her stories from and then get stuck into an interactive drawing activity fuelled by your imagination!

You’ll also receive a free copy of one of Maisie’s books to keep.

This event is suitable all ages – perfect for some half-term family fun.

Val McDermid

Scotland’s undisputed ‘Queen of Crime’, Val McDermid joins Book Festival Director Jenny Niven to talk all things crime, dark nights, and share a few behind the scenes stories of having her books adapted for TV.

Irvine Welsh

Joining us via video link for this special event Welsh returns to Muirhouse Library, where he spent time as a child, to bring his characteristic wit, energetic imagination and unfiltered honesty home to the place that made him.

Details and tickets are available to book online via the link below:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/muirhouse-library

There will also be a limited supply of tickets for each event reserved for residents of the local area available to be picked up in the library, pop into the library and ask a member of the team.

Arabic – English language exchange cafe at Muirhouse Library

STARTS SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER from 11am – 12.30pm

We’re starting an Arabic/English language exchange cafe at Muirhouse Library!

Every other Saturday, starting on Saturday 13th December.

We will provide tea, coffee and cake.

Come down whether you’re learning Arabic or learning English, let’s chat! 🙂


Christmas jumper workshops at Muirhouse Library

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND – our Christmas jumper workshops!

These were a huge hit last year so start getting excited now! On Saturday 22nd and 29th of November, we will be running drop-in craft sessions (2pm – 4pm).

We will provide wool, felt, pom-poms etc – please bring a spare old jumper or t-shirt if you have one! We will provide some old jumpers as well.

We can’t wait, and we look forward to seeing you all wearing your beautiful Christmas or festive jumpers throughout December!

Who Cares? Author visit to Muirhouse Library

EMILY KENWAY: 26th February 6 – 7.30pm

We are very pleased to announce an event with author Emily Kenway, on her ground-breaking and unflinching examination of the crisis in care and the experience of caring for a sick or disabled loved one.

We will host Emily in the library on the evening of the 26th of February. Tickets are free but spaces are limited so please speak to a member of staff at the desk, or give us a call on 0131 529 5651 to book your ticket.

This event is likely to be relevant to you if you have experience of giving or receiving care, or may do in the future. Which pretty much covers everyone!

Edinburgh Zoo coming to Muirhouse!

We’re so excited to announce that we will be having EDINBURGH ZOO come to Muirhouse Library on the first Saturday of every month!

They will be talking about their animals, answering questions about the animals, and running an animal-themed craft session.

This will be at 11am on Saturday 1st March.

A *must* for animal lovers! This event is suitable for children aged 5 to 11, but if your slightly younger or older child is interested in animals, the event is likely to be suitable for them too.

Family Fun Day at Muirhouse Library

Our Family Fun Day is looking so exciting!

It’s next Friday, 31st January, 11am – 2pm.

We will have face-painting, slime-making, a magic show, a drop-in sewing workshop and the opportunity to meet the Muirhouse Library team and lots of great local organisations! It’s totally free – just pop by! We can’t wait to see everyone.