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• Nationwide ‘Love Libraries’ campaign to highlight the importance of libraries and encourage people to show love to their local library from around Valentine’s Day
• Authors Val McDermid and Damian Barr named as Centenary Champions
• Major centenary exhibition, ‘Dear Library’, celebrating libraries and what people love about books and reading, opens June 2025
• Mary Queen of Scots’ last letter to leave National Library for first time in a generation to go on display in Perth Museum in special centenary loan programme, which will also see national collections travelling to Aberdeen and Shetland

• Events to look out for throughout the year include a Curtain Raiser event on 28 March, and tours and talks.