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Taylor Dyson, 2025 Scots Scriever, in front of Dundee Rep Theatre

Dundee and Angus Scots Scriever announced

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3 people sitting down and chatting on a stage in front of a room of audience-members.

National Library ramps up 100th birthday celebrations

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Three people stand in front of stairs. On the stairs, the wording: celebrating 100. The three people stand behind giant numbers '100'.

National Library of Scotland Unveils Landmark Centenary Programme

  • 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.
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‘Renaissance: Scotland and Europe 1480–1630’ opens on Friday 21 June and runs until April next year at George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. Model: Liz Hamilton Credit: Phil Wilkinson

National Library of Scotland has its Renaissance moment

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