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Dumfries and Galloway-based Susi Briggs is a poet, author, storyteller, musician and podcaster with a passion for the Scots language. Credit: Kim Ayres

New Scots Scriever announced

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Curator Colin McIlroy in the stacks of the National Library of Scotland-2

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Digital scan of a full-colour map of Galloway (1943)

Galloway Scots Scriever sought for prestigious residency

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Gàidhlig Storymaker Kirsty MacDonald at the Library's Sgeul I Story exhibition. Image credit Neil Hanna.

“Fàilte don sgeulaiche ùr Ghàidhlig!” — Gàidhlig Storymaker starts exciting new role

Fiddler Aidan O'Rourke in the General Collections Reading Room at the National Library of Scotland's George IV Bridge building. Credit: Neil Hanna

Music to fill National Library’s reading rooms

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The First Folio rests on a pillow and is open at the title page, showing a portrait of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare’s First Folio to go on display

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The Edinburgh Quartet, photo by Sandy Butler

Heroic Gaelic Ossianic Ballads reinterpreted in rare performance at National Library of Scotland

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P6 pupils from Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce, Edinburgh tune in to some Gaelic folktales at the National Library of Scotland. Credit: Neil Hanna

National Library of Scotland seeks a Gàidhlig Storymaker

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National Library partners with Malik Al Nasir to launch fitba research club

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Capital Gaelic Development Officer Ann Paterson shares Gaelic folktales with P6 pupils from Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce, Edinburgh. Credit: Neil Hanna

National Library launches first ever Gaelic language exhibition

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Curator Dora Petherbridge with the Milestone House visitor book, open on the page the (then) Princess of Wales signed on her visit in October 1991. The visitor book is one of items that will be on display. Credit: with kind permission from Waverley Care.

New exhibition explores Scotland’s HIV story

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National Library to celebrate 100 years of broadcasting in Scotland

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