"Love Your Library" Day

Our 2012 Love Your Library Day is Saturday 4 February.

In true library spirit, all our events are entirely free, and everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy the fun.

We are also offering a special, one-off fines amnesty for overdue items, which will take place from Saturday 4 to Saturday 11 February. People with overdue items are encouraged to return them to their local library, at which point their fines will be wiped clean.

Events

Bonnyrigg

• 09:45-10:20 Love Your Library - family Bookbug session
• 10:00-12:00 Love your Computer - drop-in session
• 11:00-11:40 Love Your Library - family Bookbug session
• 11:00-13:00 Love Scottish Gritty Crime - with author Caro Ramsay

Dalkeith

• 10:00-12:00 Love to Hide and Seek - an Ageing Well walk
• 10:30-11:30 Love being Mad as a Hatter - make a crafty hat
• 14:00-15:00 Love Laughing - with Frankie Boyle and Miles Jupp SOLD OUT

Danderhall

• All week Love to be Danderhall Library Champion - who will borrow the most books?
• All day Love to Borrow Books to Win Prizes - borrow books and win tombola tickets
• 10:00-12:00 Love Coffee Morning - join us for coffee or tea and a wee treat
• 11:00-12:00 Love Live Music - Toe-tapping tantalising tunes!
• 11:00-15:00 Love Borrowing Books - see if we can clear the shelves!
• 13:30-14:30 Love Adult-Altered Books - make art from books
• 13:30-14:30 Love Children's Crafternoon - funky crafts for kids

Gorebridge

• 10:00-10:30 Love Your Library - family Bookbug session
• 11:00-12:00 Love Making Jewellery - make yourself sparkle!
• 15:00-17:00 Love Scottish Crime - with Scottish writer Lin Anderson

Loanhead

• 10:00-10:30 Love Your Library - family Bookbug session
• 11:00-12:00 Love your Family Tree - family history on your computer
• 11:00 onwards Love Craft Making - including crochet, cards and quilling!

Mayfield

• All week Love to be Mayfield Library Champion - who will borrow the most books?
• 10:00-12:00 Love Playing Games - table tennis using books!
• 18:00-20:00 Love Scottish Crime - with Scottish writer Tony Black

Newtongrange

• All morning Love Your Library Fun - coffee, cake, facepainting, photography displays, book parcels
• 10:00-12:30 Love to Paint - try your had at painting and collage
• 10:30 Love Local History - Q&A with local historian Jim Green
• 11:00-12:00 Love Your Library - family Bookbug session

Penicuik

• 10:30 Love Your Library - family Bookbug session
• 12:30 Love Scottish Crime - with Scottish writer Aline Templeton
• 14:00 Love Music - with Matt Norris and the Moon
• 15:00 Love Music - with The Last Battle
• 16:00-17:00 Love Listening to Stories - short fiction with Edinburgh authors

Roslin

• 10:30-13:00 Love a Musical Jamboree - a coffee morning with local musicians