tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49902834050659907012024-03-12T20:01:26.802-07:00East Lothian LibrariesEast Lothian LibrariesEast Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-69162231819507243782024-01-31T04:40:00.000-08:002024-02-01T01:12:04.562-08:00Dekko Comics Parents/Carers/Staff Event <p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfa1-GcR_bwRf4tkA-ptTN2FxaUoTBspdO19t6TG_ytD906GWavNQC-GMJhwJKiwJiRSyv8wL6faFvpJeKUtonxtQfvwqxLKXoalCSZYoGxFdNpuwOxZP9rIu21SzmmQbaqvXNopoUrN0pcxaZaqF1L91cSBh1uTTo_IO8x58hLT1iTPqO3OQhyphenhyphenVQEzz8/s940/Dekko%20Comics%20Parents%20Event.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image of a thought bubble with the words Dekko comics event, Red cartoon like background. ELC logo. Text states Tuesday 6 February 2024 5:00pm, Ross High School, Tranent, No booking , spaces on first come basis" border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfa1-GcR_bwRf4tkA-ptTN2FxaUoTBspdO19t6TG_ytD906GWavNQC-GMJhwJKiwJiRSyv8wL6faFvpJeKUtonxtQfvwqxLKXoalCSZYoGxFdNpuwOxZP9rIu21SzmmQbaqvXNopoUrN0pcxaZaqF1L91cSBh1uTTo_IO8x58hLT1iTPqO3OQhyphenhyphenVQEzz8/w320-h268/Dekko%20Comics%20Parents%20Event.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are delighted to welcome Dekko Comics' founder and creator, Rossie Stone, to East Lothian on Tuesday 6th February. Dekko Comics are educational comics that turn school curriculum content (ages 8-12 (P4-S1)) into engaging comic strips, helping pupils to overcome barriers to reading, learning and motivation. For more information, please see: <a aria-label="Link https://dekkocomics.com/" class="fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdekkocomics.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ccdineen%40eastlothian.gov.uk%7C4893b96fc88249b4d23808dc1cd0188e%7C85e771afe90a4487b4071322ba02cc82%7C0%7C0%7C638416927323277801%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=O%2FyfASJ7BerG5VE4xzcf2WoULXUpgdeEgmZUvN1HAYk%3D&reserved=0" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fdekkocomics.com%2f&data=05%7c02%7ccdineen%40eastlothian.gov.uk%7c4893b96fc88249b4d23808dc1cd0188e%7c85e771afe90a4487b4071322ba02cc82%7c0%7c0%7c638416927323277801%7cunknown%7ctwfpbgzsb3d8eyjwijoimc4wljawmdailcjqijoiv2lumziilcjbtii6ik1hawwilcjxvci6mn0%3d%7c3000%7c%7c%7c&sdata=o%2fyfasj7berg5ve4xzcf2woulxupgdeegmzuvn1hayk%3d&reserved=0">https://dekkocomics.com/</a> </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="ui-provider gl bog boh boi boj bok bol bom bon boo bop boq bor bos bot bou bov bow box boy boz bpa bpb bpc bpd bpe bpf bpg bph bpi bpj bpk bpl bpm bpn" dir="ltr"><p>This talk and workshop is based on the fundamental technique on which Dekko Comics is built, which comes from Rossie's experience of struggling at school with dyslexia and low self-esteem, and how he overcame it. This event will introduce the Dekko Technique to parents/carers/staff, hopefully giving an insight into a practical technique which could potentially help your child/young person with their learning. Rossie has spoken to many organisations about his technique, including Dyslexia Scotland. </p><p>Where: Ross High School, Tranent</p></span><span class="ui-provider gl bog boh boi boj bok bol bom bon boo bop boq bor bos bot bou bov bow box boy boz bpa bpb bpc bpd bpe bpf bpg bph bpi bpj bpk bpl bpm bpn" dir="ltr"><p>When: Tuesday 6 February 2024, 5:00pm</p><p>No booking required - spaces on a first come basis </p></span></span>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-22625436893278130942024-01-19T05:59:00.000-08:002024-01-19T05:59:00.001-08:00Author visit to Preston Lodge School Library<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6qV0D5F_BfrX_C9aAKjwq80OHzSRY-IEM9QhJlctG0ThekOeihMOkYetawWqbEGeflNCZIm9BDh43O8nu5CbvWoHsy9Vg_dKMXp7N9kDXRDJZ-tDa54ndPBJLdYg3jYOkpowh0PdHwbrgeCfC28A_IT76Xz8rWG85Dsapflsc72awRiYmYf74DHPm3bE/s4032/PLHS%20library%20author%20visit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image of the back of an audience. Author at the front" border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6qV0D5F_BfrX_C9aAKjwq80OHzSRY-IEM9QhJlctG0ThekOeihMOkYetawWqbEGeflNCZIm9BDh43O8nu5CbvWoHsy9Vg_dKMXp7N9kDXRDJZ-tDa54ndPBJLdYg3jYOkpowh0PdHwbrgeCfC28A_IT76Xz8rWG85Dsapflsc72awRiYmYf74DHPm3bE/w400-h225/PLHS%20library%20author%20visit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In December Preston Lodge High School welcomed poet and writer Nadine Aisha Jassat to the school library. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: verdana; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nadine talked about what led her to becoming a writer - wanting to make a positive difference by offering diverse stories. She then read from and talked about her books 'Let Me Tell You This' and 'The Stories Grandma Forgot (And How I Found Them)'. </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nadine challenged students to make and read aloud some Book Spine Poetry - see the photos below of the book spine </span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: verdana;" tabindex="-1"></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">poetry they created! </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">She also got students to participate in some collaborative poetry writing, asking them to think of a sentence that could help or inspire others or call for change. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The session finished off with a question and answer and book signing. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was such an inspiring and engaging workshop and students are keen to have Nadine visit again in the New Year. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHznlMep8BShyphenhyphenk1kWMOX86V7ZAttWGCQ8qa8C80xG_wejIKHKuZIhbcIICZXwbboIKLHKTE8TlvxF_KeCknaq3tEj2yUUxyM-ZVCyU6rTMuE9e89aGQEGTc0t-JFm4F6hFSwv5WmqO9RwGhVmkMBHvlofX1hxQc7G5EKR9aa7WnlwJQ_fvIIXCvFQhZyU/s4032/IMG_6032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image of pile of books - book spine poetry" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHznlMep8BShyphenhyphenk1kWMOX86V7ZAttWGCQ8qa8C80xG_wejIKHKuZIhbcIICZXwbboIKLHKTE8TlvxF_KeCknaq3tEj2yUUxyM-ZVCyU6rTMuE9e89aGQEGTc0t-JFm4F6hFSwv5WmqO9RwGhVmkMBHvlofX1hxQc7G5EKR9aa7WnlwJQ_fvIIXCvFQhZyU/w240-h320/IMG_6032.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWWSNOMA8dzZmjagz3gBuWTdTD79fDhYh1H-PrTxeNSSrLigCpgMfbXfUNCK1CjIKerykZhQpi4vE1T2tkt_S6REyCHftFcSnbFrUZh_HyOolCWJFGIlMdTYN-bhm5GwLCTKlyBRcLD_-rH0sCXCqfRxbm7vquyL_5w0Uwpn5TjXJynjVAyrJ87AL2bE/s3024/IMG_6036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image of pile of books - book spine poetry" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWWSNOMA8dzZmjagz3gBuWTdTD79fDhYh1H-PrTxeNSSrLigCpgMfbXfUNCK1CjIKerykZhQpi4vE1T2tkt_S6REyCHftFcSnbFrUZh_HyOolCWJFGIlMdTYN-bhm5GwLCTKlyBRcLD_-rH0sCXCqfRxbm7vquyL_5w0Uwpn5TjXJynjVAyrJ87AL2bE/w320-h320/IMG_6036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></span></div></div>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-17048377957503016932024-01-18T06:55:00.000-08:002024-01-18T06:55:48.776-08:00Explore our digital library!! <p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp6yOZeMsGRkWLZ9jlxSEvks2k6MWrO-vl2b5d4yPprhs1NKq0azFVTCF6a7FM8JSTe-sjFWdSs5OCyxpbU9laC77NdY5LiAgMljtzQuTGILACzZghjaujp_kkkesA2KmJ3tUCRKC-P4McyU9-wmigKjly5g2418kdxc-e2rFxlxwrGWcp6_01NK-WOA/s440/eResource%20graphic.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image of a person reading a eBook on a tablet" border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="440" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp6yOZeMsGRkWLZ9jlxSEvks2k6MWrO-vl2b5d4yPprhs1NKq0azFVTCF6a7FM8JSTe-sjFWdSs5OCyxpbU9laC77NdY5LiAgMljtzQuTGILACzZghjaujp_kkkesA2KmJ3tUCRKC-P4McyU9-wmigKjly5g2418kdxc-e2rFxlxwrGWcp6_01NK-WOA/w400-h260/eResource%20graphic.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="background: white; color: #1e293b; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e293b; font-family: verdana;">Welcome to the world of digital libraries, where the doors
are always open and the shelves are never empty!! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are
delighted to be able to offer our borrowers a range online resources from eBooks and eAudiobooks, eNewspapers and eMagazines to
language learning and educational courses.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can
browse, borrow and enjoy a variety of materials without leaving the comfort of
your own home!</span></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTS_6cfVLV4KTP4ap1nwNfl0rci5QAzNKLgr-0MLOOTaYDX28Y5bRwRGW_XmewiQyvZK4KiAT9o_qrLDXUmWIS2itlj5cGwD-KKJhCJN8j6uJ0hqalvTVVsYX347rFZ8VZ_k2fIRddmxO4TIPkDv0191ckGX8O33spQaE7Vy8liZ4TiMF3M61Spczfqo/s1001/BBX%20-%20Always%20Open%20-%20Instagram%20Facebook.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="We're always open with Borrowbox with an image of a open box with sparkles coming out the box" border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1001" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTS_6cfVLV4KTP4ap1nwNfl0rci5QAzNKLgr-0MLOOTaYDX28Y5bRwRGW_XmewiQyvZK4KiAT9o_qrLDXUmWIS2itlj5cGwD-KKJhCJN8j6uJ0hqalvTVVsYX347rFZ8VZ_k2fIRddmxO4TIPkDv0191ckGX8O33spQaE7Vy8liZ4TiMF3M61Spczfqo/w170-h170/BBX%20-%20Always%20Open%20-%20Instagram%20Facebook.jpg" width="170" /></a></div></span></span></h4><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Borrowbox and CloudLibrary - eBooks and Audiobooks</span></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">We have </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">two platforms
available with tons of great reads for you, from classic novels to the latest
bestsellers! </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11843/download_eaudiobooks_and_ebooks" target="_blank">Bolinda Borrowbox</a> has a range
of fiction and non-fiction titles for children, teenagers, young adults as well as adults – so there
is something for the whole family!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJj7Ukm-2JkfWmitJk5_6wL7iNeLMGJjTWBOxv6rHnpHSJs5RVH88UDTb-TjdJ5NM4VEDH2ByWL99-il9jfgmyjl6qfHhhPoZ-D5Gwz48AJg2-4lEBk4GAVuBoCDeOmn2xmCwuPJeshA8-cXl7PBv1lFq0FIztRobo3QnFKdnKCryvSVQ8enhseyiSWA4/s1200/05-b.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image of a man reading a tablet. Text states Download your cloudlibrary today!" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJj7Ukm-2JkfWmitJk5_6wL7iNeLMGJjTWBOxv6rHnpHSJs5RVH88UDTb-TjdJ5NM4VEDH2ByWL99-il9jfgmyjl6qfHhhPoZ-D5Gwz48AJg2-4lEBk4GAVuBoCDeOmn2xmCwuPJeshA8-cXl7PBv1lFq0FIztRobo3QnFKdnKCryvSVQ8enhseyiSWA4/w173-h173/05-b.png" width="173" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11843/download_eaudiobooks_and_ebooks" target="_blank">CloudLibrary</a> we have content
for adults with users getting access to thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks including
titles from other libraries signed up to CloudLibrary. This means you get a fantastic choice of fiction and non-fiction titles! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e293b; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Download
the apps to your device and read anytime, anywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Both platforms have accessibility features that
allow everyone to experience the joy of books. You can change the font size, font style and
background and Borrowbox also has a dyslexic font. You can also listen to eAudiobooks at your
own pace by reducing the playback speed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e293b; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why
not dive into the world of eBooks and eAudiobooks and explore the endless
possibilities of reading?!</span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pressreader - eNewspapers and eMagazines</span></span></b></h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2rrZxj65qy32t4_E8bSodlhp8rklX0tACp0SiS8HA8ija8BurJX-oVcxD7TADUDbXlgHyC8KNx48ywdZAJtloXzx2AzEhk_OeZUjEqSClGD1vVfefSzF_FizxCSSzJrxRdO0DgEKeu9JIHP4trmTe_8BAGBof8jg9WNa_UJaQL7ZxJIJjYTU5CzVVWU/s600/600w_pressreader_logo.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Pressreader in black with green logo" border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2rrZxj65qy32t4_E8bSodlhp8rklX0tACp0SiS8HA8ija8BurJX-oVcxD7TADUDbXlgHyC8KNx48ywdZAJtloXzx2AzEhk_OeZUjEqSClGD1vVfefSzF_FizxCSSzJrxRdO0DgEKeu9JIHP4trmTe_8BAGBof8jg9WNa_UJaQL7ZxJIJjYTU5CzVVWU/w200-h67/600w_pressreader_logo.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Borrow
eNewspapers and eMagazines from around the world via <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11855/emagazines_and_enewspapers" target="_blank">Pressreader</a>! There are more than 7000
titles available from over 100 countries including The Guardian, Good Housekeeping, and The
Scotsman to name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can also listen
to articles, change the language and increase and change the font for greater
accessibility.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">There are
thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and Manga available to borrow via
<a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11861/comics_plus" target="_blank">ComicsPlus.</a> There are titles for all ages - </span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">adults, young
people and children. Publications available include those by Archie Comics, Iron Circus Comics, Dekko
Comics and many more! </span></span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Theory Test Pro</span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Calling all
learner drivers, parents of learner drivers or anyone who is due to sit a vehicle
theory test!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsQzH7CijowMS7bWY2bYoBgUEZlqgsQaBjYhIJ4XKKNc2f00eqDUow_HJK09gm4DJGX0kUlxnozALSE-7k9563SpbRL-RAlFfE7hl9CT36QUBaO4-b8XwMIF7zmMlhYz9B5kcRok8zkmnq78v7NZ6Be-eqkDemqarGV7UjrNTdLszCSLsxWJqJpw_jCw/s600/600w_theory_test_pro_logo.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Theory Test Pro on a yellow background" border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsQzH7CijowMS7bWY2bYoBgUEZlqgsQaBjYhIJ4XKKNc2f00eqDUow_HJK09gm4DJGX0kUlxnozALSE-7k9563SpbRL-RAlFfE7hl9CT36QUBaO4-b8XwMIF7zmMlhYz9B5kcRok8zkmnq78v7NZ6Be-eqkDemqarGV7UjrNTdLszCSLsxWJqJpw_jCw/w200-h67/600w_theory_test_pro_logo.png" width="200" /></a></span></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505; line-height: 107%;">You can access </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11892/etraining" target="_blank">TheoryTest Pro</a></span><span style="color: #050505; line-height: 107%;"> for FREE
as an East Lothian Library member. Theory Test Pro is a highly
realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory tests for all vehicle
categories. </span><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are official test questions, hazard perception video simulations, and an online version of the Highway code. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, whether it’s a car,
motorcycle, passenger carrying vehicle, large goods vehicle this resource
can help you prepare for your theory test! </span></span></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOYRS0vmnI84W9gwm0SguejRrL9bdVkzYSyhDLg8DiqaNeL0rCmCqi_mES_tArjaLKsPqs2YyGN62xNX9yrsTobyzOdCRxEy6_5If5mgP-Aaub5xYKKDPc32c49Oi9R7ENSIYHrT8WCs-69xCq4-ohvZXchkBBkAfixJi1R8dh-_dqSov9NsiiRphfxY/s3016/Transparent-Lang-Online-Block-Logo-Gray.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gray transparent language online with a speech bubble above" border="0" data-original-height="2087" data-original-width="3016" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOYRS0vmnI84W9gwm0SguejRrL9bdVkzYSyhDLg8DiqaNeL0rCmCqi_mES_tArjaLKsPqs2YyGN62xNX9yrsTobyzOdCRxEy6_5If5mgP-Aaub5xYKKDPc32c49Oi9R7ENSIYHrT8WCs-69xCq4-ohvZXchkBBkAfixJi1R8dh-_dqSov9NsiiRphfxY/w200-h138/Transparent-Lang-Online-Block-Logo-Gray.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></span></span></b></h4><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Transparent Language Online</span></span></b></h3>
<div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Learn a new language! </span><span>Whether you are planning a trip abroad or just want to
brush up on that language you studied in school, we’ve got you covered with
<a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11892/etraining/3" target="_blank">Transparent Language Online.</a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11892/etraining/3" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span>There
are over<b> </b>110 languages to choose
from plus English (ESL) materials for native speakers of over 30 languages.<br /></span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #262626;">KidSpeak</span><span lang="EN-US">™ </span></span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">is also accessible
through Transparent Language Online and is a fun, age appropriate online
language course for children ages 6 years and above! Available for English, French,
German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">S</span></span></b>CRAN</span></span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ltWL4dMjXYVKG6hN8xFmlkiZsWL1fbvVdfcoY4yHLs5sHCqdRlueplGhFt15L1qrYukCM3eKbw-pjQ-VOtLuKNnB1zA1ZeSurq-N3278IP8KBR9DAdB8ZterqcIyxbxvjn2SPymmUkWp0FZz5n-gSfu5qD6TiOlAv_4fHwu3mZhX8LJjFsr2ZvrHd70/s481/scran-cmyk.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="SCRAN in red with Learning Culture Heritage below" border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="481" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ltWL4dMjXYVKG6hN8xFmlkiZsWL1fbvVdfcoY4yHLs5sHCqdRlueplGhFt15L1qrYukCM3eKbw-pjQ-VOtLuKNnB1zA1ZeSurq-N3278IP8KBR9DAdB8ZterqcIyxbxvjn2SPymmUkWp0FZz5n-gSfu5qD6TiOlAv_4fHwu3mZhX8LJjFsr2ZvrHd70/w200-h66/scran-cmyk.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Find out about your local history with <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11879/eresources" target="_blank">SCRAN</a>, an online learning resource base. SCRAN contains over 360,000 images and multimedia files from museums,
galleries, archives and the media. Delve into your local history, find photos
to reminiscence over and discover new information about your area, and it's people. </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Universal Class on a blue/green background with a cartoon son above the i" border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="4263" height="64" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjT49X5CrnN9dcqDXdsu0rvxZzuwtUQVzcE-JoQtlDTonul3PikEH3AevpSayCX9rilE4YG18uGwpWJfwGGRph2TtwTH8hCkyex90Ynv0GT7bTLCBcQaL2vzc8rQ6VIbzlSTVnil1DJjseazuXfTL7KTFyZLOVM1R0b5MT0tw-1dGFkbvTtM5cxYO7Sko/w212-h64/UniversalClass.jpg" width="212" /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Universal Class</span></b></h3><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> If you are looking to learn new skills or brush up on existing ones then <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11892/etraining/2" target="_blank">Universal Class </a>is the perfect resource for you. With a click of a button you can access over
500 online courses from the comfort of your own home.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Courses are available in a variety of topics from accounting and book-keeping to bread baking and cake decorating! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This is </span>great way if you are looking to pursue new
interests and passions or gain valuable skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Go Citizen</span></b></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FsjXKlt-uOBctMpzONCMft5HB6AgCfwG_v3V5b2cNAnQVa0afyAf_AUAJSZ_Ysr9Vi_laDW4GKkyuS-fahDlt37LQnU9RkyOUfE52U566npKleff9v4HbyCPDebfdzC4NtWQUJ8zBVR9poX6FCniEGAgMuM-pHwJrJqDw6NXGhS30stqg-NDF75SOgU/s750/go%20citizen%20web%20image%20(750%20%C3%97%20250px).png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="GoCitizen.co.uk" border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="750" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FsjXKlt-uOBctMpzONCMft5HB6AgCfwG_v3V5b2cNAnQVa0afyAf_AUAJSZ_Ysr9Vi_laDW4GKkyuS-fahDlt37LQnU9RkyOUfE52U566npKleff9v4HbyCPDebfdzC4NtWQUJ8zBVR9poX6FCniEGAgMuM-pHwJrJqDw6NXGhS30stqg-NDF75SOgU/w200-h67/go%20citizen%20web%20image%20(750%20%C3%97%20250px).png" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This is an online study resource for candidates preparing for the 'Life in
the UK' test of British Citzenship test. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11892/etraining/4" target="_blank">Go Citizen </a>has the latest official study materials
from the Home Office, hundreds of practice test questions and additional interactive
learning resources and teaching aids.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfZGg3fuAhq7PErNr8MnhHPQUFc6ajTJygC-b6d1kRhnn7jaEINbcFUlu4zPe5v9mlHq_icHFBttXZkO2o9LvogHjqmYH6nDo69i7TypijJsUC0RkJSFVfN09C1N2fxoKHCuMpbZgpVLdjJfNgoGGR-E-g6lHfchD77MqoF5oVHbkvqV0IWsl5t-VbCE/s2563/ancestry-logo.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ancestry.com library edition" border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="2563" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfZGg3fuAhq7PErNr8MnhHPQUFc6ajTJygC-b6d1kRhnn7jaEINbcFUlu4zPe5v9mlHq_icHFBttXZkO2o9LvogHjqmYH6nDo69i7TypijJsUC0RkJSFVfN09C1N2fxoKHCuMpbZgpVLdjJfNgoGGR-E-g6lHfchD77MqoF5oVHbkvqV0IWsl5t-VbCE/w320-h72/ancestry-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></b></h4><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ancestry</span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ancestry has over 4 billion records available to search from historical census,
immigration records, parish records and passenger lists making it a great tool
to uncover your family history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Please note:</b> This is the only resource that you are unable to access from home - access
is from a library PC or through the library WIFI.</span></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">How to access our eResources?</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">To access our eResouces please <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210652/digital_library">visit our Digital Library A-Z page,</a> click the eResource you would like to use and follow the instructions for accessing using your borrower number.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not a Library Member?</span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Don't worry you can easily join as an online only member by visiting our <a href="https://eastlothian.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/JOIN">library catalogue</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">If you would like to also borrow physical items from our libraries then you can join as an full member. Information on how to do this along with the membership application form can be found on our <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11900/your_local_library">webpage</a></span></span></p></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Start exploring the endless possibilities of a digital
library today and discover a whole new world of knowledge and entertainment at
your fingertips.</span></span></p><br />East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-25116461732162105662023-12-14T00:59:00.000-08:002023-12-21T06:51:31.901-08:00Library and Area Offices - Christmas Closures 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18so_OdTdhyk3xWPCR9OJwRc0Em1UmPwt4VbYwW6zLyyun0jitWsTaxv3DVhSmvLtaXzH-ywNJsYL0wpsk_niICMVrhYXuDi3afBwq2GGnbbsjP84bvDl_y7ya7QShCOj004-DzDVquwzVYjGgCrKkR0ekMfCYv6x8rtsQaV6nv19mY1bDwMS6KcpCJE/s940/Library%20Christmas%20Closures%20FINAL.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image of christmas baubles" border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18so_OdTdhyk3xWPCR9OJwRc0Em1UmPwt4VbYwW6zLyyun0jitWsTaxv3DVhSmvLtaXzH-ywNJsYL0wpsk_niICMVrhYXuDi3afBwq2GGnbbsjP84bvDl_y7ya7QShCOj004-DzDVquwzVYjGgCrKkR0ekMfCYv6x8rtsQaV6nv19mY1bDwMS6KcpCJE/w400-h335/Library%20Christmas%20Closures%20FINAL.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Libraries not open on Saturdays will close at 5:00pm on Friday 22 December. East Linton Library will close at 4:00pm. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Those libraries open on Saturdays will close at 1:00pm on Saturday 23 December, excluding Musselburgh and Haddington libraries who will close at 4:00pm.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Normal opening hours will resume from Wednesday 3 January. Please note that Port Seton Library will not re-open until Tuesday 9 January as the centre is closed until then. East Linton Library will re-open on Monday 8 January 2024.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">All local area offices will close at 4:00pm on Friday 22 December and reopen as normal on Wednesday 3 January (The payment desks at Brunton Hall, Musselburgh and John Muir House, Haddington will close at 12 noon). </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Customer Services within Brunton Hall, Musselburgh will be open 10:00am to 4:00pm from Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 December. Customer Services Reception within John Muir House will be open 10:00am to 4:00pm from Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 December, please note that no payments will be accepted at John Muir House during this time.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Details for all our opening times can be found on the <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/directory/10059/east_lothian_libraries" target="_blank">library webpage</a></div></div>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-76085846606261266602023-12-01T03:11:00.000-08:002023-12-01T03:11:25.342-08:00Book Week Scotland Round Up<p><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Thank you to everyone that came along to one of our Book Week Scotland events and helped us to celebrate books and reading. We had a jam packed programme of events for children and adults which encompassed the theme of adventure and we were thrilled to have so many people join us! </span></div></div><div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgan6wgCRvd1UPIGG2rBZkbxVryRiC3IdjOxNtxusOLFPEH03gC39gEWwPsCTyMNqgYqbz__udWsaQoMhU_BZDISujFQ3gQBpQzSmYhceRkAn5pZPXE_8Btl7T2bQ_hojv5KDzoHiBOxo72X42u2A3PeDHrd7Mef_mn6OSUHtvJBN2t8tZrNbL1xmRbLEE/s640/Morag%20hood%20updated%20(002).jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image of author and pupils in front of a decorated library window" border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgan6wgCRvd1UPIGG2rBZkbxVryRiC3IdjOxNtxusOLFPEH03gC39gEWwPsCTyMNqgYqbz__udWsaQoMhU_BZDISujFQ3gQBpQzSmYhceRkAn5pZPXE_8Btl7T2bQ_hojv5KDzoHiBOxo72X42u2A3PeDHrd7Mef_mn6OSUHtvJBN2t8tZrNbL1xmRbLEE/w320-h240/Morag%20hood%20updated%20(002).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Author and Illustrator Morag Hood</span> and pupils</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Author and illustrator, Morag Hood worked with pupils to create a fantastic window display using chalk pens and crepe paper for Wallyford Primary School library. The display tied into themes of nature and literacy and is the first step towards the wonderful world of words project.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Musician and Storyteller Ailsa Dixon entertained unpaid carers at Tranent Library, taking them </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">on magical journey of the imagination.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> This event was run in collaboration with the Carers of East Lothian.</span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>"The storytelling was great, Ailsa was so expressive and told her stories really well, drawing us all into the world of imagination"(Audience member, Ailsa Dixon event)</b></span></span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpE4-4gvbo7sX4PsI60_r3TOpYeVciKYIs0wxiSTR3Hbm5-e8noHK2UDGwjCqjeWPJIp0_IeKhQ-fGh82ZbkWJmotacV2-Q9G3fbFqw3QAvgx5_FahbYySsR3DO5Vh4EGWVFbRdM0j2yQZC9qZOGTzNu5xlZ2tKHd1Gweg205X_PKwBZflmhQsZ5XMlJQ/s907/Parry%20and%20Macinnes.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Left image of Martin MacInnes and one of his books. Image of right of Heather Parry signing books for readers" border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="907" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpE4-4gvbo7sX4PsI60_r3TOpYeVciKYIs0wxiSTR3Hbm5-e8noHK2UDGwjCqjeWPJIp0_IeKhQ-fGh82ZbkWJmotacV2-Q9G3fbFqw3QAvgx5_FahbYySsR3DO5Vh4EGWVFbRdM0j2yQZC9qZOGTzNu5xlZ2tKHd1Gweg205X_PKwBZflmhQsZ5XMlJQ/w400-h136/Parry%20and%20Macinnes.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Authors Martin MacInnes and Heather Parry<br />Photo credit: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RobMcDougallPhoto" target="_blank">Rob McDougall - Photographer and digital film maker</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Booker longlisted author Martin MacInnes and the award winning Heather Parry went down a storm at Haddington library! As well as telling us about their recent books we also found out </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: verdana; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Heather's artistic process includes painting octopuses and that Martin has sold the film rights to one of his favourite directors!! </span></p><p></p><p></p><blockquote><span class="ui-provider pg bpf bpg bph bpi bpj bpk bpl bpm bpn bpo bpp bpq bpr bps bpt bpu bpv bpw bpx bpy bpz bqa bqb bqc bqd bqe bqf bqg bqh bqi bqj bqk bql bqm" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;"><b>"Amazing to have 2 highly acclaimed authors, Scotland-based and young. They were very open and generous in sharing their thoughts and experience" (Audience member, Heather Parry and Martin MacInnes event)</b></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Joseph Waterfield, from Historic Environment Scotland gave the eager audience at Haddington Library, a fascinating talk using archive photographs and maps to take us on Samuel Johnson and James Boswell's unforgettable Tour of Scotland. </span></span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: verdana; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%; white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijp_4EJjK4CYYvP6OjQScjW2guqxoCQeKSgJlCXBJygKYhiOaWuk89S2EXF3CiONcfw6FHF7wcefog4Urk4Zxzpni44T_V7MmONVd4Hk3PpkhJNzlCmgxog_4by2UND6gEmD4rXc9_t4SR7GNFkYLj5vyjhj20XjA8Kqws_uSNXsPHSD9XbKrh171NRzU/s3138/MaisieChanLandscape.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image of author" border="0" data-original-height="2905" data-original-width="3138" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijp_4EJjK4CYYvP6OjQScjW2guqxoCQeKSgJlCXBJygKYhiOaWuk89S2EXF3CiONcfw6FHF7wcefog4Urk4Zxzpni44T_V7MmONVd4Hk3PpkhJNzlCmgxog_4by2UND6gEmD4rXc9_t4SR7GNFkYLj5vyjhj20XjA8Kqws_uSNXsPHSD9XbKrh171NRzU/w320-h296/MaisieChanLandscape.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Author Maisie Chan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />As part of Stand Up and be Counted we welcomed award winning author Maisie Chan to North Berwick High School and invited along local P6 pupils. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">As the project</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: verdana; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;">aims to increase awareness and representation of different races and cultures, LGBTQIA+ and disabilities, to help children and young people be more inclusive, confident, respectful and also feel respected, Maisie spoke about how important it was for her and children across the UK to see British-Asian characters in books. She also spoke about the inspirations for her books and characters, her own personal reading journey, and treated us to a reading from <i style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Danny Chung does not do maths </i>and <i style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">Keep dancing Lizzie Chu. </i>There was a fantastic activity mid-way through where pupils were invited to draw like Danny Chung, and create a hybrid creature by picking two animals and drawing them as one. Examples were provided and the results were amazing! </span><p></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>"I've wanted to be an author since I was 3 and you've inspired me to finish my first book" (P6 Pupil, Maisie Chan event)</b></span></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizN7v0CbnmOypv8bg8t0KjmbJ8rl3j8lWMdi8DKoZucHzmXzi9LiPzMFokDn_n8R92Ueg-vVrc7KKjranrchtGaM7T3NKs5HhOfxekNbevyCQXEoxuoM1yCAIGy4eUxWOa_re-_VnIjZMIelxP3nDF-Vftkz57aLVtaw-ltI1J0T01hhmrErX7M26wXqw/s4032/bIRDS%20AND%20BOOK%20EVENT%205.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image of birds on the river" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizN7v0CbnmOypv8bg8t0KjmbJ8rl3j8lWMdi8DKoZucHzmXzi9LiPzMFokDn_n8R92Ueg-vVrc7KKjranrchtGaM7T3NKs5HhOfxekNbevyCQXEoxuoM1yCAIGy4eUxWOa_re-_VnIjZMIelxP3nDF-Vftkz57aLVtaw-ltI1J0T01hhmrErX7M26wXqw/w400-h300/bIRDS%20AND%20BOOK%20EVENT%205.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image of some of the wildlife found on the walk</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The 'Birds and Books' nature walk around Musselburgh, run by the East Lothian Countryside Ranger, was enjoyed by a mix of ages and there was great excitement when they managed to spot a Kingfisher! </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Best selling children's author Abi Elphinstone gave a fantastic talk about her real life experiences, and how they influence and inspire her writing. She even gave us a sneak peek of her next book! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>"I loved hearing Abi speak about how random things can give her an idea for a story, and she thought my name was lovely and might include it in one of her books!" (Audience member, Abi Elphinstone event)</b></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">The weather didn't deter the kids ( and parents) from coming along and enjoying the Big Wild Life Forest school event where they learned about the creatures in the forest, woodland crafts and storytelling. Some of the kids said they would love to do it again but perhaps not in the rain! </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We hope you were able to get along to one of our events and if you did and would like to give us feedback please email <a href="mailto:libraries@eastlothian.gov.uk" target="_blank">libraries@eastlothian.gov.uk </a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We can't wait to see what next year's Book Week Scotland brings! </span></div></div>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-14993688914620118962023-11-22T08:36:00.000-08:002023-11-22T08:36:28.575-08:00Public Libraries/ Shared Services closures on 5 and 6 December<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKFRTXoQTeWBXwtnl4rGwe_EkooHkYHwNsnwIi-yfLL72ndoHE76TAwVQSW2QNBvHysm2yg2JwPZHBccFm08kM4W7eDEjHIz_g0I4llFwPaMuWhFRA6Py-ksmpeNekV21OZA6Nf1DEK8ohPkAo3hfDfiETpN-HwPdMo5n8NOaJs21Xz6tvvKgTwBtoV0/s780/lib2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image of book shelves" border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="780" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKFRTXoQTeWBXwtnl4rGwe_EkooHkYHwNsnwIi-yfLL72ndoHE76TAwVQSW2QNBvHysm2yg2JwPZHBccFm08kM4W7eDEjHIz_g0I4llFwPaMuWhFRA6Py-ksmpeNekV21OZA6Nf1DEK8ohPkAo3hfDfiETpN-HwPdMo5n8NOaJs21Xz6tvvKgTwBtoV0/w400-h225/lib2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To support whole team training and development across
Customer Services and look at how we provide the best service to our customers
there will be a number of service closures or reductions on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span>December 2023. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday 5 December- closures</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dunbar Library</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">East Linton Library</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Musselburgh Library</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Port Seton Library</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prestonpans Library</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Wednesday 6 December - closures</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Haddington Library</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Longniddry Library<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">North Berwick Library</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ormiston Library</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tranent Library</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="font-family: verdana;">Brunton Hall </b></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To support whole team training and development across
Customer Services and look at how we provide the best service to our customers
Brunton Hall Customer Service desk will be closed between 1:00pm to 2:00pm for lunch
on Tuesday 5<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span>and Wednesday 6<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span>December 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We apologise for any inconvenience.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /></div><p></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-3714148213440821362023-11-15T06:10:00.000-08:002023-11-15T08:57:48.015-08:00Your Libraries Supporting Your Wellbeing <p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_926kM7fjmYPE0XsRYev8xaFTd1wEUgqRX4JhzsC26wKGUHYOkFESYYPtEC6jY50TV4Nx1BuTri03KcysIgaje9BBMgtdZ5HQ78z8pBh-_nkugmp43iMf4AEPcbeF0XANVlSWho5VP3lyZhKRRymPdSx0qTXqlznDZTKSaHn1J44z65s65sfqBdHkdtk/s2000/Carers%20collection%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image of books from our carers collection" border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_926kM7fjmYPE0XsRYev8xaFTd1wEUgqRX4JhzsC26wKGUHYOkFESYYPtEC6jY50TV4Nx1BuTri03KcysIgaje9BBMgtdZ5HQ78z8pBh-_nkugmp43iMf4AEPcbeF0XANVlSWho5VP3lyZhKRRymPdSx0qTXqlznDZTKSaHn1J44z65s65sfqBdHkdtk/w320-h240/Carers%20collection%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carers Collection Titles</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 2021/22 the library Service received funding from the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) through the Scottish Government's COVID recovery fund to support health and wellbeing work in our libraries. We were delighted to have Catherine Findlay Middleton join us from November 2022 to October 2023 as our Health and Wellbeing Officer and while we are very sad to have to say our goodbyes we'd like to share some of the fantastic work Catherine instigated that we will continue to develop.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Catherine worked with our teams to identify what we were doing well, where we could improve and where there were gaps. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">She mapped local health and wellbeing support across our communities so that our team can help you find local sources of support and establish community folders and noticeboards in each of our libraries - look out for them next time you visit! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our new health and wellbeing pages on the library webpage are designed to help you find trusted sources of information and support. <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210682/health_and_wellbeing" target="_blank">Click to visit our Health and Wellbeing pages</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We know that if you don't use a library regularly you may be unaware of the wide range of activities, resources or events we offer so Catherine worked hard to establish relationships with partners across our communities and across East Lothian including Enjoy Leisure, Volunteer Centre East Lothian, Alzheimer's Scotland, Dementia Friendly East Lothian, Young Carer's Network, East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership, Local Area Partnerships, GP practices and more which will be continued locally and as a service.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To highlight just a few of the many outcomes from these partnerships:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of our libraries now offer sensory stories and support groups and we'll continue to look at how we can support neurodiversity and accessibility for all with an update to our webpage, a regular audit of our spaces, awareness training for our staff and we will partner with local groups and families to ensure our service is as inclusive as possible. If you have suggestions, ideas or would like to be involved in how we provide more inclusive spaces then please contact Caroline Messer - Team Manager, Library and Customer Services at </span><a href="mailto:cmesser@eastlothian.gov.uk" style="font-family: verdana;">cmesser@eastlothian.gov.uk</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">A partnership with the Carers of East Lothian has led to a <a href="https://eastlothian.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?ENTRY=carers&ENTRY_NAME=BS&ENTRY_TYPE=K&SORTS=SQL_REL_BIB&GQ=carers&NRECS=20&QRY=&QRYTEXT=Full+catalogue&_SPQ=2" target="_blank">carer's collection</a>, roadshows and training for our staff and we will continue to build on this wonderfully positive relationships. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our library staff have completed Dementia Friends training to help increase their knowledge, awareness and confidence and we'll continue to work with partners locally to support those living with dementia to feel welcome and safe in our spaces.</span></li></ul><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs0anK4ySA07CvP9Yqv4qbZQNWWw3Xz4etuuc1YRo74i6Gg2i_TBLeNSA3Ribd6ZCV5Pgm-4zfrnpDBMKgzLNVs5wIaiugJrVvL8cEQ6cAQhVy894B_rodjrN5IXRp1z-GL7rmyNEqUESrPrfa2NHLG1AXAzpFQQjKj1ldZRSn1MmIqW_jJEdI3qo-s0/s2318/Carers%20of%20EL%20roadshow.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Image of a table with a variety of leaflets and books" border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="2318" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs0anK4ySA07CvP9Yqv4qbZQNWWw3Xz4etuuc1YRo74i6Gg2i_TBLeNSA3Ribd6ZCV5Pgm-4zfrnpDBMKgzLNVs5wIaiugJrVvL8cEQ6cAQhVy894B_rodjrN5IXRp1z-GL7rmyNEqUESrPrfa2NHLG1AXAzpFQQjKj1ldZRSn1MmIqW_jJEdI3qo-s0/w320-h154/Carers%20of%20EL%20roadshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dementia Awareness Week information stand</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you to all partners who have engaged so positively with Catherine and our teams to bring such as strong wellbeing focus to our service. The support from Catherine over the last year has been invaluable in opening up our libraries to new local partnerships and opportunities and different ways of working in some cases and though we will miss her we'll be inspired by her drive to make things happen and ensure we partner with everyone to improve the wellbeing of our local communities across East Lothian.</span></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-19967553370463610952023-11-09T03:45:00.004-08:002023-11-09T03:45:39.979-08:00Book Week Scotland 2023 <p> <span style="color: #262626; font-size: 18px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjlxYAsHeICwa__-DLuOu6uESTK6mAASEBe5XvxeqnyuhLTdSb0lHsKbYdCDFrch4qxkcLksxbUODtze7j6Ov3nrKKBdd-iUgeIBG9ptaB0FMmkqhu5iWQ_MGDsALvRm3jEzpmjQ0lHKTRe32k6p78qwAdqoByo3lTx2pqjYhxbkJfvrxWjz96Vwqn9o/s1200/BWS%20Cover%20image%201200%20x%20800%20px.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Book Week Scotland 2023 official banner with Book Week Scotland Logos and Scottish Book Trust Logo and footprint. Text states Book Week Scotland our adventure begins here 13-19 November 2023" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjlxYAsHeICwa__-DLuOu6uESTK6mAASEBe5XvxeqnyuhLTdSb0lHsKbYdCDFrch4qxkcLksxbUODtze7j6Ov3nrKKBdd-iUgeIBG9ptaB0FMmkqhu5iWQ_MGDsALvRm3jEzpmjQ0lHKTRe32k6p78qwAdqoByo3lTx2pqjYhxbkJfvrxWjz96Vwqn9o/w400-h266/BWS%20Cover%20image%201200%20x%20800%20px.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; margin: 0.5rem 0px 1rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Book Week Scotland is a week long celebration of books and reading that takes place every November. During this week, people of all ages and walks of life come together to share the joy of reading. This year Book Week Scotland runs from Monday 13 November 2023 to Sunday 19 November 2023.</span> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; margin: 0.5rem 0px 1rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Working with a wide range of partners, Scottish </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Book Trust - the national charity changing lives through reading and writing - will deliver events and activities across the country linked to this years theme of </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana;">Adventure</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. Now in its twelfth year, Book Week Scotland was initiated by the Scottish Government. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; margin: 0.5rem 0px 1rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hundreds of free events happen during Book Week Scotland across many different local authorities, funded by the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC).</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; margin: 0.5rem 0px 1rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every year, the Scottish Book Trust also produces a free book made up of true stories from people all over Scotland. This year's book is called 'Adventure' and these will be distributed to our libraries during Book Week Scotland for you to pick up and enjoy!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; margin: 0.5rem 0px 1rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Find out about events being run by the Scottish Book Trust, including their digital events, by visiting the <a href="https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-scotland" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">Scottish Book Trust page</a> or following Book Week Scotland on <a href="https://twitter.com/BookWeekScot" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BookWeekScotland/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">Facebook</a> pages. We will also be sharing their digital events on our East Lothian Libraries <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eastlothianlibs" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/eastlothianlibs" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">Twitter</a> pages. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read on to find out about East Lothian Libraries' fantastic programme of events! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-size: 18px; margin: 0.5rem 0px 1rem; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Programme of Events </span></h3></blockquote><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">All our Book Week Scotland events are free</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Booking is required for all events, please see the appropriate event for booking information </span></li></ul><p></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; margin: 0.5rem 0px 1rem; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Johnson and Boswell's Scottish Adventure with Joseph Waterfield, Monday 13 November, 6:00pm at Haddington Library</span> <span style="text-align: left;"> </span></b></h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; margin: 0.5rem 0px 1rem; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrmQ3FjGAJajsbw1D7ZQ1cGYcRw9SXXtwSPNitKyuPpTabkVIxh2NZd3k1RZwhKF2FrAHclPelNPsPzIqh7QopXI2Ro77QWUaFh2ijRNNpdMbQiGdwM6Q56ObTLwppuE656SrINRDSnXpr63mlgHThcPgpETXsOMk1easPt_wqF_Y0aJ0dHPpLM7bYI8/s150/Joseph%20Waterford%20150%20x%20150%20.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image of the speaker" border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrmQ3FjGAJajsbw1D7ZQ1cGYcRw9SXXtwSPNitKyuPpTabkVIxh2NZd3k1RZwhKF2FrAHclPelNPsPzIqh7QopXI2Ro77QWUaFh2ijRNNpdMbQiGdwM6Q56ObTLwppuE656SrINRDSnXpr63mlgHThcPgpETXsOMk1easPt_wqF_Y0aJ0dHPpLM7bYI8/w200-h200/Joseph%20Waterford%20150%20x%20150%20.png" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 1773 the literary Scottophobe Samuel Johnson and his friend and biographer James Boswell embarked on a tour of Scotland from the Central Belt to the Western Isles. Come along for the ride as Joe Waterfield from Historic Environment Scotland (HES) uses archive photographs and drawings to recreate this unforgettable journey. Tickets are free but booking is required. Please contact Haddington Library by telephoning 01620 827827 or emailing <a href="mailto:haddington.library@eastlothian.gov.uk" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">haddington.library@eastlothian.gov.uk</a> to book your space.</span> <p></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; margin: 0.5rem 0px 1rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #262626; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Author event with Martin MacInnes and Heather Parry, Tuesday 14 November, 7:00pm at Haddington Library</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxjBA-84blXBOapmdh3K-43aInJQf3_EfXh8bDml65dTAOPQjz3YAVyywSDKQDsbxhCOdyZqfZ75ELUjkRBSQu_XjaKiKtxdDxS24pvVOknqizwy9XyGhlcOb-Pk0KsDZTq9q_ALEr1sQO5hXN2FVcYDrqS8n9CLlA2I6FU6eiUjXXGOez6OlkGwtWrA/s617/Image%20of%20Martin%20and%20Heather%20.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image of two authors side by side" border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="617" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxjBA-84blXBOapmdh3K-43aInJQf3_EfXh8bDml65dTAOPQjz3YAVyywSDKQDsbxhCOdyZqfZ75ELUjkRBSQu_XjaKiKtxdDxS24pvVOknqizwy9XyGhlcOb-Pk0KsDZTq9q_ALEr1sQO5hXN2FVcYDrqS8n9CLlA2I6FU6eiUjXXGOez6OlkGwtWrA/w320-h161/Image%20of%20Martin%20and%20Heather%20.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Booker longlisted author Martin </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">MacInnes and the award winning Heather Parry will talk to us about how places they’ve travelled to or have lived influenced their work as well as speaking about their most recent novels - 'In Ascension' by Martin MacInnes and 'Orpheus builds a girl' by Heather Parry. There will also be questions from the audience. Tickets are free but booking is required. Please contact Haddington Library by telephoning 01620 827827 or emailing </span><a href="mailto:haddington.library@eastlothian.gov.uk" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; font-family: verdana; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">haddington.library@eastlothian.gov.uk</a><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"> to book your space. Night Owl Books will have a stall at this event if anyone would like to purchase copies of their books to get them signed.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #262626; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">A Morning of Storytelling with Ailsa Dixon, Wednesday 15 November, 11:00am at Tranent Library</span></span></h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-m7FuvvxrsQr_Wl678Wwy3_xyAqFscTm5eElCM13bIyygW3NdFI6s1jh5qEIgxaxvQD1ldVrB-yN2zU6ucpHtOkqbQteDsoXEI9kts0nCWNRMxs69_Jrm_M1XvrcaLTGsUSaXcyMRUkeMpjWMHqmnlDJLANfhxixUncAW9hyphenhyphene3n83l6TpJ_sanUq1Bdc/s150/Ailsa%20Dixon150%20x%20150.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image of the storyteller" border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-m7FuvvxrsQr_Wl678Wwy3_xyAqFscTm5eElCM13bIyygW3NdFI6s1jh5qEIgxaxvQD1ldVrB-yN2zU6ucpHtOkqbQteDsoXEI9kts0nCWNRMxs69_Jrm_M1XvrcaLTGsUSaXcyMRUkeMpjWMHqmnlDJLANfhxixUncAW9hyphenhyphene3n83l6TpJ_sanUq1Bdc/s16000/Ailsa%20Dixon150%20x%20150.png" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Join us, and the Carers of East Lothian, for a morning of storytelling with Ailsa Dixon. This storytelling session will involve adventure, Scottish Mythology and music. The event is designed exclusively for unpaid carers. Ailsa is a traditional storyteller and musician deeply rooted in place and passionate about sharing traditional tales and unheard histories. Refreshments will be available. To sign up please contact the Carers of East Lothian by telephoning 0131 665 0135 or email </span><a href="mailto:centre@coel.org.uk" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; font-family: verdana; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">centre@coel.org.uk</a></p></span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Author talk by Abi Elphinstone, Thursday 16</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">November, 3.45pm at Dunbar Library</span></span></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUHO7r1BSevJCYwcR3mnDf7xNO7Bk2g4s9k0Lkqsr9JTNZZtWZWyZzU0_jfn9BBUHjim0_YPN0DaUIR59LrytiWq3qZtQ3G9v64CNMyRb8zu7qVpwAmmYcr1HFCQoSoJwzF_YDVnDbHqmLnfu2o0m-YH9Q5D1_RRgaSMHA2fogv23qHCF_4qAJn4YLn8/s150/Abi%20Elphinstone%20150%20x%20150%20%20(2).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image of author with a beach behind her" border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUHO7r1BSevJCYwcR3mnDf7xNO7Bk2g4s9k0Lkqsr9JTNZZtWZWyZzU0_jfn9BBUHjim0_YPN0DaUIR59LrytiWq3qZtQ3G9v64CNMyRb8zu7qVpwAmmYcr1HFCQoSoJwzF_YDVnDbHqmLnfu2o0m-YH9Q5D1_RRgaSMHA2fogv23qHCF_4qAJn4YLn8/s16000/Abi%20Elphinstone%20150%20x%20150%20%20(2).png" /></a></div></div></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;">Join us in welcoming best selling children's author Abi Elphinstone to Dunbar Library. Abi will be sharing her real life adventures that have inspired her books, from dog sledding in the Arctic to living with Kazakh eagle hunters in Mongolia. She will also be talking about her latest novel ‘Saving Neverland’ - a modern re-imagining of the classic tale which takes readers back to the magic and adventure of Neverland. Free event, but booking required. Please telephone Dunbar Library on 01620 827827 or email </span><a href="mailto:dunbar.library@eastlothian.gov.uk" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">dunbar.library@eastlothian.gov.uk</a><span style="text-align: left;"> to book your space. Night Owl Books will have a stall at this event if anyone would like to purchase copies of Abi's new book and to get it signed.</span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"></h4><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b>'Birds and Books Nature Walk, Friday 17 November, 2:00pm at Musselburgh Library</b></span></h3><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHnyUBVqHXAnT6l_cQTRArxuxHI21i80cUrV1rIg2hatrXQpfpx4OC-ZPYlpYGVDwUx98jIhUq4VL0ekzmJ2a6yUFtUBZV7Um8hHAWdM9EFfrDuowpjI-t1s1nyHcWfhEGPGXcUGv8Xrr2mvzLdfirTDYm9YMhmhSiLeH63OWPjT4zFWyKlXW7-In2kU/s150/Birds%20and%20Book%20Final.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image of the back of a person wearing a backpack with tree in the distance" border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHnyUBVqHXAnT6l_cQTRArxuxHI21i80cUrV1rIg2hatrXQpfpx4OC-ZPYlpYGVDwUx98jIhUq4VL0ekzmJ2a6yUFtUBZV7Um8hHAWdM9EFfrDuowpjI-t1s1nyHcWfhEGPGXcUGv8Xrr2mvzLdfirTDYm9YMhmhSiLeH63OWPjT4zFWyKlXW7-In2kU/s16000/Birds%20and%20Book%20Final.png" /></a></div></blockquote><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">Join the Countryside Rangers as they take you on a nature walk around Musselburgh and learn about all the birds and wildlife you encounter on the way! This event is for all ages. Free event, but booking is required. Please contact Musselburgh Library by telephoning 01620 827827 or emailing </span><a href="mailto:musselburgh.library@eastlothian.gov.uk" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; font-family: verdana; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">musselburgh.library@eastlothian.gov.uk</a><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;">.</span><div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Big Wild Life Forest school, Saturday 18 November, 10:30am - meet at North Berwick Library and then onto the Lodge Park, North Berwick.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eOwT5I77N1ZWGNYsXkB3u7CXIaWV2hYz9ob92U5ApVhsPstYnjAUNz56W7VLA9Qkp5w1I2-Or1gZKOo-QgCNOVYVM5uFcLwc3Oqw_U43jjsLkAWgqrEYByEWQwtdO__eh-jMD2NxIq_cNBdq9dcFvJFgWQuGIbdxZG8XLUdK1-aMrEuKGv-m0xal9PQ/s883/Big%20Wild%20Life%20Forest%20School.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image of pictures of butterflies and magnifying glasses" border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="883" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eOwT5I77N1ZWGNYsXkB3u7CXIaWV2hYz9ob92U5ApVhsPstYnjAUNz56W7VLA9Qkp5w1I2-Or1gZKOo-QgCNOVYVM5uFcLwc3Oqw_U43jjsLkAWgqrEYByEWQwtdO__eh-jMD2NxIq_cNBdq9dcFvJFgWQuGIbdxZG8XLUdK1-aMrEuKGv-m0xal9PQ/w200-h132/Big%20Wild%20Life%20Forest%20School.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Big Wild Life are running a forest school where families can explore and connect with nature by learning about the creatures that live in the forest, den building, woodland crafts and storytelling. Sessions are aimed at Primary 4 to Primary 7 aged children and their families. Free event, but booking required. Please telephone North Berwick Library on 01620 827827 or email </span><a href="mailto:northberwick.library@eastlothian.gov.uk" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cc3b0c; display: inline-block; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, border-color 0.3s ease 0s; z-index: 1;">northberwick.library@eastlothian.gov.uk</a> <span style="text-align: left;">to book your space.</span></span></p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-family: Catamaran, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0.75rem 0px 3rem;"><br /></p></div></div>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-34608575745212169122023-10-05T01:46:00.003-07:002023-10-05T01:46:53.934-07:00Board Games at East Lothian Libraries <h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2Dktz84hPvlxdIZo_o04AmA54rj51WyEYAhvfNA2Yllkp7KViXvo4-aYPail0-hjLAMMdtn5k4Vt0Gc4ULr8-fUZcVA2XU3e1txOKBNlMSWJZW_kJc3_I_8HzMHbzSlAW5eJIllsaqA8l9TStGJxXXEAJgr0lS_WTn6i6Vuhg5kco6eBaRVhjPj3bTM/s940/board%20games%20info%20tile.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2Dktz84hPvlxdIZo_o04AmA54rj51WyEYAhvfNA2Yllkp7KViXvo4-aYPail0-hjLAMMdtn5k4Vt0Gc4ULr8-fUZcVA2XU3e1txOKBNlMSWJZW_kJc3_I_8HzMHbzSlAW5eJIllsaqA8l9TStGJxXXEAJgr0lS_WTn6i6Vuhg5kco6eBaRVhjPj3bTM/w400-h335/board%20games%20info%20tile.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Board Games - let's laugh and play with friends and family</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Did you know that we have an extensive board game collection?</span></span></h3><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our board game collection has approximately 80 games with a mix of classic and modern games that rotate between our all branches. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are games for children, games for adults and games for the whole family to enjoy together too! </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With a broad range of themes, and content from Scrabble and Battleships to Mystery Cold Case files and Poo Bingo, there is something to suit all ages and interests!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We also have games available in several formats, as well as games with less text and more iconography for persons with low vision. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Board games are only available to play within our libraries, so why not pop in with some friends or family and enjoy a game or two? </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Using board games at the library are a great way to learn a new skill or hobby or try out a new game for the first time - a great way to save money too!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ask in branch about our board games or browse our library catalogue at <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastlothian.spydus.co.uk%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR13tYMjjf_InkR61dx0P-5serq6F_9wX-d8c9yJPrJPQjxvtO27UhgDArc&h=AT2viK-CUAN5cB71MQa_JqzOEx8hTCrE3c6qj0J26Pa3TQKDi3ig2iUeJruNyDxj-3HUGKmB4Hko4ZuWDAlf1umMV9w0ejVtdrF0mnz6ZsR3I8GinVLIVGTqS6lx_mqTZQ&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0UoUSGDuNh65GO7bAen18UP4xsSchRArCmLHkZuN2h8NtyCdghRzRDgKE1j4Hp3wfhezzesZxnxmmfTqBZ1ZhHntdqzZ79yrgDowqbTkz9ct1Oq_J9lk5q-t7Zoq58HeWau3gppovoJyQ__cWPwruwE2JHMA" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.eastlothian.spydus.co.uk</a> or scan the QR code in the image above.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some of our libraries also run board game clubs. Please <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/directory/10059/east_lothian_libraries" target="_blank">visit our library directory</a> for more information on activities and clubs at your local library.</span></div></div>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-53248746159355450192023-06-29T02:46:00.000-07:002023-06-29T02:46:54.750-07:00Wallyford Library - Service Update <p><span class="WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none" style="color: white; font-family: "YADXm3pZ1HU 0", _fb_, auto;">anent.</span><span class="WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap" style="color: white; font-family: "YADXm3pZ1HU 0", _fb_, auto;"> </span><span class="WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none" style="color: white; font-family: "YADXm3pZ1HU 0", _fb_, auto;">To use this service please ask at the library for information during July or contact wallyfor</span></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="qfgo-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="qfgo-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="qfgo-0-0"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLIP3yJuzgjhneOO1c5vYqp5KgVB3x-UOUKx3ADHn5gK-NfY9mZzJsmCScIGGVCWN9PM2KRPdJZp_TyTCi-x4ujlxfU3fSYD2F4t-h0RtwEoY5JIIQoLbxniAToUwx_Dy4romQR5ZjeLEsrl4LfN2mB4cgtYQ555bQuoqXVvZaEiw_ujyUdpGRn0dF1o/s342/Wallyford%20Library%20image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="342" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLIP3yJuzgjhneOO1c5vYqp5KgVB3x-UOUKx3ADHn5gK-NfY9mZzJsmCScIGGVCWN9PM2KRPdJZp_TyTCi-x4ujlxfU3fSYD2F4t-h0RtwEoY5JIIQoLbxniAToUwx_Dy4romQR5ZjeLEsrl4LfN2mB4cgtYQ555bQuoqXVvZaEiw_ujyUdpGRn0dF1o/w400-h226/Wallyford%20Library%20image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image of Wallyford Library </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Throughout July the opening hours at Wallyford Library will be:</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="ea2r4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ea2r4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ea2r4-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="1uq52-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1uq52-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1uq52-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday 9:00am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 6:00pm</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="am70r-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="am70r-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="am70r-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday 9:00am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 5:00pm</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="526dr-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="526dr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="526dr-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday 10:00am to 1:00pm </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="a0aag-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a0aag-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a0aag-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="9lmn2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9lmn2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9lmn2-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We’re looking forward to seeing you in July and asking for your input on the activities you’d like to see in our new home. Consolidating our opening hours in July will allow us to support local children with fun activities for the summer reading challenge, Ready, Set, Read. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="f5bma-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f5bma-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="f5bma-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="d4i7k-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d4i7k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d4i7k-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In preparation for our move to the new Wallyford Learning Campus in the Autumn we will close the public library within Wallyford Primary at 1:00pm on Saturday 29 July. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="e9h7k-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e9h7k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e9h7k-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="s9bo-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="s9bo-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="s9bo-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From the beginning of August a click and collect service will operate by appointment from Wallyford Community Centre for those unable to access other libraries in Musselburgh, Prestonpans or Tranent. To use this service please ask at the library for information during July or contact <a href="mailto:wallyford.library@eastlothian.gov.uk" target="_blank">wallyford.library@eastlothian.gov.uk </a>to arrange.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="m4o8" data-offset-key="v4td-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="v4td-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="v4td-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We look forward to welcoming you to our new location this Autumn and will keep you updated as we finalise our opening date.<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white;">.libra</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "YADXm3pZ1HU 0", _fb_, auto; font-size: 14px;">ry@eastlothian.gov.uk to arrange.</span></div></div><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="--font-size: 35.7572px; --line-height: 1.4; color: white; font-family: "YADXm3pZ1HU 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 50px;"></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="--font-size: 35.7572px; --line-height: 1.4; color: white; font-family: "YADXm3pZ1HU 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 50px;"><span class="WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">We look forward to welcoming you to our new location this Autumn and will keep you updated as we finalise our opening date</span></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-88308429490994463912023-06-16T07:30:00.002-07:002023-06-16T07:30:00.142-07:00Summer Reading Challenge 2023 - Ready, Set, Read!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqaTBcOvZySkZT_eFQ5Pn5gycZEnN1WKgSalC_Cq01YArRJE2D3aviiyZBMe64AXd5TDDuFqsbtms3c6h-CNDgwhy6Id7IRI0DaOjxlgKfnZZUIkGv7qlsRo82-aqPrlMG6gULRnqgDYs8snIKgomRnjfsa37Q9xhIedeWf2GkzLcWCyL8HfgRInO/s1920/SRC%202023%20Social_Web%20Banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1920" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqaTBcOvZySkZT_eFQ5Pn5gycZEnN1WKgSalC_Cq01YArRJE2D3aviiyZBMe64AXd5TDDuFqsbtms3c6h-CNDgwhy6Id7IRI0DaOjxlgKfnZZUIkGv7qlsRo82-aqPrlMG6gULRnqgDYs8snIKgomRnjfsa37Q9xhIedeWf2GkzLcWCyL8HfgRInO/w400-h216/SRC%202023%20Social_Web%20Banner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Get ready for a summer of reading and fun with the Summer
Reading Challenge!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year, the theme is sports, games, teamwork, and play. The
Reading Agency has partnered with the Youth Sports Trust to create ‘Ready, Set,
Read!’ and keep imaginations moving over the school holidays. By participating
in the Challenge at East Lothian Libraries, young people will have the
opportunity to explore new reading material, develop skills, and discover new
interests.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With incentives to collect and plenty of brilliant books to
enjoy, the Challenge is the perfect summer activity to build young readers’
skills and confidence during the break from school. Children can also take part
online through the official digital Challenge platform <a href="https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/">summerreadingchallenge.org.uk</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Challenge begins in libraries across East Lothian on <b>Saturday 17</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> June</b>. Visit
your local library to register and find out about the activities they have
planned for you. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Information on events taking place across our libraries can also be found on our webpage <span style="color: #1f497d;"><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/summer-reading-challenge">https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/summer-reading-challenge</a></span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Keep an eye out on the East Lothian Libraries<a href="https://www.facebook.com/eastlothianlibs"> Facebook page</a> or on your local library's dedicated Facebook page for all you need to know too!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All children completing the Challenge will receive a certificate and a book for their home collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-41893328651962754132023-06-02T00:10:00.002-07:002023-06-02T00:10:40.502-07:00Carers Week 5 to 11 June 2023<div data-block="true" data-editor="1tf4" data-offset-key="emqim-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="emqim-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMuTX-qPp64ryigV1sdIzm7knay0nb9M68gaxqnC6FcJduayFSnE0_kSMqIru0b218HqicBqh6Gl9lBvO_DOZ1K85Q-YyYXj2uNNzPaF2GcrWKyLw0XK172q4rWjUotozchVdaHBUU_hFKSYtvWr1HAmdfFjKGm5ZbUrY31UhyS5UP22-gOZLKUTs/s940/Carers%20Week%20Roadshow.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2r9gt-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto">The Carers of East Lothian will be visiting five of our libraries hosting a pop up stand where you can find out more information and ask the team any questions you may have about being a carer. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><b><br /></b></div><div dir="auto"><b>Pop Up Information Stand </b></div><div dir="auto">Monday 5 June at Haddington Library - 2:00pm to 4:45pm </div><div dir="auto">Tuesday 6 June at North Berwick Library - 10:00am to 1:00pm </div><div dir="auto">Wednesday 7 June at Musselburgh Library - 10:00am to 1:00pm</div><div dir="auto">Thursday 8 June at Dunbar Library - 2:00pm to 4:45pm </div><div dir="auto">Friday 9 June at Tranent Library - 10:00am to 1:00pm </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto">We are also delighted to have worked with the Carers Panel to identify a range of books that they would recommend and we have pulled together a new collection for carers. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgdjdiebFmSC8ORRzeFD5dhmk66RqrwBZ67nTpfbm6n0DqzoeUZEhnqSTLtDqtjX59npi958_qcCiAGnXBiBZ2wnM62Gj8PptB7BNEmpyYM8l0gxJj-Bi-1dUJwVMHwiqH_FKcSofyBvPbA3FFjAziLSBfFtKHgXuM5SJfVIG1AAA2dGDZMLevmJ3/s940/Highlight%20a%20book%20-%20carers%20(2).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgdjdiebFmSC8ORRzeFD5dhmk66RqrwBZ67nTpfbm6n0DqzoeUZEhnqSTLtDqtjX59npi958_qcCiAGnXBiBZ2wnM62Gj8PptB7BNEmpyYM8l0gxJj-Bi-1dUJwVMHwiqH_FKcSofyBvPbA3FFjAziLSBfFtKHgXuM5SJfVIG1AAA2dGDZMLevmJ3/w400-h335/Highlight%20a%20book%20-%20carers%20(2).png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carers Collection</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Our collection includes practical guides, memoirs, lived experience, and fictional works. </span></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto">If you are interested in borrowing one of these books you can visit our <a href="https://eastlothian.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/HOME" target="_blank">online library catalogue</a> or the Spydus App and search the keyword 'Carers'. Alternatively ask one of the library staff to help you find the best book for you. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2r9gt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2r9gt-0-0"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2r9gt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative;"><br /></div></div>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-88675049734961557392022-10-31T03:00:00.001-07:002022-10-31T03:00:00.142-07:00<p> </p><h1 style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">~ Shared from Edinburgh City Libraries, 26 Oct., 2022</span></i></b></h1><h1 style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #2d3338; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 30.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftalesofonecity.wordpress.com%2F2022%2F10%2F26%2Fdid-scotland-invent-halloween%2F&sr=1&signature=11701778014b8855c3f265974691efa4&user=290b8d96c0ca1317c96dce35eda27970&_e=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&_z=z"><span style="color: #101517;">Did Scotland invent Halloween?</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;">Did you
know Scotland celebrated Halloween thousands of years ago? Of course, it
wasn't called that back then. Samhain (pronounced 'sow-in') was a Gaelic or Pagan
festival marking the end of the harvest season which, of course, fell at the
end of October. The name roughly translates as 'summer's end' and the
festival was celebrated and mentioned in Celtic literature over two thousand
years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;">Halloween
colours - i.e. orange - stem from the fact that the event was originally held
to mark the shift in seasons and the arrival of Autumnal colours in the
foliage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;">Until
relatively recently, ‘trick or treat’ was unknown in Scotland. Instead,
children dressed up and pretended to be evil spirits and went ‘guising’ (or
'galoshin'). Children arriving at a house so ‘disguised’ would receive an
offering to ward off evil. As well as dressing up, they would also perform a
party trick – a song or a dance, or recite a poem, before they were offered a
treat which could be fruit, nuts or more commonly nowadays, sweets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;">Looking
through the pages of the <a href="https://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/web/arena/bna"><span style="color: #0675c4;">British Newspaper Archive</span></a> which is available
to use for free from all our libraries, we have found some articles that show
how Halloween was celebrated across Scotland through the years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;">In this
article, from the Edinburgh Evening News on 5 November 1874 we know that even
Queen Victoria joined in celebrations at Balmoral.<br />
"Celebration of Halloween at Balmoral Castle<br />
Hallowe'en, the observance of which has for some years past fallen into
neglect in Scotland, especially in the Lowlands, was celebrated on an
extensive scale at Balmoral Castle on Monday night. Preparations had been
made for days beforehand and tenants and others assembled on the night named
from miles around...<br />
Her Majesty and the Princess Beatrice, each bearing a large torch, drove out
in an open phaeton, and a procession, consisting of the servants and tenants
on the Royal estates, all carrying lighted torches, was formed. They marched
through the grounds and round the Castle - the sight as they moved onwards
being very weird and striking."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Evening News, 5 November 1874</b><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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for something to wear? Look no further! Here the Courier and Advertiser
advertises children's party frocks and cloaks for sale at Henderson MacKay's
of Dundee. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Courier and Advertiser, 25 October 1938</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;">No
Halloween party would be complete without 'dooking' for apples. There's not a
pumpkin in sight in this photo from the Aberdeen Press and Journal in 1929.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcL_LBAo1zGw38Q288pfd1Zz_JxTj7fsQxuHWNYd3ZWv1xeztCjXmLe8JZnudBCuVHLNKF5K6FiJhVQiUl0PcSVxbaaboZK2bQHe8R4HV0byltumUCidTOAn09TsaVDTF2BNvzTNo-URfWcV95oC8pAqde28mCwjecDpZOL_77xKh4ceXjm0Bgi9Do/s559/dooking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="559" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcL_LBAo1zGw38Q288pfd1Zz_JxTj7fsQxuHWNYd3ZWv1xeztCjXmLe8JZnudBCuVHLNKF5K6FiJhVQiUl0PcSVxbaaboZK2bQHe8R4HV0byltumUCidTOAn09TsaVDTF2BNvzTNo-URfWcV95oC8pAqde28mCwjecDpZOL_77xKh4ceXjm0Bgi9Do/s320/dooking.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Aberdeen
Press and Journal, 1 November 1929</b><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;">Why don't
you delve into the pages of the </span><a href="https://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/web/arena/bna" style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0675c4;">British Newspaper Archive</span></a><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;"> and see what you can
find? We've used articles from Scottish newspapers, but there are millions of
pages to explore covering all of Britain and Ireland. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #101517; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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like me are addicted to true crime serials: As figures show 80% of fans of
grisly podcasts are female, novelist and self-confessed devotee JANE GREEN
reveals the gripping psychological reasons<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<div style="background: white; border-top: solid #E3E3E3 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 8pt 0cm 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 8.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">By </span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Jane+Green+For+The+Daily+Mail"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #004db3; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; text-underline: none;">JANE GREEN
FOR THE DAILY MAIL</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-transform: uppercase;">PUBLISHED:</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> 23:05,
31 May 2022 | <b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">UPDATED:</span></b> 02:38,
1 June 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Should you see me walking my dog, staring out of a
train window or driving up the motorway, you will notice I have earphones in.
You might assume I'm listening to some great music or chatting to my nearest
and dearest, but you would be wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The truth is far darker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I have become obsessed with true </span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/crime/index.html"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #003580; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">crime</span></b></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.
If I'm not reading about it or watching it on television, I am listening to
every podcast I can find. The darker and more twisted the story, the more
gruesome the details, the more I crave it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I was slightly worried there was something wrong
with me until I spotted on Instagram that, just before giving birth, the pop
star </span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/rihanna/index.html"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #003580; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Rihanna</span></b></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> settled
down to what she described as 'some serious self-care: a nice face mask, belly
covered in moisturiser, relaxing in front of serial killer documentaries'.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If there's something wrong with Rihanna and me,
then there's something wrong with practically every woman I know. My female
friends may look as if butter wouldn't melt in their mouths but they are all
obsessed with a good true crime story.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As for celebrities, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lady Gaga,
Chrissy Teigen and Gigi Hadid are just some of those who have revealed their
fascination with true crime. Gigi even studied criminal psychology at college.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And it's not just adult women. I had never in my
life known a forensic psychologist but now I know three 18-year-olds — all
girls — who are going to university to study the subject. It turns out that 78
per cent of forensic scientists in the U.S. are now female.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A quick survey of my male friends resulted in blank
looks. They have never heard of Dirty John — the evil fraudster whose
terrorisation of multiple women inspired a hit Netflix film. My female friends
devoured the series. So what is it about women and our obsession with true
crime?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Young women make up an astonishing 80 per cent of
true crime podcast listeners and according to Dr Julia Shaw, a criminal
psychologist and co-host of the true crime and science podcast Bad People, on
BBC Sounds, there is a reason for this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">'Women seem particularly interested in the
intricacies of the criminal mind,' she says. 'There is a real drive to
understand the 'why', not just the 'how' of the crime.'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As young girls, we are trained to keep an eye open
for something strange, suspicious or dangerous. That man staring a little too
hard in the train compartment; the man in the supermarket we hardly know being
over-friendly; the man walking too close behind us down a quiet street.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Which woman doesn't know the feeling of dread, the
quick crossing of the road, the getting away and the relief that nothing bad
happened. Between 1985 and 2010, 70 per cent of serial killers' victims were
female.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There is no escaping the fact that we are more
vulnerable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Claire Bord, publisher at Bookouture, which
publishes crime thrillers including those written by Gregg Olsen, explains:
'These kind of storylines tap into dark themes that resonate with readers
because we can see ourselves in these everyday scenarios and then imagine what
could happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">'I also think there are aspects of the dark themes
explored in psychological thrillers, and indeed true crime, that can speak
deeply to readers who have experienced difficult times in their own lives.'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">However strong we may feel, however strong we may
be, most of us have had an encounter that has made us uncomfortable at the very
least, and with that discomfort comes the recognition of our own vulnerability;
that we are no match for a man bigger and stronger than us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If we can't compete physically, then perhaps we can
outsmart men — and in order to outsmart them, we have to understand them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Indeed, the more we know about true crime, the more
likely we are to think we would be able to get out of a sticky situation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Because I listen to true crime, I know about things
such as 'roofies' (Rohypnol pills, aka 'the date rape drug') being slipped into
drinks at a bar or club when women go to the loo. I would never have thought
twice about leaving a drink unattended before. Now that drink is either being
brought with me or will be downed in one before I even think about trotting off
to the loo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Dr Shaw believes that if true crime is done well,
it should foster an understanding of the triggers and consequences of crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">'It encourages us to engage with the realities of
victim experiences, understand the pathways to crime and come to understand how
we can prevent it from happening.'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As a novelist, I may be a professional storyteller
but I like to think we are all storytellers — and who among us doesn't like to
play out their own narrative?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I'll see a couple arguing in a café and watch them
carefully, trying to eavesdrop, attempting to determine what they are fighting
about. In the old days, I might have wondered if the woman had just found out
the man was having an affair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Now I'm far more likely to wonder whether he is
considering ways to kill her. If he's clever, perhaps he will order arsenic
online — but not from his computer because that's how they always get caught.
Maybe she'll hire a hitman, but I hope it's not an undercover police officer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Does he look like the sort of man who owns a gun?
Does she look like the sort of woman who would organise a hike for a romantic
trip, only for her husband to 'accidentally fall off a cliff'? How might they
do it? How might I do it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Answer, I wouldn't. And if I did, I definitely
wouldn't write about it first, unlike the romance novelist Nancy Crampton
Brophy, who has just been found guilty of murdering her husband, having once
written an essay entitled How To Murder Your Husband.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Then there are the women who are just plain crazy
murderous, such as those featured in the 561 episodes of the podcast series
Snapped: Women Who Murder. Given that women are usually the victims rather than
the perpetrators, this is an extraordinary roll call of women visiting terrible
crimes on their husbands, lovers, best friends and even children. That women,
who are supposed to be the nurturers, can act in such ways never fails to hold
me rapt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">'Compared with men, women are more often expected
to understand and empathise with people,' says Dr Shaw — so part of our
fascination in such cases lies in the struggle to understand how a mother can
murder (for instance) her own children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Dr Shaw adds: 'True crime can act as a mirror that
forces us to deconstruct our own dark side, while making it clear that
criminals are ultimately just humans rather than unknowable monsters. That's an
important lesson that many people can benefit from.'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Well-produced shows allow us to follow the
developments step by step without being spoon-fed. Attempting to work out the
who and the why, and the satisfaction of piecing it all together, rather like
slotting in the last piece of a complicated jigsaw puzzle, is enormously
satisfying.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We get an adrenaline rush as the dreadful pieces
start to fit together, much like the adrenaline rush we used to get listening
to scary stories when we were children —particularly when the storyline centres
on a family we can relate to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We women, with our intuition and natural empathy,
may entertain dark thoughts when our buttons are pushed but few of us would
ever follow through. We are fascinated by dark stories but our moral codes
would — hopefully — prevent us carrying anything out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I remember talking to the CNN anchor Alisyn
Camerota about her time spent working on the U.S. TV show America's Most
Wanted, where she met murderer after murderer. What was it like, I asked
breathlessly, expecting her to say that their evil was palpable. But no. What
struck her most was how ordinary they were, how their crime was so often a
moment in which self-control was lost.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Which means it could be any one of us. Going
through a stressful time, add in financial strain, a husband who doesn't lift a
finger, the dog peeing on the rug because no one let him out, coming home to a
sink overflowing with dirty dishes and a huge amount of laundry that no one
else has touched, and the mildest of us would want to scream.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And if there was a large life insurance policy on
hand (there is always a large life insurance policy on hand), it's not such a
stretch to imagine us snapping and doing the unthinkable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We like to think we have the mechanisms to stop
ourselves before we go too far. But the woman who drove through a red light and
almost ploughed into you, ending in a screaming match through open car windows?
How much would it take for that woman to get out and stab you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So now I have finally curbed my road rage, my true
crime addiction having made me far more aware of the tipping point. In the old
days, I might have wound the window down and screamed in rage at that woman.
Today, I'm far more likely to mutter quietly to myself and ignore her bad
behaviour.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If anything happens to me, it's unlikely to be a
random driver and far more likely to be my husband. But by now I'm pretty sure
I know enough to foil any dastardly plans, should he be foolish enough to try.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">These are my favourite true crime podcasts, all
accessible through Apple or Google's podcast apps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">1 Bad People (62 episodes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">The science and psychology behind true crime, hosted by
Dr Julia Shaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">2 Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and
the Black Dahlia (eight episodes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A series dedicated to the famous 1947 Black Dahlia murder
in Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">3 Morbid: A True Crime Podcast (320 episodes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A hairstylist and an autopsy technician talk about all
things spooky.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">4 And That's Why We Drink (276 episodes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A lighthearted romp through the places where murder and
the paranormal meet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">5 Over My Dead Body (21 episodes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">One terrifying story covered per seven-episode season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">6 Dateline: The Thing About Pam (six episodes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Truth is truly stranger than fiction in this tale of a
smalltown murder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">7 Dateline: The Thing About Helen & Olga (six
episodes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A chilling tale about two little old ladies and homeless
men in Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">8 Dateline: Killer Role (six episodes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A story even Hollywood couldn't have imagined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">9 Crime Junkie Podcast (630 episodes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Missing. Murdered. Wanted. Serial killer. They're all
here, weekly, since 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">10 Snapped: Women Who Murder (561 episodes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">So many murderous females . . . based on a long-running
U.S. TV show.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</div>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">1 The Staircase (2022) Sky/Now TV<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">The newest addition to the stable, based on a 2001 case
of a woman's death 'falling down the stairs'.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">2 Making a Murderer (2015) Netflix<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">This show, about a murder in Wisconsin, started the
craze. Did he or didn't he do it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">3 The Jinx: The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst (2015)
Netflix<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">About New York real estate heir Robert Durst. Watch
it just for the live confession.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">4 Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer (2003) Amazon
Prime<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A documentary just as compelling almost 20 years on as
when it first aired.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">5 American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020) Netflix<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Told entirely using raw, first-hand footage, this
series feels that touch too close to home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">6 Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (2017)
Apple TV/Amazon Prime)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Two parents dead, their sons in the dock — the gold
standard in true-crime telly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">7 The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime
Story (2018) Amazon Prime<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A celebrity-studded, glamorous yet complex tale of tragic
death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">8 When They See Us (2019) Netflix<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">The story of a brutal murder and the framing of five
teenagers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">9 Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019)
Netflix<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A favourite for those who enjoy a bit of online sleuthing
— animal lovers track down a sick cat killer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">10 Under the Banner of Heaven (out in July) Disney+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Investigating the murder of a woman and her baby girl.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-61399239634787479552022-06-02T07:22:00.005-07:002022-08-02T05:33:46.811-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7b7yqj0_IrdRm1Y5DBkWVdvxU3b8F-KS9z5kyoVhnCGNOVbkVPcqZv0r93J2eort1QTHG1fAJyCYyEu6cyJrtXWTzcm03f_py8HApK0xV5cZD1qw2aQRuWCPLrTZ-AzmIl7TH-N2LVhoJBnzWWfjH5TZOjIdwlur58mZM8l7ek-B9HqWPUhi1wbK/s1080/fees.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7b7yqj0_IrdRm1Y5DBkWVdvxU3b8F-KS9z5kyoVhnCGNOVbkVPcqZv0r93J2eort1QTHG1fAJyCYyEu6cyJrtXWTzcm03f_py8HApK0xV5cZD1qw2aQRuWCPLrTZ-AzmIl7TH-N2LVhoJBnzWWfjH5TZOjIdwlur58mZM8l7ek-B9HqWPUhi1wbK/w471-h471/fees.png" width="471" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><u>Upcoming Changes to Charges and Fines </u></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Since March 2020, we have not issued any fines or charges and we are happy to announce
that we will not be charging fines for overdue loans in the future. Charges for certain
services such as reservations and borrowing DVDs will be returning but at a reduced rate.
We will, however, continue to charge for the non-return of items of stock.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-6362853641707925482022-03-09T06:32:00.002-08:002022-03-09T06:46:44.904-08:00John Gray Centre Film Appreciation Club<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This March, the
John Gray Centre Film Appreciation Club is re-commencing its physical
screenings after two years of virtual meetings!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Club kicks
off this year’s <b>Film in Libraries</b> programme with the <i>John Gray Centre
10<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Film Season</i>. As the Centre first opened to the
public in March 2012, a specially curated libraries and
heritage themed film programme will be held in the Star Room at the Centre. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On <b>Saturday March
12th</b> at 10.30 am, the film club will be showing </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">Ex-Libris:
The New York Public Library</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Frederick Wiseman, 2017; 3hr 25min,
Rating 12).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This
award winning documentary delves into the inner workings of the New York
Public Library, one of the greatest public institutions in New York City with a
rich and layered range of community services. This epic three hour film
features the formidable events unfolding within the institution as well as the
community surrounding it, striving to uphold the values of learning, education
and culture in a time when truth and science are under threat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An annual membership to the film club is a one time £15 donation, which gives free entry to all screenings this year or £3.50 donation per single entry and £2 for East Lothian Council staff.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please see the poster for all the screenings due to take place in March. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For more information, please email <a href="mailto:jgc@eastlothian.gov.uk">jgc@eastlothian.gov.uk</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaY0Q7pCFu4k1pmSQQfqMqsAlpWmP_2MvQeeqyF93rniKWBLjWM5U8tHSbO3jpSQtpTI6JgTf3scgUV7gt5LAmhHv4vd1iVomCkfIxcneGT0ZMViMXMBVj4tBzSDFdC2EvD1h38ul8lTUMusRx_Y6mQrrx2R6o1_ewzpmZKqSM_wQXKcdqbq__FLX7=s657" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="471" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaY0Q7pCFu4k1pmSQQfqMqsAlpWmP_2MvQeeqyF93rniKWBLjWM5U8tHSbO3jpSQtpTI6JgTf3scgUV7gt5LAmhHv4vd1iVomCkfIxcneGT0ZMViMXMBVj4tBzSDFdC2EvD1h38ul8lTUMusRx_Y6mQrrx2R6o1_ewzpmZKqSM_wQXKcdqbq__FLX7=w458-h640" width="458" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <p></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-64972019532885972522022-02-04T06:23:00.007-08:002022-02-04T06:23:58.054-08:00Haddington, Longniddry and Port Seton Libraries - Opening Hours update<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ5H2yxwLT4xLPQiOTGeFQjJislqac3rpaw5JWidSyqVphjZ4REb2V-HdDDTeTvXAXMCcUd2uLNOJyPLldTiF0zBJRnQxHFtp_Ub9H__4RnJa5qaUCA0NgSGTgL9er3O6EQtZHZQ7KdYkBr3f7E_1Hl7PVS-O4dlJ1ZW2wPjRzg65vIPYNJ5Ir2po2=s787" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="787" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ5H2yxwLT4xLPQiOTGeFQjJislqac3rpaw5JWidSyqVphjZ4REb2V-HdDDTeTvXAXMCcUd2uLNOJyPLldTiF0zBJRnQxHFtp_Ub9H__4RnJa5qaUCA0NgSGTgL9er3O6EQtZHZQ7KdYkBr3f7E_1Hl7PVS-O4dlJ1ZW2wPjRzg65vIPYNJ5Ir2po2=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are pleased to announce that from Monday 7th February, Haddington and Longniddry libraries will resume normal opening hours ( with the exception of evening opening for Haddington).</span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Longniddry Library Opening hours</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday 10am – 1pm & 2pm – 6pm </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 10am – 1pm & 2pm – 5pm</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday 10am – 1pm</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Haddington Library Opening Hours</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9am - 5pm </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday 10am - 5pm </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday 10am - 4pm</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Port Seton library</b> will resume normal opening hours from the week beginning Monday 14th February and the opening hours will be as follows:</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays 10am – 1pm & 2pm – 5pm</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturdays 10am – 1pm</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Information on the opening hours of all our branches can be found on our <a href="https://bit.ly/35En7eW" target="_blank">webpage</a> </span></div></div><p><br /></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-36226670197324240592022-01-21T11:58:00.003-08:002022-01-24T07:38:02.907-08:00Library opening hours Update<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0VSEKngRjMcKB4ohm_9AMbZGz41Y3GDNcQi1t7q7jQ525ns3d03CL6sZwe9zEBYDC1yZpjsFeCFb4M2wAyL-Dcc5vSLpAIL-pQS6OYlnGfaQlXfJIgnEQZJYCALxiIcunEO19gpNktKXdx75FnTGBHLAdAd0z1ukbq9uMMXO6H7OAIY3GMittomg2=s778"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="778" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0VSEKngRjMcKB4ohm_9AMbZGz41Y3GDNcQi1t7q7jQ525ns3d03CL6sZwe9zEBYDC1yZpjsFeCFb4M2wAyL-Dcc5vSLpAIL-pQS6OYlnGfaQlXfJIgnEQZJYCALxiIcunEO19gpNktKXdx75FnTGBHLAdAd0z1ukbq9uMMXO6H7OAIY3GMittomg2=w400-h154" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are delighted to share the news that all of our libraries, with the exception of Wallyford library, will be back open the week beginning Monday 31st January 2022. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wallyford library will </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">continue to facilitate class visits and offer a click and collect service to borrowers at this time. Bookbug will take place at Wallyford Community Centre.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please see the information below for details of branch opening days/hours as of the week beginning 31st January 2022. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Any further updates or changes to hours will be posed to our social media, webpage and blog pages.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you have any queries please email <a href="mailto:libraries@eastlothian.gov.uk">libraries@eastlothian.gov.uk</a> or telephone 01620 827827 ( ask for the relevant branch) </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Library Opening Hours</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dunbar Library </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday, Tuesday & Friday - <span>9am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm</span></span></p><p><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday - <span>10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm</span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday - <span>9am to 1pm & 2pm to 7pm</span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday - <span>10am to 1pm</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">East Linton Library </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday, Tuesday & Friday - 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gullane Library </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday, Tuesday & Friday - 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday - <span>10am to 1pm</span></span></p><p><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Haddington Library </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday & Friday - 9am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday - 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday - 10am to 4pm</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Longniddry Library</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday - <span>10am to 1pm & 2 to 5pm</span></span></p><p><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Musselburgh Library</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday & Thursday - 9am to 1pm & 2pm to 7pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday<span> & Friday - </span><span>9am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday - 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday - 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 4pm</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">North Berwick Library</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday, Tuesday & Friday - 9am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday - 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday - 9am to 1pm & 2pm to 7pm </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday - 10am to 1pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ormiston Library ( reopens on Friday 4th February 2022)</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday - 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday - 10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm </span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Port Seton Library</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday - <span>10am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm</span></span></p><p><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prestonpans Library</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday - 9am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday - 10am to 1pm </span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tranent Library</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - 9am to 1pm & 2pm to 5pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wallyford Library</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Click and Collect can be arranged to be picked up Friday afternoons. Borrowers can complete the <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/forms/form/10381/en/click_and_collect" target="_blank">Click and Collect Form</a> or email the branch at <a href="mailto:wallyford.library@eastlothian.gov.uk">wallyford.library@eastlothian.gov.uk</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-22605371404711077752021-11-19T05:41:00.000-08:002021-11-19T05:41:08.020-08:00Update on issues accessing Overdrive/Libby<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately the issue of
access has been outwith the Library Services control. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">As OverDrive are based in
America we have had to ensure that our Data Sharing protocols stood up against
any agreement made with foreign companies/organisations. This has taken more
time than anticipated and as a result, although we did have temporary access
rights between June 2021 and October 2021, which have now been rescinded until
the agreement on data sharing is finalised. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">We too are extremely disappointed
that we currently cannot provide access to our users, however we take the issue
of sharing data seriously, both as a Library Service and as a Council and we
have to show due diligence in this respect. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">We anticipate normal access to OverDrive/Libby
to resume on 1 December 2021. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">We apologise for any inconvenience this may have
caused.</span><o:p></o:p></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-6041604612970081592021-11-04T05:29:00.000-07:002021-11-04T05:29:08.052-07:00Book Week Scotland Podcast Special - Bewitching East Lothian <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Celebrating our Heritage<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Book Week Scotland (BWS) is an annual celebration of books
and reading that takes across the country and this year – its 10th Anniversary
- starts on Monday 15th November, <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: arial;">with the theme of celebrate</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here at East Lothian Libraries we wanted to embrace the
history and stories of our wonderful East Lothian so have developed celebrating
BWS with “Bewitching East Lothian – Celebrating our Heritage”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L7eTJgjOKhw/YYPPNWZSpYI/AAAAAAAACYM/jmpLolCdFLEaDObX1YpDbN5H0med2F4xQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/ELC%2BBookweek%2B2021%2BBewitching%2BEast%2BLothian%2BSMG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="2048" height="191" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L7eTJgjOKhw/YYPPNWZSpYI/AAAAAAAACYM/jmpLolCdFLEaDObX1YpDbN5H0med2F4xQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/ELC%2BBookweek%2B2021%2BBewitching%2BEast%2BLothian%2BSMG.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We have a really exciting week of
events planned to celebrate BWS which people can attend in person, which you
can find out more about on our <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/homepage/10484/east_lothian_libraries_book_week_scotland" target="_blank">web pages</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also have a series of fascinating Podcasts
which you can access via our <a href="https://anchor.fm/haddingtonshire-histories/" target="_blank">Anchor</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="https://anchor.fm/haddingtonshire-histories/" target="_blank"> </a> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2CiwbE3KbI9ZuMNwUAQZbR" target="_blank"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spotify,</a> <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80ZDQxZDhlOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==">Google
Podcasts,</a> and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/haddingtonshire-histories/id1560301709" target="_blank">ApplePodcasts</a> and also on our Book Week Scotland <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210648/book_week/12657/book_week_scotland_2021_events/3">webpage</a>,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Haddingtonshire Histories – The Witchcraft
Trilogy<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">As part of Book Week Scotland, the Haddingtonshire Histories
podcast series will conclude its first season with “The East Lothian Witchcraft
Trilogy”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Scotland is known for its high rates of witchcraft
prosecution in the 16th and 17th centuries, with almost 4000 documented cases
and possibly as many as 2500 executions. East Lothian was at the epicentre of
the persecution of individuals at this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_FSvzbwzQcw/YYPO8ooXNkI/AAAAAAAACYE/U8mkata8FxQMoy2tJg-6T2vCqcQSIdXYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Haddingtonshire%2BHistories.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_FSvzbwzQcw/YYPO8ooXNkI/AAAAAAAACYE/U8mkata8FxQMoy2tJg-6T2vCqcQSIdXYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Haddingtonshire%2BHistories.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This podcast will be released in three parts in the run-up
to and during Book Week Scotland. The host speaks with Annemarie Allen and
David McKenzie Robertson, local authors and historians who have researched and
published extensively on the subject. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Part One – <a href="https://anchor.fm/haddingtonshire-histories/">Available now</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In part one David McKenzie Robertson speaks about the witch
panic and highlights some of the more prominent cases in East Lothian. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part Two – to be released
week of 8<sup>th</sup> November<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here we focuses on the processes of accusation and
punishment, as well as the more fascinating findings in David’s research. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part Three – to be
released week of 15<sup>th</sup> November<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Annemarie Allen speaks about her research into those accused
specifically in Prestonpans. Both David and Annemarie also express their
thoughts on the current activities around recognition and pardoning. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Reminder of where to
Listen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">You can listen to ‘Haddingtonshire Histories’ on </span><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><a href="https://anchor.fm/haddingtonshire-histories/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Anchor</a><span style="font-family: arial; mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="https://anchor.fm/haddingtonshire-histories/" target="_blank"> </a> </span><span style="font-family: arial; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2CiwbE3KbI9ZuMNwUAQZbR" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spotify,</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80ZDQxZDhlOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==" style="font-family: arial;">Google Podcasts,</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/haddingtonshire-histories/id1560301709" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">ApplePodcasts</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> and also on our Book Week Scotland </span><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210648/book_week/12657/book_week_scotland_2021_events/3" style="font-family: arial;">webpage</a><span style="font-family: arial;">,</span></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-56285651097779781122021-10-04T09:21:00.000-07:002021-10-04T09:21:03.258-07:00Your Digital Library <p><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;">It is Libraries Week and we celebrating you Digital Library! We have a
roundup of all the key information here and everything is free with your
library membership! If you are not a member of the library find out how to join
on our </span><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11900/your_local_library"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">webpage</span></a> where you will also find information on our full range of resources. <span style="color: #050505; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Read on and we are sure you will discover something new<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #050505; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #050505; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Calling all learner drivers, parents of learner
drivers or anyone who has ever asked “what does that sign mean again?” You can
access </span><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11892/etraining"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Theory Test pro</span></a></span><span style="color: #050505; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> for
FREE as an East Lothian Library member.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Theory
Test Pro is a highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory
tests for all vehicle categories. It gives you access to all the official
questions from the DVSA, online version of the Highway Code. There are also realistic
hazard perception video simulations and access to test banks. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yelm3dxMrEc/YVso9-08fNI/AAAAAAAACXo/c8vOH01yyKcKyt0hAmLGKTf2ge7CjMj3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s339/theory%2Btest%2Bpro.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="339" height="143" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yelm3dxMrEc/YVso9-08fNI/AAAAAAAACXo/c8vOH01yyKcKyt0hAmLGKTf2ge7CjMj3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/theory%2Btest%2Bpro.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our Comics and Graphic Novels have now moved
from the former provider and can now be accessed directly via </span><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11861/comics_plus"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ComicsPlus</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, powered
by LibraryPass. Comics Plus offers thousands of digital comics, graphic novels
and manga to readers. With titles for both adults, young people and children.
You can access titles using a smartphone, tablet, or web browser, and can be
downloaded to multiple devices. How do you access ComicsPlus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simply log in with your staff card number and
library membership once on the </span><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11861/comics_plus"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ComicsPlus</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> site<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you are starting to think about travel
again then </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3mLwm01"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Transparent Language</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #050505; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> is one you may want to check out. There are 90 languages on
offer and it is all really easy to follow. Earlier this year Transparent
Language released 'Hands-free Autoplay' mode. This means that you can learn
while you walk your dog, cook dinner, and go about your day. Transparent
Language is also great for helping kids learn. KidSpeak™ is a fun, age
appropriate online language course for children ages 6 and up! Available for
English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11879/eresources/2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ancestry
Library Edition</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> is one of our most popular resources with many of you regularly
logging in to search over 4 billion records. What will you discover? A family
link to the royal line or exciting adventures worthy of some a sweeping
historical novel? Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to
library cardholders at home until the end of December. Simply log in to your
library account, look for the link and go! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Ancestry isn’t quite enough then </span><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11879/eresources"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">SCRAN</span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> is the
perfect accompaniment to your research. SCRAN is a charitable online learning
resource base with over 360,000 images and multimedia files from museums,
galleries, archives, and the media. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LEG6yhlTGYY/YVspdtldnYI/AAAAAAAACXw/ZIdXswNRfwwFCvKFE6D6cW6-i8IjHmfIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s504/Ancestry%2Binstagram.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="389" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LEG6yhlTGYY/YVspdtldnYI/AAAAAAAACXw/ZIdXswNRfwwFCvKFE6D6cW6-i8IjHmfIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ancestry%2Binstagram.JPG" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11843/download_eaudiobooks_and_ebooks"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Borrowbox</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> &</span><a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11855/emagazines_and_enewspapers"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
Pressreader</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> – Last Week we told you about our new app </span><a href="https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Libby</span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> where you
can access a huge range of reading, concerts and training. However, If you are
more used to accessing your digital reading via Borrowbox and Pressreader then
fear not! These two platforms are still available with tons of great reads for
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pressreader is great for some
downtime with a cuppa on a Sunday morning. Borrowbox has all the latest reads.
Right now Borrowbox has a special promotion of ‘The Foundling’ by Stacey Halls.
We have numerous simultaneous copies to borrow download now for perfect weekend
reading or listening. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-67713653710642459582021-09-24T02:53:00.003-07:002021-09-24T02:53:47.963-07:00Falls Awareness Week – 20th to 26th September 2021<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVb7GB39Lvg/YU2d0xfXUsI/AAAAAAAACXI/MPkiKLZGHysBhdrGTPLZJBLoc7YuSbmuQCLcBGAsYHQ/s536/Think%2Bfalls.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="536" height="189" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVb7GB39Lvg/YU2d0xfXUsI/AAAAAAAACXI/MPkiKLZGHysBhdrGTPLZJBLoc7YuSbmuQCLcBGAsYHQ/w189-h189/Think%2Bfalls.png" width="189" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This week has been falls awareness week.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We all know someone that has been affected by falls, at risk
of falls, or has a fear of falling; whether it be a loved one, a friend, a
patient or ourselves. There is lots of information available to help prevent
trips and falls, manage if you have a fall, challenge your balance, and keep
the nation steady on their feet!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Preventing a fall is something we can all
do …</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">This short 7 min film awareness that
falls prevention is part of everyone’s roles, that exercise can make a positive
difference and helps us to think about small changes we can make to prevent
falls</span><span style="background: white; font-family: arial;">. The film highlights the important role of exercise as one of the ways
to prevent falls and frailty.</span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> </i><a href="https://vimeo.com/372605700" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">https://vimeo.com/372605700</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Top Tips<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are some simple things we can all do to help us stay steady on
our feet. This next image has some great ideas!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1eY0YAIlymg/YU2f-0SprCI/AAAAAAAACXg/b5NtIcYiqWE58CECOzq9lfeTZc6hlRsZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s553/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="400" height="459" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1eY0YAIlymg/YU2f-0SprCI/AAAAAAAACXg/b5NtIcYiqWE58CECOzq9lfeTZc6hlRsZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w331-h459/Capture.PNG" width="331" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There's an
underlying myth that falls are an inevitable part of getting old. The
surprising truth is our risk of a fall decreases with one thing - exercise. Strength
and balance exercises can help you stay steady, whatever your age. This video
offers six simple exercises used by physiotherapists to keep muscles strong and
keep us mobile and independent as we age.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Six strength and balance exercises</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/234691208/7a79ab7be1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Stay
Active at Home - Strength and balance exercises for older adults on Vimeo</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Think ahead<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No one wants
to have a fall but in case you or someone you know does fall you can prepare
yourself and others by knowing how to get up from the floor safely. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The first
thing to remember is not to panic. Although you may feel shocked, try to stay
calm and assess the situation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">There are
two plans that you can follow:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• If you
think you may be hurt or can’t get up without help, follow the Rest and Wait
Plan. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• If you are
not hurt, follow the Up and About Plan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Check out the
‘Up and About’ booklet, produced by Age Scotland and Public Health Scotland </span><a href="http://www.healthscotland.com/news/news-item/254.aspx" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: blue;">Up and about - Health Scotland</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Additional resources</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For further information on how to reduce your risk of falling at home,
and what to do if you have a fall</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Check out the preventing falls webpage</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 69.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/preventing-falls">https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/preventing-falls</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #265898; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 230; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are
also some great games to help identify and learn more about falls hazards
in and around the home<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Spot the
hazard on</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://fallsassistant.org.uk/games/spot-the-hazard/"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://fallsassistant.org.uk/games/spot-the-hazard/</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HxefMhNN-HQ/YU2e5fUknAI/AAAAAAAACXY/ekkAyEb7fN8GBqgywcgleVCEyyog27A4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s328/rehabilitaion%2Bservice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="274" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HxefMhNN-HQ/YU2e5fUknAI/AAAAAAAACXY/ekkAyEb7fN8GBqgywcgleVCEyyog27A4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/rehabilitaion%2Bservice.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-73958074621530337422021-09-17T02:13:00.002-07:002021-09-17T02:13:29.045-07:00Summer Reading Challenge - Wild & Wonderful!<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This years Wild World Heroes Summer Reading Challenge has come to an end in this special Blog Post we have a round up of how it all went. Read on to find out more</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The annual reading challenge has been running in libraries across the UK for a number of years. The aim is to encourage children to keep reading across the summer holidays to avoid a dip in reading ability and focuses solely on reading for pleasure. Over the past 18 months Covid has of course affected everything and in 2020 the reading challenge went online. So as libraries reopened this year we were determined to bring back challenge 2021 with a bang! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MegmljKiMtA/YURYmf9ulgI/AAAAAAAACW4/BN_afMl6dBEMfOSMRt9C_Zi2SfGU_IaqACLcBGAsYHQ/s1098/world_wide_heroes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="1098" height="181" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MegmljKiMtA/YURYmf9ulgI/AAAAAAAACW4/BN_afMl6dBEMfOSMRt9C_Zi2SfGU_IaqACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/world_wide_heroes.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lots Of Activities</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Wild World Heroes theme allowed our staff to use their always excellent creative skills to bring jungles, rainforests and savannahs to East Lothian –special mention to Musselburgh for the added sound effects!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Alongside the challenge to read 6 books across the holidays activities such as rock pooling, eco growing, bear hunts and nature walks were offered as free activities. In Dunbar local artist 'Amy' held a workshop where children created sea houses on driftwood. The results were beautiful. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An East Lothian wide photography competition encouraged children to record nature close to home and the winners will be announced in the next week. Our new Community School Librarian, Mark at Prestonpans Library offered a full programme with weekly activities, an additional needs Lego Club and a Book Group who were visited by the fab author Alan McClure. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Each child completing the challenge was given a book to keep and we hope they’re all enjoying their prizes.</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wXWtP_sclWA/YURbXQgJdiI/AAAAAAAACXA/Gllw9oISUpwHNDNbUY-TQaXtyN7nxzeOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1041/blogSRC%2Broundup.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="1041" height="201" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wXWtP_sclWA/YURbXQgJdiI/AAAAAAAACXA/Gllw9oISUpwHNDNbUY-TQaXtyN7nxzeOgCLcBGAsYHQ/w580-h201/blogSRC%2Broundup.png" width="580" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Summer Reading on Tour</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course the reading challenge works well for those families coming into libraries but this year we also took the challenge on tour! Receiving funding from the Get Into Summer initiative we worked to bring the challenge to holiday clubs, museums, football camps and play pop-ups across East Lothian. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The funding allowed us to take a selection of books to activities for children to choose and keep. They could then use this as the first book in their challenge before joining the library to continue if they wished to. A total of 407 children had the chance to choose at least one book and have a positive conversation around reading. 39 Children attending the holiday clubs at Prestonpans and Port Seton Community Centres were supported by libraries staff to complete the reading challenge in full receiving their certificates and prizes at the end of the summer. An extra special mention to staff at Prestongrange Museum who engaged over 80 children in conversations about reading during their visits and to Museums colleagues for theming their own summer challenges to match ours. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Storytellers Macastory had us singing, dancing and laughing at Wallyford Community Centre and Prestongrange Museum. We popped up in East Linton, Gullane, Tranent, East Saltoun, Wallyford, Whitecraig and Aberlady as well as all the main East Lothian towns, working with colleagues from Connected Communities, Sports Development, and the fantastic East Lothian Play Association. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A Big Thank You</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you to everyone who worked with us to make this a summer to remember. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A big thank you to all the parents, grandparents and carers who encouraged and supported the kids to take part. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally - a special thanks to all of our amazing East Lothian kids who took time this summer to take part and read their six books!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Watch out for us popping up again next year, we can’t wait!</span></p><div><br /></div>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-82045276012699422032021-08-27T04:00:00.001-07:002021-08-27T04:00:00.217-07:00What the Summer Olympics taught us - knitting is cool!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With the summer holidays coming to an end we have been inspired
to write this blog by two things:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">That image of Tom Daley knitting by the swimming
pool - waiting to step up and win gold.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">2. </span>The
kids returning to school! </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hopefully the kids out of the house means an opportunity for
some you time and a little mindfulness. With that in mind we have gathered together
a selection of resources for you. Even if your Olympic years are behind you,
never give up on creating something as wonderful as Tom’s cosy cardi!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vWzMDWF8YN4/YSOmPkhF0gI/AAAAAAAACWI/pdkNem4fFEUDIh2WLR8HsfxS2ELX72CfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Tom%2Bknitting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vWzMDWF8YN4/YSOmPkhF0gI/AAAAAAAACWI/pdkNem4fFEUDIh2WLR8HsfxS2ELX72CfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Tom%2Bknitting.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If,
unlike Tom Daley, you are new to this knitting lark then look no further than Debbie
Tomkies’ “How to knit: the only technique book you will ever need”. It is
perfect for the beginner with a wide range of techniques, including lace,
cables, textured patterns, colour work, beaded knitting and embellishment. It
doesn’t alienate the experienced amongst you as there is plenty for those
already knitting. Our favourite part are the gorgeous pictures and step by step
instructions.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vBzW-JzE4vI/YSOmnGqtBaI/AAAAAAAACWQ/oYy0nFyrWIs2244oIWZt_hoQkjQpeRXwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s234/How%2Bto%2Bknit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="200" height="234" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vBzW-JzE4vI/YSOmnGqtBaI/AAAAAAAACWQ/oYy0nFyrWIs2244oIWZt_hoQkjQpeRXwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/How%2Bto%2Bknit.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We are so in love with this next one we were tempted to keep
it in library HQ. “Knitting the galaxy: the official Star Wars knitting pattern
book” from Tanis Gray is currently available to <a href="https://capitadiscovery.co.uk/eastlothian/items/402972?query=knitting&resultsUri=items%3Fquery%3Dknitting%26sort%3Dpublishedyear%253Ad&sort=publishedyear%3Ad">reserve</a>
in branch. Big and little kids alike are
going to love the knitted toys but there are replica clothes patterns too! If
you get started now you could cosy yourself in front of the TV on Autumn nights
wrapped in Padme’s battle wrap and Luke's Flight Vest while the kids are
playing with the knitted toys. All we ask is that you please send us pictures!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-281BPIJg1is/YSOm0FETYPI/AAAAAAAACWU/_NQIYAiu4ME6JGIKk04lJxd5TUT9CCX5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s247/Knitting%2Bthe%2Bgalaxy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="200" height="247" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-281BPIJg1is/YSOm0FETYPI/AAAAAAAACWU/_NQIYAiu4ME6JGIKk04lJxd5TUT9CCX5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Knitting%2Bthe%2Bgalaxy.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Families visiting the Library often fall into two camps.
Star Wars or Harry Potter. Well we are not about to disappoint the fans of the
wizarding world. “Harry Potter knitting magic: the official Harry Potter
knitting pattern book” is another great book from Tanis Gray. There is a great
variety of toys and clothing you could knit an entire set for the kids
Christmas stocking! Whilst we are always here for a knitted set of the three
best pals we are quite taken by Mrs Weasley's Christmas sweater for the team
Christmas video this year. </span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n0w8wkWF3qE/YSOnEmOqEZI/AAAAAAAACWg/PAtPFU0WJXM6U9UhXUaXHz2q38Xw-sJYACLcBGAsYHQ/s248/Harry%2Bpotter%2Bknitting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="200" height="248" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n0w8wkWF3qE/YSOnEmOqEZI/AAAAAAAACWg/PAtPFU0WJXM6U9UhXUaXHz2q38Xw-sJYACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Harry%2Bpotter%2Bknitting.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our Pressreader and Libby apps have magazines in abundance
and once you have logged in you will find a whole variety of crafting type
publications to enjoy with your library card. Publications include knitting,
crochet, info for beginners and the more experienced crafter. There is a whole
crafting world to discover online. Download to your device and off you go.
Details are available on the <a href="https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210562/libraries/11855/emagazines_and_enewspapers">web</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KCaHvenH40M/YSOngWOFVVI/AAAAAAAACWo/LaB5-ByFP3kvrMD1aviePuh7990OfHF1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1814/craft%2Bmags.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1814" height="171" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KCaHvenH40M/YSOngWOFVVI/AAAAAAAACWo/LaB5-ByFP3kvrMD1aviePuh7990OfHF1wCLcBGAsYHQ/w372-h171/craft%2Bmags.png" width="372" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tom
Daley took up knitting to help with mindfulness and if two Olympic gold medals
are anything to go by then it has definitely worked! Like all the adult
Ladybird books ‘Mindfulness’ from Jason Hazeley, and Joel Morris is very tongue
in cheek and lots of fun. Fortunately we have a fantastic range of <a href="https://capitadiscovery.co.uk/eastlothian/items?query=Mindfulness&facet%5B%5D=loantype%3A%22Adult+Non-Fiction%22&sort=relevance">publications</a>
to help you explore the topic further and help you to put aside some time for
you and your family.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RQmWOYyLK7Y/YSOoFf9a83I/AAAAAAAACWw/h08s4_3fhCIpIGVqvuAQsdTOAeX3TuVzACLcBGAsYHQ/s302/ladybird%2Bmindfulness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="302" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RQmWOYyLK7Y/YSOoFf9a83I/AAAAAAAACWw/h08s4_3fhCIpIGVqvuAQsdTOAeX3TuVzACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/ladybird%2Bmindfulness.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990283405065990701.post-52264749111928536972021-08-20T02:30:00.000-07:002021-08-20T02:30:38.938-07:00Have you met Libby?<p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have you met Libby yet? Earlier this year one of our key providers RBdigital moved to a new company called Overdrive. Overdrive has a great app called <a href="https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/" style="color: #666666;">Libby</a> where you can access a range of content, or, if you have a kindle fire you can access their <a href="https://www.overdrive.com/apps/overdrive/#download" style="color: #666666;">Overdrive</a> app.</span></p><p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Through Libby you can access:</span></p><p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><ul style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">eBooks</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">eAudiobooks,</span></li></ul><ul style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Magazines,</span></li></ul><ul style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Universal Class (Training Courses)</span></li></ul><ul style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Great Courses (Training Courses)</span></li></ul><ul style="color: #050505; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Music concerts by Qello</span></li></ul><p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read on to find out more: </span></p><p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #050505; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5afPoI1v2Bk/YR9udd-S0JI/AAAAAAAACVw/ZVsbk2zhr6IjjJJ_MwJYPJfo7dZnm30OwCLcBGAsYHQ/s300/LibbyBorrowEA_300x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5afPoI1v2Bk/YR9udd-S0JI/AAAAAAAACVw/ZVsbk2zhr6IjjJJ_MwJYPJfo7dZnm30OwCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/LibbyBorrowEA_300x300.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Books!</span></h1><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can now Borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks, to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. Libby is the one-tap reading app where you can borrow eBooks and digital audiobooks for free. You can stream books with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you remember the days when listening to an audio book in the car involved choosing the right disk for you car journey? or the frustration of being stuck in traffic only for your CD to finish right at that really big cliffhanger? With Libby you can listen in the car on Apple car Play and Android Auto!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yeC0y2wOTPM/YR9xj2XL90I/AAAAAAAACV8/h_VvV8SrlnYjhtfZ7v4x9J_ZLyfzsIL7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/LibbyCarplayMore_8_15_21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yeC0y2wOTPM/YR9xj2XL90I/AAAAAAAACV8/h_VvV8SrlnYjhtfZ7v4x9J_ZLyfzsIL7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/LibbyCarplayMore_8_15_21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b>Magazines</b></span></h1><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Libby has hundreds of magazines to choose from. Whether your interest is baking or diet, crafting or exercise, fashion or gossip there will be something to catch your eye. Once on the app just scroll down until you see the magazine section, download the magazine of your choice and then if you allow notifications the app will let you know when the magazine is due to return. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Extras</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once you have downloaded your books scroll down the screen to find the extras page – here you will find access to thousands of music concerts and training courses from Universal Class and The Great Courses. Yes! All this available free with your library course. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--m5fUcwSukI/YR9xcbH2K3I/AAAAAAAACV4/mnJsnqDdgz8wTGvOudfYGNkeYeCgRVPgwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1225/Libby%2BExtras.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="1225" height="206" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--m5fUcwSukI/YR9xcbH2K3I/AAAAAAAACV4/mnJsnqDdgz8wTGvOudfYGNkeYeCgRVPgwCLcBGAsYHQ/w487-h206/Libby%2BExtras.PNG" width="487" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: verdana;">Concerts by Qello</b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">With Libby you can stream the world's largest collection of on-demand full-length music performances, concert films, and music documentaries. Qello has been a great option for people who have missed their live music concerts over the past 18 months. Be sure to give it a try and look for your favourite artists and headline acts!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- 1000s of concert films and documentaries.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- new concerts added every week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- streamed live concerts with major partners.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- available on all your streaming devices.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b>Universal Class </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Is there something you have always wanted to learn but not had the time, can’t find the right course, want a taster before you commit to a bigger programme? Universal class is a brilliant learning resources for a huge range of subjects. Did you know you can access all of this free with your library card? just log in via Libby or Overdrive and you can access: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- 500+ online courses on just about anything ranging from cake decorating to accounting & bookkeeping</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Accredited CEUs for professional development.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Self-paced, easy-to-use, 24/7 access – learn anything, anytime and anywhere.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- assessments for the serious student or a view only version for the casual learner.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Supported languages: English.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The Great Courses </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes even more training and learning opportunities for you! This collection includes more than 250 courses, covering a broad range of subjects, such as science, mathematics, philosophy, history, literature, fine arts and music, travel, business, and personal development.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Over 250 unique courses to capture your curiosity or help you to improve in areas you are passionate about.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- 3,000+ hours of carefully curated and commercial-free, entertaining and engaging content.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Courses taught by brilliant, award-winning, and trusted experts in their fields.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Twelve categories for all types of patrons with new content monthly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Guidebooks for each course to supplement course material.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Key points</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remember, Libby is free with your Library card and easy to get started. <a href="https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/" target="_blank">Download the app and Learn more</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Alternatively, Kindle Fire users can access <a href="https://www.overdrive.com/apps/overdrive/#download">Overdrive here</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Got questions about Libby? Get your common, or not-so-common questions answered or get help with specific features to make the most of your in-app experience by visiting the <a href="https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/index.htm" target="_blank">Libby help section</a>.</span></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560480980572182580noreply@blogger.com0