Update on issues accessing Overdrive/Libby

Unfortunately the issue of access has been outwith the Library Services control. 

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and as a result, although we did have temporary access rights between June 2021 and October 2021, which have now been rescinded until the agreement on data sharing is finalised. 

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. 

We anticipate normal access to OverDrive/Libby to resume on 1 December 2021. 

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Book Week Scotland Podcast Special - Bewitching East Lothian

 

Celebrating our Heritage

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, with the theme of celebrate

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”

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 web pages. 

We also have a series of fascinating Podcasts which you can access via our Anchor    Spotify, Google Podcasts, and ApplePodcasts and also on  our Book Week Scotland webpage,

Haddingtonshire Histories – The Witchcraft Trilogy

As part of Book Week Scotland, the Haddingtonshire Histories podcast series will conclude its first season with “The East Lothian Witchcraft Trilogy”.

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.

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.

Part One – Available now

In part one David McKenzie Robertson speaks about the witch panic and highlights some of the more prominent cases in East Lothian.

Part Two – to be released week of 8^th November

Here we focuses on the processes of accusation and punishment, as well as the more fascinating findings in David’s research.

Part Three – to be released week of 15^th November

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.

Reminder of where to Listen

You can listen to ‘Haddingtonshire Histories’ on  Anchor    Spotify, Google Podcasts, and ApplePodcasts and also on  our Book Week Scotland webpage,

Your Digital Library

 

 

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 webpage where you will also find information on our full range of resources.  Read on and we are sure you will discover something new

 

 

1.     Calling all learner drivers, parents of learner drivers or anyone who has ever asked “what does that sign mean again?” You can access Theory Test pro 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. 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.

 

2.      Our Comics and Graphic Novels have now moved from the former provider and can now be accessed directly via ComicsPlus, 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?  Simply log in with your staff card number and library membership once on the ComicsPlus site.

 

3.     If you are starting to think about travel again then Transparent Language 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.

 

4.     Ancestry Library Edition 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!  If Ancestry isn’t quite enough then SCRAN 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.

 

5.     Borrowbox & Pressreader – Last Week we told you about our new app Libby 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.  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.

Falls Awareness Week – 20th to 26th September 2021

 

This week has been falls awareness week.

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!

 

Preventing a fall is something we can all do …

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. The film highlights the important role of exercise as one of the ways to prevent falls and frailty. https://vimeo.com/372605700

 

Top Tips

There are some simple things we can all do to help us stay steady on our feet. This next image has some great ideas!

 

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.

 

Six strength and balance exercises

Stay Active at Home - Strength and balance exercises for older adults on Vimeo

 

Think ahead

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. The first thing to remember is not to panic. Although you may feel shocked, try to stay calm and assess the situation.

 There are two plans that you can follow:

• If you think you may be hurt or can’t get up without help, follow the Rest and Wait Plan.

• If you are not hurt, follow the Up and About Plan

Check out the ‘Up and About’ booklet, produced by Age Scotland and Public Health Scotland Up and about - Health Scotland

 

Additional resources

For further information on how to reduce your risk of falling at home, and what to do if you have a fall

Check out the preventing falls webpage

https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/preventing-falls

 

There are also some great games to help identify and learn more about falls hazards in and around the home

Spot the hazard on

https://fallsassistant.org.uk/games/spot-the-hazard/

Summer Reading Challenge - Wild & Wonderful!

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

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!  

Lots Of Activities

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!

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. 

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. 

Each child completing the challenge was given a book to keep and we hope they’re all enjoying their prizes.

Summer Reading on Tour

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. 

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. 

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. 

A Big Thank You

Thank you to everyone who worked with us to make this a summer to remember. 

A big thank you to all the parents, grandparents and carers who encouraged and supported the kids to take part. 

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!

Watch out for us popping up again next year, we can’t wait!

What the Summer Olympics taught us - knitting is cool!

 

With the summer holidays coming to an end we have been inspired to write this blog by two things:

1.  That image of Tom Daley knitting by the swimming pool - waiting to step up and win gold.

2. The kids returning to school! 

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!

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.

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 reserve 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!

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. 

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 web. 

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 publications to help you explore the topic further and help you to put aside some time for you and your family.

Have you met Libby?

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 Libby where you can access a range of content, or, if you have a kindle fire you can access their Overdrive app.

Through Libby you can access:

• eBooks
• eAudiobooks,

• Magazines,

• Universal Class (Training Courses)

• The Great Courses (Training Courses)

• Music concerts by Qello

Read on to find out more: 

Books!

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. 

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!

Magazines

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. 

Extras

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. 

Concerts by Qello

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!

- 1000s of concert films and documentaries.

- new concerts added every week.

- streamed live concerts with major partners.

- available on all your streaming devices.

Universal Class 

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: 

- 500+ online courses on just about anything ranging from cake decorating to accounting & bookkeeping

- Accredited CEUs for professional development.

- Self-paced, easy-to-use, 24/7 access – learn anything, anytime and anywhere.

- assessments for the serious student or a view only version for the casual learner.

- Supported languages: English.

The Great Courses 

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.

- Over 250 unique courses to capture your curiosity or help you to improve in areas you are passionate about.

- 3,000+ hours of carefully curated and commercial-free, entertaining and engaging content.

- Courses taught by brilliant, award-winning, and trusted experts in their fields.

- Twelve categories for all types of patrons with new content monthly.

- Guidebooks for each course to supplement course material.

Key points 

Remember, Libby is free with your Library card and easy to get started. Download the app and Learn more

Alternatively, Kindle Fire users can access Overdrive here

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 Libby help section.

Your Local History Centre

 

Local History Centre:

The Local History Service of East Lothian Libraries is your essential and useful source of providing information and help with research into the history of the county and its people. Located in the John Gray Centre, Haddington, the Service provides many opportunities for research. The public can utilise resources to find out about family history, house or building history, community matters, and various other topics on the history of East Lothian.

The family history research area and Reading Room is a comfortable and spacious study space, with free Wi-Fi. Visitors can get access to Old Parish Registers, Censuses, Monumental Inscriptions, Valuation Rolls, historic newspapers and local studies reference books. The Local History Service also works closely with the Archive Service and the Museum Service so that the public can gain access to historical records of the county such as old manuscripts, maps and plans, and a large photograph collection, as well as relevant objects and paintings.

Our historic county newspaper collection on microfilm comprises the Haddingtonshire Courier (now East Lothian Courier), the Musselburgh News and Portobello Advertiser, East Lothian News, the Haddingtonshire Advertiser, and a few other short-lived local newspapers.

We also hold a vast amount of other resources to help you dig deeper into your East Lothian family history:

·                 Old Parish Registers of East Lothian baptisms, marriages and deaths on microfilm.

·                 East Lothian census returns 1841-1901 on microfilm.

·                 Microfiche indexes to East Lothian baptisms and marriages.

·                 Microfiche indexes to International Genealogical Index 1992 edition for Scotland arranged by counties.

·                 Valuation rolls for East Lothian from 1855 onwards on microfilm and microfiche.

·                 Monumental inscription booklets and burial/mortcloth registers for East Lothian graveyards

·                 Annual county directories/registers

You can consult the above items in the Local History Library or request for information via email with as many details as possible.

 

John Gray Centre Film Appreciation Club

If you enjoy watching and discussing all kinds of films, why not join our vibrant film appreciation group. It is a safe and relaxing space to chat about or even just to listen to a variety of opinions about a range of films and genres.

The Club has been on its annual summer hiatus but will be resuming in autumn 2021. During lockdown Our Club has been holding informal video chats over Google Meet. Our online meetings have been occurring bi-weekly, on Thursday evenings between 6.30 to 7.30 pm.

For easy access, we have been discussing selected films available on BBC iPlayer, All4 (Channel 4) player, and Netflix. Our group members even recommend TV shows and books! Our meetings and film choices are advertised on the John Gray Centre website What’s On page, as well as on our social media platforms. You can also check out our SCREENING ARCHIVE online

To find out how to join our FREE-OF-CHARGE online video chat, please do get in touch via email

We are looking into when and how the physical meet-up screenings and discussions at the John Gray can resume and will let you know as soon as possible.

 

Haddingtonshire Histories Podcast:

The Local History Centre of East Lothian Libraries produces a heritage and history podcast called Haddingtonshire Histories which features conversations on a variety of East Lothian history topics. Expert guests include Museum officers, Archivists, and Archaeologists in East Lothian Council’s heritage services as well as local historians and researchers.

Haddingtonshire Histories aims to keep things as light and cheerful as possible and hopes that listeners will enjoy finding out a little more about East Lothian’s rich past.

To date Haddingtonshire Histories has published four episodes.

Episode 1: ‘Who Is John Gray?’ about the founding father of Scotland’s public libraries and the namesake of the John Gray Centre itself

Episode 2: ‘The Inns and Oots of Dunbar’ about the historical inns and ale-houses in Dunbar

Episode 3: ‘Family History – Fascinating Finds’ features an interesting chat between the host and former East Lothian Local History Officers reminiscing about some of the more fascinating cases and enquiries they have dealt with.

Episode 4: ‘Night at the Museum – Claire’s Favourites’ features Museums Collection Officer Dr Claire Pannell highlighting some of her favourite items in the Museum store and speaks about how items are stored and looked after.

Episode 5: ‘Powerful Prestongrange’ highlights the history behind some of the items/objects displayed at the Prestongrange Museum.

Coming soon: Witches of East Lothian.

You can listen to Haddingtonshire Histories on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts or on Anchor FM

Library Picnic Bake Off

  

We had such a great response to our Library Bake off at Christmas so we thought we would do the same again for this summer’s big food event - the summer picnic! The format is the same, five of the team chose their favourite recipes from our vast collection of foodie publications and each provides photos of the outcome and their verdict on the recipe. 

Donna made Thomasina Miers Chorizo and Parsley Scotch Eggs from the Guardian’s Feast supplement available on Pressreader. This recipe caught Donna’s eye because of happy memories of picnics with her family as a child.  She said “We would spend the night before making scotch eggs, chicken drumsticks, quiche and salads and then pack it all in the boot of the car and drive to a beach in Fife or Tayside and spend the day eating and playing rounder’s. I boiled the eggs, mixed the sausage meat, chorizo, parmesan, parsley and thyme together, then  moulded the meat mixture around the boiled eggs and fried until brown and crispy on the outside. Simple recipe, simple to make, easy to follow and delicious – Despite the appearance!” We think they look fab! 

2   Nicky chose to use the Libby app and found Prima Summer cooking magazine. The magazine is packed full of recipes for family gatherings, picnics and summer baking.  Nicky made the courgette Tortilla, she said “I’m not the best cook but the recipe was easy to follow. I changed the cooking method slightly and transferred the mixture to a baking tin to cook in the oven as I was concerned about it burning on the bottom. There were also some easy craft makes for summer which are quite cute and I might go back to.” 

3.   Rachel made George Pickard's cheese & ham muffins from a recipe book available at the Library Service called “Leon brownies, bars & muffins: naturally fast recipes” written by Henry Dimbleby of the famed Leon chain for restaurants and cafes. These cheesy muffins would make a great picnic or after school/work snack and they couldn’t be easier to make. Just add cheese and ham to a basic muffin mix. The recipe was logical and clear to follow and the smell from the oven while they were baking was amazing. Rachel said she was “really pleased with the end result and are fabulous with just a spread of butter!”

 

 

4.  Katie baked the fantastic ginger bread house at Christmas time so we were excited to see what she would make for picnic bake off! She chose lemon & ginger cheesecake bites from The Picnic Book by Ali Ray, she said “It's just as well these little cheesecakes are bite-sized, super sweet and indulgent they're the perfect addition to a summer picnic. The recipe was really easy to follow, no tricky technical skills required just a bit of elbow grease. I'd be tempted to experiment with other fruit instead of blueberries but either way it's a very aesthetically pleasing low effort dessert.” We can hardly tell which cheesecakes are Katie’s and which are from the book!

 

Natasha made Mocktails, and yes we know it is bending the rules slightly but it was worth it they were so delicious! She made the English Summer Punch from ‘Summer Drinks: over 75 refreshing recipes to enjoy in the sunshine’ (no author). Natasha said “I really liked this recipe, the instructions were short and simple and the end result was very successful (albeit with bright purple fingers after stoning so many cherries!). Having also tried some of the cocktails from the book I can confirm they too are delicious.”

Creative Writing Competition Winners - Hopes and Dreams

 

Today we are delighted to share our outstanding third place entry to our creative writing competition Hopes and Dreams. We hope you love it as much as we do! 

Our third place entry comes from Sadie Maskery. You can follow Sadie on Twitter  @saccharinequeen

Hopes and Dreams

 

I remember

those nights stifled under covers,

torch spotlighting paper until

I was dizzy from the heat,

childhood sweat and stale air,

faint with imagining.

Remember the fall through pages

to a dreamspace of talking animals,

where magic was real and the universe

unfolded snug corners for

vagabonds and strays like me.

I confided in my pillow

plans to kindle my own words.

I would burn bright with them,

conjure such tales that

the world would resonate

to their rhythm. I would

have meaning beyond life.

Children years unborn would read

books under blankets, enchanted

by my magic as I was charmed by

tales from ghosts long dead,

whispering through time,

light passed through generations,

campfire to hearth to child's torch.

Here I am, still reading

someone else's dreams,

vicarious emotions

consumed in a sitting

with tea and biscuits. But.

Sometimes I write,

a small poem to light the night,

watch its rays spread then fade.

Smile at the hopeful spell I made.

If you have been inspired by our Creative Writing Competition winners we have a number of writer resources available. You can search our catalougue for resources or access a range of writing courses on Universal Class and The Great Courses via our Libby app. 

Resources are free with you Library card. Not a member? sign up on line here 

 

Podcast News

 

Did you know we run not one but two Podcasts?  Yes we do! If you head over to Anchor you can find  

Haddingtonshire Histories brought to you by the amazing local history centre and East Lothian Libraries Podcast Shoosh Read onto find out more about our foray in to the world of Podcasts.

 

 Haddingtonshire Histories – Local History Podcast

Haddingtonshire Histories, is a monthly podcast which first aired in April 2021 and produced by Local History Service. The Podcast features conversations with expert guests on a variety of East Lothian history topics. The y speak to Museum officers, Archivists, and Archaeologists in East Lothian Council’s heritage services.  Dr Hanita Ritchie is your podcast host and our Acting Local History Officer based at the John Gray Centre in Haddington. Hanita loves listening to other history, film, and literature podcast so created Haddingtonshire Histories to highlight the many fascinating aspects of East Lothian’s own rich history and culture.

There are 3 episodes to date. The first, “Who Is John Gray?” is a discussion with Museum Officer Debbie Chalmers-Turnbull. Hanita & Debbie discuss the founding father of Scotland’s public libraries and the namesake of the John Gray Centre itself. Dr David Anderson pops in to chat for episode 2 about the “The Inns and Oots of Dunbar” The old inns and ale-houses in Dunbar make for some interesting stories! 

The latest Episode focuses on family history and some of the fascinating tales encountered when helping customers with family history research over the years. We know how much customers love researching family history so we hope you enjoy this Podcast as much as Hanita enjoyed creating it. Former East Lothian Local History Officer Bill Wilson and Craig Statham, author and a Manager at National Library of Scotland Map Rooms reminisce about their days as History Officers.

Listen out for future topics which will include ‘Witches in East Lothian’, ‘Treasures in the Archives’ , ‘Stones, Bones & Dynamic Digs’, ‘A Night at the Museum’, ‘Crimes and Misdemeanours’, ‘Powerful Prestongrange’ and ‘Lost Places of East Lothian’

 

You can listen to Haddingtonshire Histories on Anchor or via Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts.

 

Shoosh! from East Lothian Libraries

Shoosh! is our library Podcast hosted by one of our wonderful local librarians Louise! , She is joined by a variety of co-hosts and guests and we will be talking about all subjects library related. Which is basically just books isn’t it? Not it is not!

 

Louise and guests talk about a variety of interesting subjects… including books. Louise told us “The podcasts chat about books and collections that the service offers, including our latest Staycation collection” In the three episodes to date Louise and her guests have discussed some very special Bookbug goings on recently, there has been an interesting chat about the impact on Covid on the libraries, Staycations and whether people will continue to holiday at home post Pandemic.

 

Shoosh! is aimed at everyone who uses East Lothian Libraries and perhaps many who don’t, we hope everyone will like it and are open to ideas for what you would like to hear about.

 

Louise also told us she is really enjoying hosting the Podcast, “I like talking! So this is a perfect role for me. At first I wouldn’t have thought I’d enjoy it but after being a guest on another podcast I realised how much fun it was and I enjoy talking about the varied subjects.” In her spare time Louise enjoys Podcasts on Real-life crime and loved the Line of Duty podcast!  

 

You can catch up with Louise and guests on Shoosh hosted by anchor