We’re taking a trip to the seaside today with a preloved postcard of Portobello from the 1930s! At the centre (in the crease) is Mr and Mrs Hunter whose family owned the donkeys. Picture memory thanks to Living Memory Association on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive - zurl.co/iniSl

Thinking of researching your #FamilyHistory? There are spaces available on our beginners' session at Central Library next Thursday 30 July at 2pm. Come along to find out how to use the library's free resources. Contact us via informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk to book your place!

Anyone for ice cream? Read the story of an Italian immigrant who arrived in Scotland c1900 and went on to establish one of Scotland’s best known ice cream family businesses. zurl.co/Ucl6M With thanks to S. Luca of Musselburgh for helping to make this story available on #OurTownStories

Have you seen our current Capital Collections exhibition? It brings together watercolour paintings by James Steuart - lively street scenes to rural landscape views. Many date from the 1920s giving a fantastic perspective on Edinburgh around a century ago. Browse them all at zurl.co/BYVbC

Our #ThrowbackThursday takes us back one hundred years and finds members of the Leith Boys Brigade on a summer camp. Photo thanks to Living Memory Association. Do you have any pictures of summer holidays in Edinburgh to share on our community archive?

The @readingagency.bsky.social Summer Reading Challenge for children is under way in all our libraries! Children aged 4 to 11 are invited to take up the #SummerReadingChallenge to read six books during the holidays. Sign up at any of our libraries to enjoy a summer of fun and reading! ⁠

For the #NationalYearOfReading, Aynsley from Oxgangs Library takes a turn in our blog series, and shares how he Goes All In for reading! #GoAllIn zurl.co/OYRhO

Looking for some holiday reading? Try one of the new library books highlighted by our Resources Team. Reserve a copy online and pick up at a library near you! zurl.co/HpLw3

Can't make it to the library today? Borrow Summer Reading Challenge ebooks and audiobooks on Libby Kids & Teens! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libbykids

Get your children reading over the school holidays with Libby Kids & Teens! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libbykids

Children and teens now have their own Libby site! Find out how to borrow ebooks, audiobooks and magazines today. zurl.co/anafm

This month's Talking Books Book Club audiobook is available for you to borrow now - The Margaret Code . Meet the detective duo you'll never forget! zurl.co/3nITI

#OnThisDay renowned architect, Robert Adam was born in 1728. Find out about Robert, his father William, and brothers in a story on Our Town Stories describing their lives and impressive Edinburgh buildings using pictures from architectural 'copybooks' held at Central Library. zurl.co/kwPvh

We're so delighted that the University of Exeter Chapel Choir will be stopping off at the Mezzanine at Edinburgh Central Library this Saturday as part of their 2026 Edinburgh and Glasgow tour! Join us on Saturday 4 July at 1pm Book your free ticket via Ticketsource - zurl.co/t5w1a

On this, #NationalCameraDay read our short story on Our Town Stories and discover Edinburgh’s place in the history of photography zurl.co/lUxop

Our #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to a summer’s day in the early 1950s where a family and friends are spending time in a back green in Newhaven. Photo thanks to Living Memory Association. Share your pictures of summer on Edinburgh Collected and help our community archive grow! zurl.co/rtjHg

Watching the Netflix series? Well listen to the entire Harry Hole book series on uLibrary for free www.edinburgh.gov.uk/ulibrary

In recognition of #WorldCup2026 we’ve looked through Edinburgh Collected, our online community archive, and found this joyous action shot from 1962 of boys playing football in the Dean Village. Photo by Dean Village Memories. Share your #Football photos and help the archive grow! zurl.co/yTSCY

Our latest Capital Collections exhibition features the photographs from a slim travel volume printed in 1925, called Dear Auld Reekie. The photos were taken by Francis Caird Inglis and the views are still very recognisable today. View all of Inglis’ "camera pictures" at zurl.co/eIYGT

To mark the start of Leith Festival this weekend, our #ThrowbackThursday from Living Memory Association on Edinburgh Collected, takes us back to Gala Day 40 years ago! If you're out and about this summer, add your photos to our community archive and help us record history today! zurl.co/Wwxnd

Vision impaired? Turn a regular ebook into a large print ebook with Libby from Edinburgh Libraries www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libby #Hi-Vis

Vision impaired? Thousands of audiobooks are available through Edinburgh Libraries to keep you enjoying books! www.edinburgh.gov.uk/eaudiobooks #Hi-Vis

Today is #DiscoverYourLibrary Day! Part of the #NationalYearOfReading2026, it's a chance to explore everything your library has to offer. Pop into your local library to find out how to become a member or join online at zurl.co/p9gSc #GoAllIn2026 #LibrariesChangeLives @readingagency.bsky.social

Once again, colleagues in our Resources Team tempt you to try a title from our new selection of library books. Reserve a copy online and pick up at your local library! zurl.co/hEuMy #GoAllIn2026

It's #DiscoverYourLibrary Day! Your library is more than just books. It’s a place to Go All In on the things you love. Join today for free and see what’s waiting for you - zurl.co/nN22V #GoAllIn2026 @readingagency.bsky.social #LibrariesChangeLives

Are you an Edinburgh-based charity, community group or voluntary organisation? Looking for funding? Search Edinburgh4Community funding database for free www.edinburgh.gov.uk/funding

Get this month's Talking Books Book Club title from uLibrary. Listen for free to this mesmerising sequel to Pride & Prejudice zurl.co/7dBt7

Today marks the tercentenary of the birth of Dr #JamesHutton Discover more about the man known as the ‘father of modern geology’ along with some of his leading contemporaries in our short story entitled 'John Kay and the Scottish Enlightenment' on Our Town Stories - zurl.co/Dg18J

We go back to 1935 for our #ThrowbackThursday and a view of the Jubilee Café and Supper Rooms in Granton where the Demarco family are standing outside. Photo thanks to Living Memory Association. Have you any photos of working life to add to Edinburgh Collected community archive? zurl.co/CO1JZ

Complete survey to let us know about how you use your local library and what difference it makes to you. zurl.co/GCtV4