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9 June 2026A Look Back at Paper Trails
As summer approaches, the August Festival is just around the corner! But before we get into the full swing at Edinburgh Futures Institute,…
18 May 2026Paper Trails at Ratho Library
Today, Mon 18 May, sees our first public Paper Trails events at the shiny new Ratho Library, in partnership with Edinburgh Libraries.To…
14 May 2026Sustainability Fair at Liberton High School
In early April the Communities team were invited to attend Liberton High School’s Sustainability Fair. We were thrilled to join an…
7 April 2026Intergenerational Storytelling Sessions at Ratho Library
During January’s cold winds, we came together at the warm and cosy Ratho Library, where we developed four weeks of Intergenerational…
13 January 2026Looking back on three weeks of zine-making!
In November and December 2025, we completed a series of exciting Zine-Making workshops with S1 students at our Paper Trails partner,…
10 December 2025Reflecting on our Autumn Sessions with Citizen Collective
In October 2025, we welcomed a brand-new group of avid writers and book readers from schools around Edinburgh to form our new Citizen…
7 November 2025Paper Trails: Autumn 2025 Residential Care Home Sessions
Paper Trails is our ambitious multi-year libraries project, celebrating the work that these vibrant cultural hubs do in the local…
16 September 2025Join the Citizen Collective
We are now recruiting for our next year of The Citizen Collective. If you're aged 15-18, live in or close to Edinburgh and are passionate…
29 April 2025Guest blog: Spartan's Writer in Residence Owen Sutcliffe
Owen Sutcliffe is an award-winning writer, musician, and community worker. Since late 2024 he has been our Writer in Residence at The…
25 March 2025March author visits to Edinburgh Sick Kids
Since 2021, we’ve been working with the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity to bring authors and illustrators onto the wards of the Royal…
27 February 2025Reflecting on our Citizen celebration event
Back in December 2024, we celebrated the achievements of our Citizen project with the community partners and local people who have been…
23 May 2024Citizen at the North Edinburgh Community Festival
As part of our Citizen project, early this month our Communities Team and Adults Writing Group helped take the joy of the Book Festival…