- Holyrood – the results
- Gorgie City Farm
- Bookbug Week 2016
- Puffin Fest
- Scot Lit Festival
The country has now decided. Overnight the results for all of the six Edinburgh constituencies were announced at the Royal Highland Showground at Ingliston.
Read all the action on our liveblog here or read our articles here.
Bookbug Week, an annual celebration of Scotland’s national book gifting programme, will take place between 16 and 22 May, with hundreds of free events for children and babies held across the country. This year’s theme is Around the World with Bookbug, an international theme that will inspire children and adults to explore songs and rhymes from around the globe.
Now in its sixth year, Bookbug Week 2016 will see free Around the World themed events taking place in every local authority in Scotland, with special appearances from some of the UK’s best-loved children’s authors and illustrators. Schools and nurseries across the country can also tune in to watch a fun-filled Authors Live event with Ed Vere, streamed live at 11am Thursday 19 May. Some fantastic Bookbug prizes will also be up for grabs in on-line competitions throughout the week.
Puffin Fest is Scotland’s celebration of the iconic wee bird that so delights us all. Now to get free entry to the festival (but not some paid events) you are asked to make one out of LEGO.
As there are no official instructions you can let your creative side run riot. You can make your model any size and then bring it along to the Seabird Centre during Puffin Fest. You will get your photo taken and added to an online LEGO puffin gallery.
For the full programme visit www.seabird.org
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[mc4wp_form id=”169103″]The Scot Lit Fest is a new online festival to celebrate Scottish literature which will take place on 24-26 June as part of the Saltire Society’s 80th celebrations. James Yorkston, brand new Scottish Makar, Jackie Kay, Vic Galloway and A.L. Kennedy are all included in the line-up.
There will be events on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Live video streams, podcasts and videos will show off some of the best Scottish literature, and now you can hold your own event and the organisers of Scot Lit Fest will include it in their event.
Full information on submitting your pitches can be found at scotlitfest.com. Deadline: May 15th.
You can sign up to Scot Lit Fest for free on Eventbrite for news and exclusives before everyone else, including bundles of content during the weekend itself.
If you have been down Leith Walk recently you may have noticed the makeover that artist Stewart Bremner has given the police box which doubles as the Edinburgh Tool Library.
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