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Feb 2

Passing our George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh from 5pm tonight? Look out for 'un-retained', a projection installation showing on our building as part of @manipulatefest. More info > manipulatefestival.org/whatson/un-ret #MANIPULATE23

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Marketing image containing information about Manipulate Festival 2023 which runs in Edinburgh until Sunday 12 February

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Feb 2

Passing our George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh from 5pm tonight? Look out for 'un-retained', a projection installation showing on our building as part of

@manipulatefest

. More info > manipulatefestival.org/whatson/un-ret #MANIPULATE23

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MANIPULATE Festival

Association for Scottish Literature

@scotlit

AFTERWORDS: Muriel Spark “One’s prime is elusive…” Writers

@Beathhigh

@zoestrachan

discuss Muriel Spark’s life & work with

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Afterwords: Muriel Spark

curator Colin McIlroy, & Spark’s friend & memoirist, Alan Taylor 7/9

bbc.co.uk

Reflections on the work of Muriel Spark, through archive of the author and new interviews.

The Muriel Spark archive is unique among the Library's collections of papers of Scottish writers. No other author so deliberately and carefully preserved a record of their life. More info > digital.nls.uk/muriel-spark/a (📸 Copyright London Evening Standard. Used with kind permission)

"After I became a success, people would ring up and ask me out. I'd say, 'But I'm writing'. And they'd say, 'I see. You're too grand for us now.' And I'd say, 'Actually, I've always been too grand for you.'" Dame Muriel Spark, who was born in Edinburgh #onthisday in 1918.

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National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall

Happy #LGBTplusHM month everyone! Come see this at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow at 6pm on Weds 8 Feb.

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Jan 30

Have you booked a seat yet for our 'Queer Identities in Broadcasting' screening?

Our first film screening is 'Coming Out' - an STV documentary from 1983 that shows Scotland’s attitude towards homosexuality at the time.

Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/cinesthesia-

Someone holds up a 'Gay Scotland' magazine to the camera from 1983.

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Also available in Instagram > instagram.com/natlibscot/

Next Wednesday! Come to our online House History workshop. Learn how the Library's online resources can help with your house and building history research with an introductory talk and Q&A. Book at - eventbrite.co.uk/e/504444104897

Jan 31

Edgy take ... Reading books is quite nice.

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Jan 31

Discover more about the first detailed survey of Scotland. Hear

curator Chris Fleet discuss the work of Timothy Pont, Scotland's first map-maker, at 14.00GMT on 16 Feb 2023. This event will be live-streamed; book now to watch online. eventbrite.ca/e/timothy-pont

Glen Tanar, detail from manuscript map by Timothy Pont, dating from 1580s or 1590s.

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The role is 22.2 hrs p/w on a 6 month fixed-term contract with a salary of £26K (pro-rata). Find out more and apply on our recruitment website > nls.engageats.co.uk This post is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. 2/2

Passionate about Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion? We're looking for an EDI Assistant with excellent communication and administration skills. We strongly encourage applications from marginalised communities inc. BME, LGBTI, disability and socio-economic status. 1/2

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Eemis Stane: The magazine o new Scots scrievin.

@EemisStane

🚨 🚨 IT'S LAUNCH DAY FOR EEMIS STANE #2!! 🚨 🚨 Doonload the brawest new Scots scrievin aboot for FREE frae oor wabsite! Then jyne us at

! eemisstane.com/?page_id=634

the nicht for oor big launch horoyally wi

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National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall

@nlskelvinhall

Tomorrow afternoon we are hosting an interactive maps workshop here at

@KelvinHall16

. With over 250,000 maps to view on the

website, this is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience using the resource. More info and tickets here: eventbrite.ca/e/navigating-t

We've #MoreMaps for you. Our latest online addition is 2,094 Ordnance Survey maps at scales of 1:1,250 to 1:63,360 which were published in 1972, and are now out of copyright. Experience the 1970s from Shetland to Falmouth. maps.nls.uk/additions/#136 maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom #Shetland

detail of historic Ordnance Survey map of Mousa in Shetland, published 1972

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graphic index to historic Ordnance Survey maps of the United Kingdom, with recently out of copyright sheets in orange.

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Which is now today - tune in at 5.30pm on the YouTube

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Tomorrow's Eemis Stane event features the eponymous Scots language literary zine for an alternative look at our other national language. It's sold out... But! You can watch it live online via YouTube > youtube.com/watch?v=LoDe03 (Tune in on Thursday 26 January from 5.30pm)

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We’re looking for an information officer. You’ll help manage our records and documents. You'll also provide guidance and support on data protection & freedom of information legislation. The role is full-time and permanent with a salary of £28K. More info > nls.engageats.co.uk

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Edinburgh Napier University

Great to be involved in this project - more info below.

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@EdinburghNapier

Jan 20

NEWS | The career paths of the workforce behind film and television in Scotland will fall under the spotlight thanks to a new research project led by #EdNapier.

Read more and find out how to get involved

- orlo.uk/Ewau2 #Film | #TV | @CorreiaDigital

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Heritage organisations collaborating to tackle workforce challenges

More info via the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s website: heritagefund.org.uk/news/heritage- #NationalLottery #HeritageFund.

heritagefund.org.uk

We’ve awarded more than £840,000 to pioneer new ways of working through our Heritage Innovation Fund.

National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland

We're delighted to be one of 35 projects (inc

@HistEnvScot

) awarded a #HeritageInnovationFund grant to explore ideas around technology, skills gaps, culture and diversity, the ageing workforce and other areas to help make the heritage sector’s workforce fit for the future.

Front entrance of the National Library of Scotland's building at George IV Bridge, Edinburgh.

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Eemis Stane: The magazine o new Scots scrievin.

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The British Library

@britishlibrary

Tonight is Burns Night (cue shouts of 'A Haggis!'), and we're celebrating that some of Robert Burns' works are now accessible for the first time in 80 years. Learn more about these Burns items from

and

@RobertBurnsNTS

. Watch the full video 👉bit.ly/3XC8IWV

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The Scots Scriever

@ScotsScriever

Fit rare tae address the haggis alangside

@Historic_Ally

an ither

@AbdnUniAlumni

an staff fir #BurnsNight It wis gye caul fan filmin! ❄️😅 #Scots

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University of Aberdeen

@aberdeenuni

Jan 24

We're remembering the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's National Bard, today and as many look forward to sharing a #BurnsNight supper together join us and our #AbdnFamily and friends as we celebrate the "Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!". #ScotlandIsNow

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Lines from Burns's poem 'Address to a Haggis' — you can read the full poem on

@ByLeavesWeLive

's website > scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/address-h

This is your #BurnsNight weather update... Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race! Aboon them a’ ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy of a grace As lang ‘s my arm. #BurnsNight2023

Victoria Street, Edinburgh, looking west. As seen from the offices of the National Library of Scotland.

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@scotlit

BBC Two - Angelou on Burns

“On the dirt roads of Arkansas I first met Robert Burns…”

@DrMayaAngelou

goes on a pilgrimage to Burns Country in Scotland. First broadcast in 1996, this programme will be broadcast on BBC4 tonight, 25 Jan, 10pm, & after on the

@BBCiPlayer

#BurnsNight

bbc.co.uk

Writer and poet Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to Burns Country in Scotland.

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o the puddin'-race! We've found the ingredients for our Haggis Supper. #BurnsNight

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More info on Burns and our collections of his work (via last year's thread) >

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Jan 25, 2022

Today we celebrate #BurnsNight — the anniversary of the birth of Scotland’s National Bard. #BurnsNight2022

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National Museums Scotland

@NtlMuseumsScot

A very happy Burns Night, one and all! Get to know Scotland’s bard, including his life story and some of his prized possessions in our collections nms.ac.uk/explore-our-co Sláinte Mhath! #BurnsNight

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Orkney Library

@OrkneyLibrary

disco inferno 🔥 (Happy #BurnsNight to all who celebrate)

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National Trust for Scotland and Robert Burns Birthplace Museum

You can see the First Commonplace Book at the ‘Homecoming’ exhibition at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum until Sunday 12 March > nts.org.uk/stories/homeco #BurnsNight #BurnsNight2023

Suzanne Reid, Regional Conservator for the National Trust for Scotland inspects the First Commonplace Book

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After the

@fnl313

consortium’s acquisition of the Blavatnik Honresfield Library, we now share ownership of Burns’s First Commonplace Book with

@N_T_S

. This collection of early drafts of songs, prose and poetry was collated when Burns was a young unpublished poet. #BurnsNight

We’re currently showing a Letter from Robert Burns to William Nicol (1787) in our free #TreasuresNLS exhibition at George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. Burns’s letter to Nicol is his only surviving letter written in Scots > nls.uk/treasures/expl #BurnsNight #BurnsNight2023

A Letter from Robert Burns to William Nicol (1787), with an portrait of Robert Burns in the background, on display in the National Library of Scotland's free Treasures exhibition at George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

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Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and 3 others

Happy #BurnsNight everyone! Today is the anniversary of the birth of Scotland’s National Bard, whose work is celebrated around the world. #BurnsNight2023

Portrait of Robert Burns via the ‘Biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen’ (1874)

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EVENT!

is hosting a FREE talk from curators Kirsty McHugh & Ian Scott on its latest exhibition, PEN NAMES How ideas of gender, genre, privacy, reputation, authorship, and authenticity influence authors’ use of pseudonyms. 09/02/23 2-3pm eventbrite.ca/e/pen-names-th