Wester Hailes Library

Have you made your Wee Read pledge yet? 👀📖

On Wednesday 7 October, join people across Scotland in making time for the simple joy of reading.

There are no rules. No reading lists. No pressure. Just read what you love.

Pledge to take part: www.WeeRead.scot

Open All Hours is a youth programme which aims to provide young people (S1 - S6) with fully inclusive, accessible and affordable opportunities to take part in sports and physical activities on Friday nights. These sessions are FREE and take place at 6 leisure centres across Edinburgh, including Wester Hailes High School.

Find out more here: https://www.edinburghleisure.co.uk/activities/open-all-hours/

Reading means something different to all of us – but the joy of discovering something you love is worth celebrating. 📖

We’re proud to hear the stories of people who have found inspiration, connection and enjoyment through reading and their local library.

This October, make time for something that brings you joy with a Wee Read. 📚

📢 Make your pledge to read on 7 October here www.WeeRead.scot

Come along to our Family Fun Day this afternoon while you're here, make sure to get some advice and equipment to make your home cosy winter.

It's nearly time that Chitra Ramaswamy will be joining us for a reading round on 11/09 @ 11 AM

Chitra Ramaswamy is a writer, journalist, and critic. Her book Homelands (Canongate), about her friendship with a German Jewish refugee called Henry Wuga, won the Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year and was included in The Guardian’s top memoirs and biographies of 2022.

Her first book, Expecting: The Inner Life of Pregnancy (Saraband) won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award, was shortlisted for the Polari Prize, and was reissued in spring 2024. She has contributed essays to a number of collections and judged literary prizes including the Baillie Gifford prize for Non-Fiction, the Gordon Burn Prize, and the Desmond Elliot.

Her latest book, a collection of micro-essays called Rich Things for the Alasdair Gray Archive, was published in spring 2026. She is the restaurant critic for The Times Scotland, for which she has won Food and Drink Writer of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards for four consecutive years and been shortlisted twice for Restaurant Writer of the Year at the Guild of Food Writers.

She is also an occasional restaurant critic for The Observer, a TV critic and writer for The Guardian, and a regular contributor to Writers Mosaic, a division of the Royal Literary Fund. She is from London and lives in Leith, Edinburgh.

Come along to Wester Hailes Library on Wednesday, 9 September at 3.45pm to learn all about flamingos.🦩🦩🦩

(Please note the day change: Zoo Tails has now moved to the second Wednesday of every month.)

We are so excited to announce that Chitra Ramaswamy will be joining us for a reading round on 11/09 @ 11 AM

Chitra Ramaswamy is a writer, journalist, and critic. Her book Homelands (Canongate), about her friendship with a German Jewish refugee called Henry Wuga, won the Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year and was included in The Guardian’s top memoirs and biographies of 2022.

Her first book, Expecting: The Inner Life of Pregnancy (Saraband) won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award, was shortlisted for the Polari Prize, and was reissued in spring 2024. She has contributed essays to a number of collections and judged literary prizes including the Baillie Gifford prize for Non-Fiction, the Gordon Burn Prize, and the Desmond Elliot.

Her latest book, a collection of micro-essays called Rich Things for the Alasdair Gray Archive, was published in spring 2026. She is the restaurant critic for The Times Scotland, for which she has won Food and Drink Writer of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards for four consecutive years and been shortlisted twice for Restaurant Writer of the Year at the Guild of Food Writers.

She is also an occasional restaurant critic for The Observer, a TV critic and writer for The Guardian, and a regular contributor to Writers Mosaic, a division of the Royal Literary Fund. She is from London and lives in Leith, Edinburgh.

🦩Zoo Tails is moving to Wednesdays! The team will now come to the library on the 2nd Wednesday of every month.

Join us on Wednesday, 9 September at 3.45pm to learn all about flamingos.

If you can't make it along then, the team will be hosting similar sessions at a few other libraries as well. Please see the poster for dates.🦩

Tomorrow we will have a visit from our therapet Myrtle 💖 Join us at 4pm to have some reading time and cuddles with our lovely pet friend 🐾