Morningside Library

Today, 4.30pm to 7pm: the Council's drop-in on the draft Place Brief for Astley Ainslie, at Morningside Library.
Run by the Council, it’s a chance to tell them what matters to you. Pop in on your way home.
The Astley Ainslie Community Trust. Many Voices. One Shared Future.

CinemaAttic

This month’s session will focus on Colombia, Presente! programme. Across six contemporary short films, Colombia emerges through bodies, landscapes, memory, desire and conflict — but also through music, humour, imagination and tenderness.

Colombia, Presente! offers a portrait of a country that refuses to be reduced to a single image.

We can’t wait to share this programme with you and discuss it together! Nos vemos pronto! 🎬

📅 Tuesday 6th October
🕐 2pm
📍 Morningside Library, Edinburgh

FREE ENTRY, tea and coffee on us!

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Spanish Film Club x IberoDocs: La Salsa Vive

Thursday, 15 October at 2pm
📍Morningside Library

Overview
An award-winning documentary celebrating the joyful tribute to the enduring resilience of a rhythm that refuses to be contained.

Juan Carvajal / Colombia / 2025 / 101 min
Spanish with English subtitles

The rhythms, passion, and energy of salsa do not recognize borders.

This screening is part of the Spanish Film Club Series, a collaboration between IberoDocs and Edinburgh Council that was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts & culture, and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

https://iberodocs.org/programme-2026/spanish-film-club/

Free Event

BOOKINGS on Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000016522257?aff=oddtdtcreator

or by phone: Morningside Library — 0131 529 5654

or in person at the library.

The Macmillan Cancer Support Drop-in Service at Morningside Library on Friday 2nd October has been cancelled with apologies.

Take time out for a Wee Read on Wednesday October 7. Between 2.30-4pm you are invited to join us for a cuppa & biscuit. Have a quiet read, choose a poem or magazine. Have a Brief Encounter with Vintage Classics- a collection of short novels & stories to be read in one go or savoured for longer. Reading is a balm for the mind so stop a while & have a Wee Read!
www.WeeRead.Scot Visit your local library.
Share your Wee Read

Due to flooding damage in the children's area of the library, we have limited capacity for tomorrow's Bookbug session on Tuesday 29th September. This session will only be open to those who have booked on Eventbrite. We will not be able to accommodate any attendees who turn up on the morning without booking. Thank you for your patience & cooperation while we wait for the affected area to dry out. There will be an update regarding the session on Thursday 1 October 10.30 later in the week.

📚Not sure what to read next?
Your local library can help. 📚

Whether you're looking for a gripping thriller, a great story for the kids, a magazine, travel guide or something completely unexpected, there's a whole world of reading waiting to be discovered. 📖

📍Visit your local library and find your next Wee Read ahead of 7 October
and don’t forget to pledge at www.WeeRead.scot

CHOOSE READING. CHOOSE LIBRARIES.