Oxgangs Library

The library may be closed but we are hosting a craft and a story tomorrow at 3.45 in Pentland Community Centre as part of THE WEE BIG READ Day.

Robert will be reading There Was A Wee Lassie Who Swallowed a Midgie by Rebecca Colby and Kate McLelland.
..AND showing you how to make your own cut out and keep midgie.

Perfect after school fun for 5-7 year olds and completely free!

Banned Books Week 2026 is October 4th-10th

Here are our staff's favourite banned books...

Emily has chosen THE BANNED BOOK book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

"As a bonus read his short story 'There Will Come Soft Rains'"

Join us for our events for October Break next week!

To register for the Planetarium please email [email protected] with contact details and number of tickets requested.

We're so excited to see you there!

Banned Books Week 2026 is October 4th-10th

Here are our staff's favourite banned books...

Anna has chosen All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

On 10 May 1933, at the initiative of the N**i propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, Remarque's writing was publicly declared as "unpatriotic" and was banned in Germany. Copies were removed from all libraries and restricted from being sold or published anywhere in the country.

Banned Books Week 2026 is October 4th-10th

Here are our staff's favourite banned books...

Lorenzo has chosen Giovanni Boccaccio's Tales from The Decameron

First banned in 1559 by the Vatican. Also in Australia in 1923 then permitted 1936 only to be banned again from 1938 to 1973.

" Because it heavily satirizes corrupt priests, lustful monks and pious hypocrisy. 20th century Australian custom officials viewed it as being offensive to public morals and religious standards."

While Oxgangs Library is closed next week here are some local Bookbug session to broaden your horizons.

Wester Hailes Library
Wednesdays at 11am
Thursdays 11am
Fridays at 2pm

Fountainbridge Library
Thursdays at 11am
Saturdays at 11am

Colinton Library
Saturdays from 11am

But please come back to us for us first session after we re-open on Tuesday the 13th 10.30am

We would like to give a huge thank you to everyone who donated baking and/or came along to our Macmillan Cancer Support coffee morning last Saturday! The day was a huge success and we couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out.

An additional thank you to our colleague who worked tirelessly to organise the escape room, which was extremely popular. And also a big thank you to our Macmillan volunteer who came to support us during the day!

Massive thank you again,

Oxgangs team

Heads up...

We are still open for Friday and Saturday...

but it is your last chance to collect any reservations for a whole week.

RIP Peter May