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Love Your Libraries Day

This coming Saturday people all over Britain will be holding events to mark National Libraries Day

Here’s our list of events through the Lothians.

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Catherine Rayner’s Inspirational Pets

Prize-winning children’s author and illustrator, Catherine Rayner, has opened an exhibition of new and original art work at the Line Gallery in Linlithgow.  Several of her best known characters, including Miles and Giles, the scurrying pheasants, appear but the largest single set of subjects are Harris, Miriam, Frazer and a rich collection of their fellow-hares.

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Of Mice and Men

On the wrong side of The American Dream, friendship is all you have.

In Steinbeck’s gripping masterpiece, two migrant field workers travel through California in search of their very own piece of the American Dream.

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Sparkling Sleeping Beauty Enchants

Scottish Ballet began its Autumn Tour of Ashley Page’s production of this well-loved ballet at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh from 11 to 14 January. But this is no ordinary production. As Ashley who is Artistic Director and Choreographer says “Anthony McDonald, designer and I had a lot of fun re-imagining The Sleeping Beauty and we had a great opportunity to delve deeply into the history of the original version of the story and select aspects of them to create our own new vision.”

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