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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you're heading to Innerpeffray today and come across any 'road closed' signs on the B8062, please be aware the road is only closed for a short stretch between Crieff and the Highlandman Loan - you can still reach us!

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Innerpeffray Festival begins today! There are a few spaces left for our Poison Pen creative writing workshop this afternoon at 2pm with author Elaine Thomson. If you haven't booked your place yet, you can pay on the door 🐍🍄🌿

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Join Alistair Moffat, the 'hiking historian,' on a journey into Perthshire's Jacobite past. We are thrilled this year to be taking the Innerpeffray Lecture to the A.K. Bell Library in Perth @cpklibraries where we hope you will join us. Tickets can be booked here: museumshops.uk/product/the-...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

As the World Cup gets underway, it's worth remembering that the beautiful game has always been popular in Scotland - so much so, that King James I banned the game in 1424. 'Laws & acts of Parliament made by King James the I & his royal successors kings of Scotland' David Lindsay, Edinburgh, 1681.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Many thanks to Roderick Wordie for sharing an afternoon with a rapt audience last Saturday, regaling us with tales of his grandfather Sir James Wordie's experiences on Shackleton's 'Endurance' expedition. A treat also to see some of his grandfather's artefacts from his days of polar exploration.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This weekend at Innerpeffray: Free Exhibition of Shackleton's 'Heart of the Antarctic' in the Schoolroom - Saturday 10am-1pm, Sunday 2pm-5pm. Saturday afternoon's talk will begin at 2pm in the Schoolroom, doors at 1.30. This event is now sold out - look forward to welcoming you all.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Before we know it, the summer will be upon us, bringing with it the return of the The Three Inch Fools to Innerpeffray. Join us Wed 1 July for a fun-filled adventure through Arthurian myth & legend. Book tickets now to be sure of a seat: museumshops.uk/product/thre...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It will soon be time for our exhibition on Sat 30 & Sun 31 May, celebrating Sir Ernest Shackleton. Please note that the talk on Sat 30 is SOLD OUT. We have a waiting list so if you have tickets but can no longer attend, let us know! The Library will be CLOSED for tours from 2-4pm on Sat 30th.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Even in this grey February, our drifts of snowdrops are are a welcome sign of Spring approaching. Our season for tours begins on 1 March, but our grounds are always open, so do come for a walk to enjoy this glorious sight.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

If you're coming to Carols in the Chapel on Sun 7 Dec, why not pop into our shop for a browse? The shop will be open before & after the concert. Check out our new Book Bauble Kits. ***Please note, the Carols concert is now SOLD OUT - sorry to anyone who may have missed out on tickets this time***

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SGSAH @sgsah.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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📚 Dunblane's historic Leighton Library @leightonlibrary.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

☕️ Coffee Morning in support of Dunblane's historic Leighton Library 🗓️ Saturday 7 December 🕙 10am-12 noon ⛪️ Dunblane Cathedral Hall 💷 Entry £3 🧁 Home baking, raffle, book stall & gift ideas for Christmas …/👇

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

If this looks like the sort of thing you and/or the small people in your life might enjoy, come along to our half-term events: museum trail, crafting, storytelling, that sort of thing. history.rcp.ac.uk/events

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What's on | RCP Museum

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claire m. l. bourne @roaringgirle.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

a tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587). the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.

A close-up image of a handwritten note in a sixteenth-century book. The note reads: 'Spenser repor / teth otherwise / [o]f this Knight / [D]ialogue of Ire- / [la]nd / [p]. 76.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

We are very pleased with our new festive cards, and had an inordinate amount of fun on this glorious day doing a photoshoot in the grounds of the Library! They'll be at our Festive Fayre on Fri 6 & Sat 7 Nov and you can order them in our online shop here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/shop/shop/ch...

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Christmas Cards - Festive Boughs - Innerpeffray Library

A delightful pack of six cards, featuring plates from The North American Sylva (Michaux & Nutall, 1859). The Holly and the Hemlock Spruce are two trees which grow in the grounds of Innerpeffray Librar...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Nearly the end of our season and we're having two special Tours with the Keeper tomorrow: find out all about our Bookmarking exhibition before it closes at the end of the month. Tickets here: innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk Online booking closes at midnight tonight.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Coming up at Innerpeffray we have our closing talk of the season, the Ted Powell Memorial Lecture on Wed 8th October. Members of the Friends of Innerpeffray can attend for free, but please book your place! Tickets for non-members £10, book here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/whats-on/

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Buchan, we are reading excerpts of his most famous book, The Thirty Nine Steps at 1100 BST LIVE on YouTube www.youtube.com/@Innerpeffra... join us if you can.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

At our Festival, author & musician L.A.MacRae will be talking to us abouther debut novel. Hosted by our assistant keeper and trad singer Naomi, expect a weaving of music & readings and the explorations of a writer. Sat 6th Sept 15.30. innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Next up in our festival programme is a unique opportunity to hear celebrated playwright, theatre director and author David Greig. On the afternoon of Sat 6 Sept, he'll be sharing insights about the writing of his debut novel, 'Columba's Bones'. innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

We are very excited to be welcoming 'Things Found in Books' to our festival! Join singer-songwriters Yvonne Lyon & Boo Hewerdine to hear their songs inspired by things found in old books. Tickets £15, Saturday 6th September 7pm. Bookings and enquiries here: innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/innerpeffray...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

If Books Could Kill! This year at Innerpeffray we discovered that we have some poisonous books in our collection. Join our poet in residence Jennie Turnbull on Friday 5th September for a creative foray into the power of the written word. innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Hooray! We're having a festival! The Innerpeffray Festival returns for 2025 from Friday 5-Sunday 7 Sept. Check out our website for a programme of poetry, workshops, fiction, readings and music - inspired by the marks we make in books. The festival is sponsored by the Friends of Innerpeffray.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

We're looking forward to our Summer Fayre next Friday and Saturday! Local craftspeople, refreshments and lots of secondhand #books

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Did you know Scotland's first free public lending library is nearly 350 years old? 🤔 Innerpeffray Library in rural Perthshire has welcomed readers from all walks of life since 1680, when it was founded by local landowner David Drummond, the third Lord Madertie.

Three people stand over a historic book, open on a book pillow. Two of them are pointing to a passage on the page, while one reads out the text. The sun shines on the person in the middle.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Where better to cool off on a sunny day than an 18th century building with *very* thick walls! #cool

woodcut image of sun with face and 16 rays radiating from centre.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

*SOLD OUT* We are both excited and sorry (for anyone who has missed out) that we have reached capacity for our event this evening. See other dates for the Three Inch Fools here: www.threeinchfools.com/upcoming-per...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

*SOLD OUT* Sorry, we have reached capacity for our event this evening. If you've missed out, see other dates for the Three Inch Fools here: www.threeinchfools.com/upcoming-per...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Our next event is the fabulous frolic of the Three Inch Fools outdoor Shakespeare with music and madness! Thurs 10th July at 7pm Book here: innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

A musical event with a difference later this month at Innerpeffray - Viola da Gamba player Sarah Small is cycling the length and breadth of the UK, performing a programme of music from the 17th cent to today. Tickets £15, book via the 'What's On' page on our website, link in bio.

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Isla H. Macfarlane @bibliophisla.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I just stumbled across an old article in The Central Queensland Herald, Australia, by an international visitor to @innerpeffray.bsky.social - Miss Constance Bardsley visited Innerpeffray with 2 others on 1st July, 1937. On her return home, she wrote about her 6-month world tour in her local paper.

Section of a visitors' book page from Innerpeffray Library, showing the signatures of E. F. Harvey, Constance Bardsley, and Doris Bardsley, all from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. (Library of Innerpeffray Visitors' Book Volume 4, f.106v)

Excerpt from a newspaper article published in The Central Queensland Herald, Queensland, 04/11/1937, titled "Miss C. Bardsley | Impressions of World Tour"

Further extract from newspaper article, "Miss C. Bardsley | Impressions of World Tour", The Central Queensland Herald, 04/11/1937. This section mentions that Bardsley visited Innerpeffray, "the oldest free library in the world."

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Isla H. Macfarlane @bibliophisla.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I love a little drama on a Wednesday morning! 💒 On 4 May 1872, the Revd and (allegedly) Mrs A. M. Gibson visited @innerpeffray.bsky.social together and signed the visitors' book - but they weren't actually married until the 21st of May, almost three weeks later!

Extract from Innerpeffray Library Visitors' Book Volume 1, f.22v, showing the signatures of The Revd. A. M. Gibson, Minister of Portsoy, and "Mrs" Gibson.

Edited clipping from the Greenock Advertiser, 25 May 1872, showing the Marriage Announcement of Rev. Andrew Miller Gibson to Helen Anderson Gardiner, married on the 21st May 1872.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We have a musical month approaching in June, beginning with this celebration of the life & songs of Carolina Oliphant of Gask. Join Freeland Barbour & Gerda Stevenson for a stirring afternoon on Sun 1st June. Tickets £15, available here: innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

We’re ready for our first visit of the season from a busload from the Netherlands. This means no full tours of the library between 2-4pm every Thurs between now & September-BUT you can still explore Scottish first editions! Image of tulips (how appropriate!) from 'Familiar Garden Flowers,' 1879.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

On Wednesday 14th May, we're delighted to welcome Mike Bullock, Chief Exec of the Northern Lighthouse Board to talk all things lighthouses - and beyond! Talk begins at 7pm in the Old Schoolroom. Tickets £10, available here: innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Very excited for the installation of 'Reading Forms; A Site-Specific Exhibition' today! Gorgeous work by textile Artist Helen Gallogly will be on display at Innerpeffray during May, with a launch event tomorrow eve and tours & talks throughout the month.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

All hail #Macbeth! #ShakespearesBirthday We are delighted to be loaning our copy of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (1577) to @perthmuseum.bsky.social for their latest exhibition - opens Friday! perthmuseum.co.uk/inside-the-m...

A woodcut images showing two men on horses wearing doublet and hose and feathered hats and three women in full length decorated dresses and elaborate headdresses

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

It's been a long time coming, but we are at last able to share our full catalogue online and we invite you to join us for the launch.

collage of pictures showing handwritten book sitting on desk beside laptop, plus man standing in old library with bookshelves and arched window, plus man seated in front of bookshelves.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Tickets for the launch of Helen Gallogly's Reading Forms exhibition are now available! #textileartist #booklove #lovelibraries innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

In front of a stone doorway a woman holds a crescent shaped object, patterned in black and white with sun, moon and star forms, her face looking through.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

"Notes like running water" - that's how the music of Morag Brown and Lewis Powell-Reid has been described, drawing on a well of tunes from Scotland to the Balkans. Come and hear them in the Chapel on Sunday 27th April, 3pm. Tickets available via our website. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk_V...

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Tide Time - Morag Brown & Lewis Powell-Reid

YouTube video by Morag Brown

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Up next at Innerpeffray on Wednesday 9th April - a special evening of words and music performed by Crawford Logan, Peter Banks & Joan Taylor. We had a wonderful evening last year, and this event promises to be no less engaging. It will be preceded by the Friends's AGM at 6.30 in the Schoolroom

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Kit Baston @kgbaston.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

It's been a busy few months helping to set Below Stairs Books up! Thank you to the Georgian House for letting me work on what has been such a fun project. Do come and visit our quirky secondhand bookshop 7 Charlotte Square in Edinburgh's New Town. @n-t-s.bsky.social 📚 #BelowStairsBooks

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of novelist, biographer, historian and writer of the 'shocker' John Buchan. We are delighted to be hosting a talk from his granddaughter Ursula Buchan on 20th March "Beyond the 39 Steps" innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

Smiling woman standing in front of a tree.

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Library of Innerpeffray @innerpeffray.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Did you know you can visit our #HeritageTrail all year round (free). We're closed while we create our next exhibition so here are some outdoor pictures to tempt you.

View over river to mountains topped with snow and pink sunrise

Lamplit path through woods to large white building in winter.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 30/11/2024

The siller moonlicht straiks ower this boorach o neds that jumped me, hellbent oan ma daith… —Frances Robson, “Daith o Saint Andrew” A Scots poem for #StAndrewsDay – inspired by Peter Howson’s “Andrew, Portrait of a Saint” www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/daith-o...

Daith o Saint Andrew
by Frances Robson

The siller moonlicht straiks ower
this boorach o neds that jumped me,
hellbent oan ma daith. Ah feel the reek
o nicotine an mingin bodies.
There’s Auld Bawheid, gowpin lik a trout;
an Wee Yin bummin’ awa at me an speirin:

Haw, Andra, whaur’s yer God noo?
Naething lik bein stark deid, is there, pal?

Thir’s a hale tsunami o fowk soomin towards me:
some wifies are staunin lik bubblyjocks at Christmas.
But wan lassie is hunkered doon oan a cauld stane
in the clarty watter unner ma feet,
luikin glaikit an disjaskit, as if she’s hud a lugfu
o Sunday sermons. Here’s nae place fur a lassie.

Whit are they daein here?
Is there naethin oan telly?
Or is the Net doon oan thir computers?

Ocht, wid ye luik at thir een poppin oot thir heids,
ettlin fur a wee swatch o me hingin here?
This wisnae whit Ah’d planned
when Ah tuik ma career break fae fishin.
Ah shuldnae huv listened tae aw that patter
aboot fishin fur men – whit a load o guff!
Insteid o hingin here by a threid,
raxed oot lik an Arbroath smokie
an flung ower a saltire.
Thir’s nae rest fur the wicked!

An Ah’m gey feart an dinnae ken
whaur Ah’ll be the morra.

Andrew, Portrait of a Saint
by Peter Howson. Oil on canvas, 2007

Saint Andrew, his limbs twisted, is being bound onto an X-shaped cross with thick, snake-lie ropes. A crowd of figures throng around him, with lumpen, mis-shaped heads, limbs, and faces. The scene is lit strongly from above, casting deep shadows. In the top right hand corner, a cold blue moon shines through clouds of smoke connecting the earth and sky.

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Our new exhibition opens this coming week @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social: ‘Oracles, omens and answers’ with a gorgeous new book from my colleagues in Bodleian Publishing. Not to be missed!

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