All of our libraries will close for the public holiday weekend on Friday 19 April 2019 and will re-open on Tuesday 23 April 2019. If you need to renew library items you can do so on our online catalogue. Please note: your library card number and PIN will be required. Don’t forget, even when the library is closed […]
Read More Easter Public Holidays 2019The Wellcome Book Prize is an annual award, open to new works of fiction or non-fiction. The prize celebrates the best new books that illuminate the many ways that health, medicine and illness touch our lives. The winner will be revealed on Wednesday 1 May 2019. Whether you’re reading any of the books yourself or […]
Read More 2019 Wellcome Book PrizeTheatre has been a popular form of entertainment since ancient times, and despite competition from cinema, still thrives. Here are just a few of the books we have relating to the theatrical world, and some play scripts. Keeping on Keeping On by Alan Bennett ‘I seem to have banged on this year rather more than […]
Read More World Theatre DayThe 24 March 2019 sees the 75th anniversary of the Great Escape – the night in 1944 when nearly eighty Allied prisoners-of-war broke out of Stalag Luft III, a top security German POW camp. The story was immortalised in the movie starring Steve McQueen & Richard Attenborough which celebrated the heroism of the escapees. Many […]
Read More The Great Escape AnniversaryHop along for some crafty fun in our libraries this Easter. Alloway Library, Doonholm Road, Ayr KA7 4QQ T: 01292 442395 Events are free, but booking is essential. Tuesday 9 April, 2.30pm – 3.30pm Suitable for ages 5 -11 years Thursday 11 April, 10.30am -11.15am Suitable for under 5’s Ayr Carnegie Library, 12 Main Street, […]
Read More Get Crafty in our Libraries this EasterEarth Hour Bookbug Session at Symington Library Thursday 21 March, 1.30pm Suitable for ages 0-4 years. Drop in. Join us for a special Earth Hour themed Bookbug session at Symington Library. Come along in your pyjamas – bring a torch! Symington Library, 15 Brewlands Road, Symington KA1 5QZ T: 01563 830 066 Pyjama Storytime at […]
Read More Earth Hour Events in our LibrariesAt aged 12 Andrew Carnegie with his penniless family emigrated from Dunfermline to America. By 35, he was a millionaire and, when he sold his company Carnegie Steel at aged 66, he became the richest man in the world. But not for long, as he proceeded to give it all away to good causes, including […]
Read More Andrew Carnegie Talk with Playwright Dave Dewar at Troon Library
