Western Isles Libraries

19/06/2026

🌈 Celebrate Pride Month! 🌈

This June, we’re celebrating Pride by highlighting LGBTQ+ voices, stories and experiences across our collections. From powerful memoirs to uplifting fiction, there’s something for everyone to discover.
Browse our Pride reads on BorrowBox or in the library, and celebrate the joy of reading boldly and inclusively. 💖📚
https://westernisles.borrowbox.com/product-group/40531/celebrate-pride-month

18/06/2026

🌊 Join us for a special Hebridean Wildlife Festival event!

We’re delighted to be partnering with Clean Coast Hebrides to bring you Ocean, a stunning documentary that takes you on a breathtaking journey beneath the waves, exploring incredible marine habitats and a new era of ocean discovery.

🎬 Screening + Q&A
📍 Tarbert Library
📅 Thursday 25 June
⏰ 4pm–6pm

🎟️ This event is free, but booking is essential, follow the link to secure your place!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ocean-film-with-david-attenborough-tickets-1990383850677?aff=erelexpmlt

Stay for a Q&A with Janet Marshall (Clean Coast Hebrides) and dive deeper into the wonders of our oceans.

🐬 Don’t miss it! Check out Outer Hebrides Wildlife Festival for the full programme and more fantastic events happening across the islands.

17/06/2026

📸Memories Scotland dates for June
⚽️Our theme is World Cup
☕Join us for tea and conversations to spark memories inspired by historic photos, articles and stories from the library collections.
More information about Memories Scotland: https://memories.scot or ask library staff.

16/06/2026

📖Join Louisa Macdougall - Author for an afternoon of activities inspired by Scottish wildlife.
🕖2.30pm
📅This Saturday 20th June
📍Stornoway Library

🐣There will be nature-themed crafting and storytelling, and Louisa will introduce her new children's book The Ugly Puffling and Other Stories.

🎟This is a FREE, family event aimed at children aged 3+ who must be accompanied by an adult. No booking required.
🪺Part of the Outer Hebrides Wildlife Festival

16/06/2026

✍️ Calling all aspiring writers! The Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awards offer emerging writers in Scotland a £2,500 bursary, mentoring, training, and opportunities to connect with publishers—helping you take your writing to the next level. Applications are now open!

Deadline: 29th July

Applications for the New Writers Awards are now open!

15/06/2026

📚 Enjoy thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the world—free with your library card on PressReader!

📲Check out our full Digital Library:
https://www.wilibraries.org.uk/digital-library
📲Not a library member? Sign up now:
https://www.wilibraries.org.uk/MyAccount/SelfReg

12/06/2026

✨New eBooks/eAudiobooks on Libby!✨

🌼The Daisy Chain Flower Shop By Laurie Gilmore
A heartwarming story of new beginnings, where a woman finds friendship, love, and healing while working in a charming seaside flower shop.

🧙‍♂️Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling
Be quick currently no hold list!

🕖 Five By Ilona Bannister
A gripping and unsettling novel that follows a mother’s desperate race to save her missing daughter while unravelling dark secrets from the past.

🔎London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth.
A powerful true story exploring grief, privilege, and determination as a family seeks answers after a mysterious death in one of the world’s most elite cities.

Check out our full Digital Library here:
https://www.wilibraries.org.uk/digital-library
Become a library member here:
https://www.wilibraries.org.uk/MyAccount/SelfReg

12/06/2026

📚✨ Abair cothrom rann no dhà de bhardach a leughadh, èisteachd ri no do bhàrdachd fhèin a sgrìobhadh. Theid sìos gu Loch nam Maidin air Diciadain airson taghal air a' Bhana Leabharlann Bàrdachd.🚐✨📚

Don’t miss this amazing opportunity, make sure to visit the Mobile Poetry Library in Lochmaddy next Wednesday and get inspired 📚✨

10/06/2026

🌍 We’re proud to be part of the Hebridean Refugee Festival!

Join us at Stornoway Library for An Argyll and Bute Welcome, a moving film sharing the stories of families who have made their homes in rural communities like our own.

🎬 Screenings (playing on a loop):
📅 Wednesday 17th — 10–12 & 2–4
📅 Friday 19th — 10–12
📍 The Space, Stornoway Library

📚 While you’re here, explore our themed book display featuring powerful stories of resilience, hope, and belonging.

✨ There’s a full week of events to enjoy, check out Hebridean Refugee Community for full programme details.

08/06/2026

👀✨ Zine Spotting at Stornoway Library

We recently discovered some amazing photography zines hidden around the library and they’ve now found a new home in our Tiny Zine Library for everyone to enjoy

📖 What’s a zine?
A zine (short for magazine or fanzine) is a small, self-made, self-published booklet. They can be about anything and are all about creativity and sharing ideas in a unique, DIY way

🌞 Get involved this summer
We’ll be running themed zine-making sessions as part of our Summer Programme. Come along, get creative, and add your own mini masterpiece to the Tiny Zine Library

👉 Keep an eye out for dates and details coming soon…