Many thanks to all the team for making it happen, @Soutron and special guests Richard Ovenden Sir Alexander McCall Smith.

Innerpeffray Library launched an online catalogue of our rare books yesterday - watch it from the link here: and you can now search our books here:

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!

Book via lnks below. A huge thank you to everyone who has helped to make the new catalogue possible. 10am 4pm

We will broadcast the first session at 10am and then there will be a repeat session at 4pm (11am EDT for our North American friends). The event will last around 30 minutes and is free, but you should register in advance using one of the links below. 3/4.

Join our team and our special guests Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Sir Alexander McCall Smith, Author for an introduction to Innerpeffray and its collections. There will be a short demonstration and a chance to ask questions about the collection and the catalogue. 2/4.

Join us online on Wed 30 April for our catalogue launch!.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. #rarebooks #libraries.1/4

Spring Footnotes from Innerpeffray -

RT @scottishbktrust: The #LoveLibraries campaign is here! 📚💙 Scotland's libraries are at the heart of our communities. This Valentine’s Day….

RT @martyn_wade: I just nominated Innerpeffray Mortification (the remarkable @Innerpeffray historic #library with the Movement for Good- yo….

Our shop is looking festive and will be open this weekend during our carol concerts for @museumshopsunday. If you can’t make it along, try our online shop - it’s full of unique gifts every purchase helps support the Library. . #museumshopsunday

Thank you to everyone who supports us through #easyfundraising ! Want to get involved? Sign up for free and turn your Black Friday, Christmas and all other online shopping at over 8,000 retailers into free donations for our cause! Sign up now:

Delighted to be joining in the Milton-athon with Milton's Cottage watch along with a shared marathon reading to mark the 350th anniversary of Milton’s death.

It’s all hands on deck at Innerpeffray as we prepare for our annual Festive Fayre! We have new items inspired by the Library, perfect for the booklover, and an array of arts & crafts, jams & chutneys. The image from our copy of North American Sylva, F. Andrew Michaux, 1859.

RT @McInRob: The countdown is on. The opening to story 6 in my new collection, Burials and Other Stories, published 27 November and launch….

For All Hallows’ Eve, we present to you this skeleton from our collection 💀 It appears in Cowper’s text ‘A Defiance to Death’, 1610. This is our last day of the season, the Library will re-open in March 2025 - a huge thankyou to all our visitors in 2024!

One of the treasures here at Innerpeffray are our Visitors’ Books. This evening you can hear more about them through the research of @macfarisla, our AHRC PhD candidate. Her talk this evening begins at 7pm - tickets available on the door, and you can also watch online.

RT @sgsah: 📢 SGSAH has 25 new Internships which are now OPEN for applications!. Get paid to enhance your research skills and boost your car….

RT @ClanHaySociety: The next Clan Hay lecture takes place on Saturday 16 November, when we will hear from Aberdeenshire author Mike Shepher….

A cup of tea - not the most controversial idea you would think? Not according to Mr Jonas Hanway, a Gentleman of the Partie in 1756.