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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12h

Obviously we're not suggesting that anyone bids for the beautiful, sparkly Silver Darlings-inspired Book Bench and sends it back to us to fill our Book Bench sized hole out the front. Of course we're not suggesting that. No way.

Out the front of Orkney Library & Archive on a sunny day. The book bench is in the foreground.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12h

Remember the beautiful, sparkly Book Bench Trail Silver Darlings-inspired Book Bench we had out front all summer?

It's being auctioned TONIGHT to raise money for
Clan Cancer Support!

You can see all the benches, follow the auction live and bid for a bench at: clancancersupport.org/the-book-ben...

A white bench created to look like the open pages of a book, covered in reflective glass fish. Outside Orkney Library & Archive.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12h

Too late for that!

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12h

Poor Jimmy. He couldn't resist the draw of the balls.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12h

Coming soon...

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 14h

Still a bit disappointed they didn't use this cover

A mocked up cover for the new Ann Cleeves novel titled The Killing Stones. It features Orkney Library & Archive's balls on the cover.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 14h

Happy publication day to regular Orkney Library visitor
@anncleeves.bsky.social. The Killing Stones has just been published and features D.I. Jimmy Perez but now he has moved from Shetland to #Orkney!

It's less sassermaet and more fatty cuttie. #IYKYK

Available now from your local library.

The cover of The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 2d

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 2d

A Snail of Two Cities
For Whom the Shell Tolls
The Adventures of Shell-lock Holmes
The Scarlet Pimpershell
Frankenslime
The Slime of the Ancient Mariner

You can fill in the rest...

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 2d

We have no cats today but say hello to the library car park snail. 🐌

We think he was on his way to borrow a book but he's not arrived yet.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine we combined to form an absolute unit with magnificent balls.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 5d

If you go down to Stromness Library today, you can see Stephanie's superbly spooktacular window painting of Meg and Mog, from the brilliant books by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pieńkowski. 🧙‍♀️🐈‍⬛🦉🧹🌙

#LoveLibraries #Halloween

A photo of a window painting of Meg and Mog. A witch on a broomstick, a cat, an owl and a moon and stars

Photos of a window painting of Meg and Mog. A witch on a broomstick, a cat, an owl and a moon

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 6d

s of the night.

#NationalPoetryDay #BookSpinePoetry

A stack of books. Their spines read Tiger Tiger Burning Bright, In the Forest

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 6d

Our #Lego display cases have been full once again this month with dozens of clever and colourful school-inspired models! 🏫📚

All made by library users using our #Lego collection. Thanks to everyone who made us a model! ❤️

Our next theme is SOMETHING SPOOKTACULAR! 🎃👻🦇🧙‍♀️🪄

A collage of LEGO models on a school theme

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 6d

Our last #OrkneyLibraryLego theme was 'Things You'd Find At School' and among all the fabulous models was a #Lego notebook and pen! Amazing work as always! ❤️

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 7d

It may be the first of October but still the holiday balls keep on coming. Here's some stupendously shiny sunken balls all the way from Munich.

(try saying stupendously shiny sunken balls after some schnapps)

Large metallic balls sunken into the ground. In the background there are trees.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 7d

Incredible Aurora Borealis in #Orkney last night so glad we stayed up late to see it

A photo of Orkney Library & Archive stuck onto a photo of the northern lights

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 8d

It's really real

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 8d

Ahh lovely. 🙌

A long library with an arched roof and rows of wooden bookshelves full of books

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 8d

Good morning to everyone but ESPECIALLY to Helen who came to visit yesterday and brought us some lovely sweet treats all the way from Ireland! Helen works at the library of Trinity College in Dublin which is one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL libraries in the world! We want to visit! 😍

Chocolate bars and Irish cream liqueur fudge from Ireland

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 9d

Good morning everyone. This was the sun rising over Shapinsay this morning. Taken from the ferry as #BookyMcBookface sailed north to the #Orkney island of Eday. ❤️

The sun rising over a strip of land. There's a boat in the sea in the foreground. The sky is blue and orange.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 11d

Mordor on the Orient Express

Biographies of J.R.R. Tolkien and Agatha Christie

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12d

We like big butts and we cannot lie.

This is our new water butt which will be installed out front so that we can collect rainwater to water the flowers of our new Interactive Flora Trail.

orkneylibrary.org.uk/interactive-...

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 14d

Hey @richardosman1.bsky.social when did you discover time travel and also were you a school teacher called Mr Shaw living in #Orkney in 1971?

#PhotographicArchives

A black and white school photograph from our Photographic Archive. Cropped in on the teacher who looks quite a lot like Richard Osman.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 16d

So from one of the oldest libraries in the world to one of the oldest lending libraries in Scotland, (Orkney Library dates back to 1683) we were delighted to receive this wonderful gift. ❤️

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