The total money raised from the library’s 7th birthday raffle was £643 – amazing! Our best ever. A huge thanks to everyone who donated prizes and bought tickets to support the library. The sunny and warm day for our birthday party may well have helped!
While the author was working as Programs Manager at the American Library in Paris she learned about the extraordinarily brave employees who endeavoured to keep the library open during World War II when Paris was under occupation. In 1917, the American Library Association’s Library War Service shipped over two million books donated by libraries and individuals to US soldiers serving…
I had never heard the name Bathia/Bethia until I met somebody with that name in Pittenweem. When I was last on duty in the library, I picked up a book on the New Stock table called The Castilians. As I opened it I saw the main character was called Bethia. I was intrigued so I borrowed it. The story is…
The latest edition of the Pittenweem Post is now available to download here from our website and from the Crail Matters website. While it is free to download there is an opportunity for readers to make donations - both of which help with the costs of publication. Paper copies are also available from the library, Barnett's Bakery and Robert Adamson…
In an exciting new chapter, trustees signed a 20year lease in June 2024 that will give the library security for the future. It’s good news for a vibrant, community resource that opened 7 years ago this month. The library lends out a variety of books and DVDs, provides regular storytelling sessions for the local primary school, and provides a location…
Joyce Laing, well known here in Pittenweem, was an artist and a pioneer of art therapy. Over many years she worked with psychiatric patients and long-term prisoners using art to support them in their rehabilitation. Joyce collected over 1,000 pieces, with she called Art Extraordinary, from the people she worked with. Many of these are now in a permanent exhibition…
It’s probably a personality defect, but I love elections. There’s nothing quite like a decent dose of electionitis as the image-makers groom their candidates. The spin doctors and the PR people are in overdrive, as the various parties fine tune their policies to ensure maximum appeal. Opinion polls with their proverbial 3% margin of error pronounce daily, swingometers vacillate, political…
This summer there will be books hidden in plastic folders around the village. These are for children aged 0 to 10 years to read and then put back for others to find. We hope that you enjoy the search, love the books, and get involved in the fun of putting them back where you found them for others to find,…