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East Lothian Reads

Reading changes lives! There’s no wrong way to do it and every little helps – just 10 minutes a day makes a difference.

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Browse the online library

Download ebooks and audio books, Ancestry, newspapers and magazines, online music and films, plus Theory TestPro.

Want to learn an instrument?

We've teamed up with ArtistWorks to give you hours of video music lessons from professional musicians for free.

Health and wellbeing

Your local library is here to help you support your health and wellbeing in lots of different ways.

Library online

Audiobooks and eBooks
Click and collect
Comics and graphic novels
Digital library A to Z
eMagazines and eNewspapers
eResources
eTraining - including Theory Test Pro
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Your local library

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Instrument Lending Library
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Health and wellbeing
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Children and young people

Bookbug
Book groups for children and young people
Children's activities
Lego clubs
School Library Service
Teens and young adults

Near Me video appointments - available at Dunbar and Tranent libraries

Near Me is a video consulting service that enables people to attend medical appointments from home or in a location that is convenient to them, and is now available in a private space at both Dunbar and Tranent libraries.

Near Me is a secure form of video consulting approved for use by the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland.

Find a local job you love

Small enough to feel like you belong, and big enough to provide a variety of opportunities. Browse our current job vacancies.

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Libraries

Telephone: 01620 827827

Send Email to libraries@eastlothian.gov.uk