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Not long now until the starts! Register at your local Culture Perth & Kinross Library from Saturday 27 June to take part in this year's reading adventure!

📜 Find the full Summer Reading Challenge programme here 👉 https://bit.ly/cpk_src2026

🔜 Starting on Saturday 27 June, artist Morven Stewart, with Our Seas, explores Scotland’s landscapes through observation and sketching, capturing fleeting moments shaped by light, weather and place while encouraging appreciation and conservation of land and sea.

Morven Stewart - Artist and Wanderer👇

Morven Stewart’s wanderings take her from snow-capped summits to sandy shores. Although she is based at Perth Creative Exchange, her practice is largely nomadic, often carried out from a rucksack or bike panniers as she travels across Scotland. When working outdoors, the weather determines her materials: watercolours and inks on calm, sunlit days, and oils or pastels in the midst of gales and storms. This responsive approach results in work that is immediate and expressive, rooted in the experience of being immersed in the landscape.

📅 On display from 27 June until 26 September 2026 at North Inch Community Library during library opening hours.

✂️ Create with Remake Scotland this summer!

🎶 Join Remake as they support this year’s Summer Reading Challenge theme of ‘Read to the Beat‘.

📍 Our craft sessions at Auchterarder Library and Strathearn Community Library will use colourful materials, recycled treasures and plenty of imagination.

Expect creativity, curious sounds and lots of joyful noise as ordinary objects are turned into mini musical masterpieces!

🗓️ Wed 15 July | 2.30pm - 4pm | Auchterarder Library
🗓️ Wed 5 August | 2.30pm - 4pm | Auchterarder Library
🗓️ Thu 6 August | 2.30pm - 4pm | Strathearn Community Library
🗓️ Thu 13 August | 2.30pm - 4pm | Strathearn Community Library

🎟️ Book your free spot at the library.

🚸 Suitable for primary-aged children. Under-8s must be accompanied by an adult.

📜 Find the full Summer Reading Challenge programme here 👉 https://bit.ly/cpk_src2026

😻 Join award-winning One Button Benny author Alan Windram for a fun and engaging Summer Reading Challenge event.

Alan brings to life a brilliantly funny tale inspired by his two cats, Sparky and George, and their imagined adventures beyond the cat flap into the great outdoors. Enjoy stories filled with quirky rucksacks, surprising forest encounters, tasty treats – and a few explosive moments!

The session features storytelling, sing-alongs, dressing-up activities, quizzes and plenty of fun for everyone.

📍 Strathearn Community Library
📅 Thu 16 July // 2pm - 3pm
🚸 Suitable: ages 6-10-year-olds. Under-8s should be supervised by an accompanying adult
🏦 Spaces are limited; booking is required at the library.

📜 Find the full Summer Reading Challenge programme here 👉 https://bit.ly/cpk_src2026

🚗 Looking to get from A to B this summer but still need to pass your driving test? Did you know you can access Theory Test Pro for free with your Culture Perth & Kinross library card in any of our libraries or at home?

Visit https://bit.ly/cpktheory

Some of the ladies who attended the craft session at Scone Library on Wednesday looked mighty pleased with their wonderful coasters. It was great to have six ladies attend, and they are all looking forward to the next session on Wednesday 8 July, when they will be making tote bags.🛍️

If anyone is interested in joining the session, please 📧 email [email protected] or phone ☎️ 01738 459565.

Planning a walking holiday, a nearby stroll, or a day of hill walking? Looking for a map, a guidebook, or a bit of inspiration to get you started?

We have a range of maps and walking guides, featuring suggested routes across Perthshire and beyond. Pop in and have a browse — you might just find your next great walk.

🥁 🎨 Join local artist Liz Kemp at Comrie Library to design some rockin’ artwork. Inspired by this year’s Summer Reading Challenge theme, Read to the Beat, Liz will help you get your musical notes out, drum to the beat, and get creative!

🚸 This is a free drop-in session suitable for primary-aged children. Under-8s must be accompanied by an adult.

📜 Find the full Summer Reading Challenge programme here 👉 https://bit.ly/cpk_src2026

We are delighted to see library services recognised for the benefits they bring to individuals and communities across our region, and welcome the announcement today of continued support from Elected Members and Council Officers at Perth and Kinross Council. The paper agreed by Council today secures the future of current provision and offers a route forward for the further development of libraries as true community hubs for a range of services and activities.

The support we have received from library users, campaigners and communities has been vital to this successful outcome, and we look forward to continuing to work together to serve local needs and interests.

For Culture Perth and Kinross staff, today’s welcome news provides reassurance after several years of uncertainty, and we thank them for all their hard work and excellent service, even during difficult times.

We will continue to work with the Council on the implementation of the recommendations of the report and in the meantime express our gratitude for local Elected Members' support for libraries.

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