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Picture the scene. It's 1901. It's Paris. You make a bet with some friends that you could walk around the world, funding the entire trip by selling postcards featuring photos of YOURSELF. You set off. This is the story of Charles Millot. Read it now at: orkneyarchive.blogspot.com

It's always a hard decision when you're choosing old books to withdraw from the book stock. Some are harder than others.

Yesterday Steven from @OrkneyLibrary spoke to @AlisonMossCI at @BBCJersey about our Book Clubs, the #IslandGames and all things Orkney Library. 📻 You can find the full episode at: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… and Steven's bit starts around the 2 hour 10 minute mark.

#Orkney #Orkney2025 #IslandGames

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Today is #WorldEmojiDay ❤️ If you still think a library is just about 📚 and people telling you to 🤫 then we've got 📰 for you. They're a 🏛️ full of 📚📽️💿💻🖨️📶📱🎮🧵🎨 and ℹ️ to help you 🧠 about the 🌎. The 👩👨 who work in them 😍 to help and they won't even ask you for 💷.

We are VERY EXCITED to have Lin Anderson coming to Orkney Library & Archive to launch her new book The Dead And The Dying - the latest book in her bestselling Rhona MacLeod series. Spaces are limited so BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL. Book by following this link: orkney.spydus.co.uk

The population of #Orkney (plus visitors from all over the world) seem to have manifested the most INCREDIBLE WEATHER for the #IslandGames2025. 🌞 If this is a thing, we need to do it more often. 🙌