The season, to be formally opened by Burns specialist Dr John Cairney, will also feature an exhibition on loan from the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, which has one of the most significant Burns collections in Scotland.

BBC: The collection will be on display in Stirling

And those who yearn for something a bit more traditional, perhaps even in a frame, should try dropping by the Mitchell Library where art duo Walker and Bromwich have set up an art lending library.

BBC: GI festival keeps pushing boundaries

Last week, council leader Keith Mitchell wrote an article for The Guardian criticising library campaigners, whom he labelled "well-heeled worthies", for failing to understand that reducing cuts to libraries would mean more cuts for social care and roads.

BBC: Library cuts: The battle of the bookshelves