A couple who credit a homeless library in Edinburgh with helping turn their lives around say they feel isolated after it closed overnight.
Michelle Kwiatek and Colin MacMillan said the Streetreads Library was a refuge when they spent more than five years living on the streets and in hostels.
Managers of the service have been looking for a new home since January when the lease on a premises at a Methodist Church in Nicholson Square was not renewed.
The church's minister, the Reverend James Patron Bell, said they made the decision amid concerns about the safety of tenants, visitors and staff.
Michelle, 45, told BBC Scotland News the library gave her and her partner something "normal" to do every day.
"I've read lots of books while being homeless but it wasn't just about the books," she said.
"It gave us a community of like-minded people who were trying to change their lives and make a difference, who just wanted to come together and drink tea or take part in making things and that's what was important.
"Now we are isolated and on our own just constantly asking if they have found a new home for the library, it's not good and it's not the same."
The library was operated by homeless charity Simon Community Scotland and funded solely through donations and fundraising.
