Best-selling author JK Rowling's stone handprints have gone on display in the city where she first brought Harry Potter to life.
The Edinburgh Award 2008 was bestowed upon the writer in thanks for her contribution to the city.
Speaking about the award, STV reported that Rowling said: "I was delighted to receive the Edinburgh Award, as this city and its wonderful inhabitants have meant so much to me for the last 15 years.
She added: "I think it is particularly appropriate for a writer's hands to be represented, so I am deeply honoured to have my keyboard-chipped fingernails, not to mention my pen-induced friction callous, commemorated in the place where I produced Harry Potter."
'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' is due for release in Irish cinemas on 17 July.
