Scottish Book Trust
@scottishbktrust
A national charity changing lives with reading and writing. Home of @Bookbug_SBT, @BookWeekScot and #ReadingSchools. Donate today to change lives with books.
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Association for Scottish Literature
Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present. https://t.co/zYhepbuFMG
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The latest #Bookbug news for families and early years practitioners. Download the Bookbug app via our website. Feed brought to you by @ScottishBkTrust.
Scottish Poetry Library
Bringing people & poems together. It is free to join as a borrower & we also operate free postal borrowing.
🔊 Competition alert!
We have five copies of our Book of the Month to give away 👏
Storm's Edge by Peter Marshall is a new history of the Orkney Islands that delves deep into island politics, folk beliefs & community.
Enter now!
William Collins Books
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Time is flying! 🐦⬛ Make sure your class is signed up to watch M. G. Leonard's Authors Live this May.
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Join Leye Adenle for our first online crime masterclass at the end of June 🕵️♂️ 🔪 ⚡
You’ll learn how to intricately weave sensory details into your crime and thriller stories, heightening tension, and creating an immersive experience.
More ℹ️ here: buff.ly/4cPJ9cV
Join us on 17 April for a fascinating webinar from The Laughing Baby author Caspar Addyman 🏳️🌈!
Book now ➡️ shop.scottishbooktrust.com/products/webin…
We're delighted to open the Fern Academy Prize for submissions until 30 April! Judged by Margaret Busby, Mark O’Connell, Laurence Laluyaux and Keith Blackmore, and in association with How To Academy and Tortoise, find out more about our new non-fiction essay prize here: penguin.co.uk/fernacademypri…
'While we often focus on attainment, reading also helps teens develop their self-understanding and understanding of others, and can support their emotional wellbeing at a particularly tumultuous period of life.'
The importance of reading for teens. ❤️📚
scottishbooktrust.com/articles/why-i…
We are honoured to have been even a small part of Scotland's Library Advocacy Story.
This latest episode from the CILIPScotland podcast about the Save Aberdeen Libraries campaign is well worth a listen.
🎧 cilips.org.uk/podcast-specia…
One week to go!
Join expert Caspar Addyman (Caspar Addyman 🏳️🌈), for his upcoming webinar on the importance of laughter and joy for babies and parents.
📅 Wednesday 17 April, 4–5pm
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Big news day. NOT A RIVER has been SHORTLISTED for the #InternationalBooker2024 .
This is an incredible honour. Congratulations to author Selva Almada, translator Annie McDermott, and of course to all the other authors and translators on the list.
Our Bookzilla Book of the Month for April is Nature's Fascinating Friendships by Kerry Hyndman and Mike Hills 📖
We have 5⃣ copies to be won thanks to our friends at Faber Children's 📚
Find out more about this riveting non-fiction read and enter now 👇
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We are absolutely delighted to welcome Henry Coles to Jenny Brown Associates! 🥳
Writing for middle-grade readers, Henry is a 2023 Scottish Book Trust New Writer, and a 2024 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Undiscovered Voices finalist.
Henry Coles Lucy Juckes
What will you write for Scotland's Stories: Hope?
Tell us about a guiding light, your hope for the world or even a pocket of joy. Maybe you're entering a new dawn or is the best is yet to come?
All entries are published on our website, so get writing!
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