Scottish Book Trust has announced the 13 recipients of the New Writers Award, which is supported by Creative Scotland.
Since 2009 Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has supported over 100 creative individuals through the New Writers Awards. Continue reading Eight Edinburgh Writers Receive Awards
Scottish Book Trust, the national charity aiming to transform lives through reading and writing, has today announced the second Ignite Fellowship awardees. Continue reading Ignite Fellowship awardees announced
Scottish Book Trust has revealed that children’s picture book The Snowman, by Raymond Briggs, has topped a national poll as Scotland’s most loved Christmas book, as the charity launches its first ever festive fundraising appeal to provide books and support to teen parents and their babies. Continue reading The Snowman revealed as Scots’ favourite festive read
Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has today revealed ‘dreich’ as the winner of their iconic Scots word vote. Continue reading ‘Dreich’ voted most iconic Scots word
On Wednesday 30 October, an event was held at City Art Centre in Edinburgh to celebrate the publication of Blether, a free book created by Scottish Book Trust for this year’s Book Week Scotland celebrating a Year of Conversation.
Writers from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness, Oban and more had the opportunity to gather together and read their works. Continue reading Scottish Book Trust celebrates publication of free Blether book
Scottish Book Trust has launched Book Week Scotland’s 2019 programme with comic book artist Frank Quitely of DC Comics All Star Superman and Batman and Robin fame.
Book Week Scotland, the country’s biggest celebration of reading and writing, returns for its eight year with hundreds of events taking place all over Scotland from intimate community gatherings to flagship events with well-loved authors. Continue reading Book Week Scotland programme launched
SiMBA is holding a special event; My Little Star: A Conversation About the Power of Reading & Memory Making with Babies After Loss to celebrate Book Week Scotland 2019 (18 to 24 November).
Book Week Scotland is a national celebration of books and reading that brings hundreds of free events to a variety of venues across the country. Continue reading Read all about SiMBA’s Book Week Scotland celebrations
The teenagers from the What’s Your Story? programme presented their latest work on Monday evening at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile. Continue reading Edinburgh teen poet featured at showcase
Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has announced that applications are open for the Ignite Fellowship.
Now in its second year, the Ignite Fellowship recognises the achievements of professional writers and will offer tailored, practical and financial support to help writers find time and space to fire up their careers. Continue reading Scottish Book Trust: Ignite Fellowship open for applications
Scottish Book Trust has announced ten schools who will receive fully-funded author residencies this school year to inspire a lifelong love of reading and writing – and one of the ten is Leith’s Hermitage Park Primary School.
The residencies will also give professional writers the opportunity to build relationships with the school and work together on a creative project. Continue reading Edinburgh School Receives Free Author Residency
