Primary teachers! Learn how to build a reading culture at your school during this transformative online course.
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Primary teachers! Learn how to build a reading culture at your school during this transformative online course.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...
'The library isn’t just a learning resource. It’s there as a shelter ... a place of discovery.’
Waterstones Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce supports our call to make secondary school libraries a legal requirement.
Add your voice 👇
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We've got a historical treat later this month!
Writer and comedian Athena Kugblenu joins us on Authors Live to sort fact from fiction 📚
Make sure you register your school now!
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It’s British Science Week!🧪🔬
Check out our book list for your science classroom. Perfect recommendations for pupils who enjoy science, or as the basis of a cross-curricular learning project 👇
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-lists/b...
#ScottishBookTrust #BSW26
We are at the Wee Write Family Day at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow tomorrow with our pop-up shop! Stop along and say hello 👋
Did you know that until the 19th century, women could be admitted to asylums for reading novels?
This International Women's Day, we're remembering women's struggle for the right to read and write.
Read our article to find out more 👇️
www.scottishbooktrust.com/articles/int...
Our best-selling Book Nook Kits are back in stock, with brand new DIY projects to choose from! These adorable kits make a perfect gift for a book lover who enjoys crafting.
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We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Reading Champion Awards 2026! 🏆️📚️
The winners each receive a prize of £250 worth of books from Browns Books, as well as the chance to showcase their work.
Read more 👉 www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...
#ScottishBookTrust #brownsbooks
Happy World Book Day! 📚🎉
How are you celebrating today? Let us know in the comments below👇
World Book Day is bigger and better than ever this year, as it’s the National Year of Reading 2026!
#worldbookday #scottishbooktrust #goallin
Looking for a last minute author activity for @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social? Head to the iplayer for loads of Authors Live content from @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
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Tomorrow is #WorldBookDay!📚
It's a perfect excuse to tune into one of our past Authors Live, available on-demand in your classroom or at home.
Browse our range of episodes featuring best-selling authors like Cressida Cowell, Axel Scheffler and many more! 👇 www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live...
A poster that reads: 'Did you know there is no legal requirement for secondary schools in Scotland to have a school library? We need to change that story.'
A list of library benefits.
A poster with the copy: 'You can help to change the story. Call on your MP and MSPs to make it a legal requirement for secondary schools to have a library staffed by a school librarian.'
📚 Every secondary school pupil in Scotland deserves access to a school library but right now, there's no law to protect them.
Write to your MSP today and tell them that school libraries shouldn't be a luxury.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/our-research...
📣Our cracking 50 Word Fiction competition for March is now open!📝🥚
Write a 50 word story featuring an egg and you could win egg-cellent prizes from @literarygifts.bsky.social and @leughleabhar.bsky.social
Enter by 24 March:
www.scottishbooktrust.com/50-word-fict...
Last chance to win! #Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales is Scottish Book Trust's Book of the Month, and you only have until 11.59pm tomorrow to enter the competition to win a shiny copy full of magic & monsters!
www.scottishbooktrust.com/competitions...
@elisecillustration.com @discoverkelpies.bsky.social
Children's author Maise Chan sits in a small green armchair smiling, on the set of Authors Live.
Today's Authors Live with Maise Chan at BBC Scotland, hosted by Zara Janjua, was brilliant!
Thank you to all of the schools who attended. It will be available on demand very soon.
#bbcauthorslive #scottishbooktrust
The covers of A Present for Rosy, Bringing Down the Moon and A Spot of Bother. Text: READ IT FORWARD! 10% of all Bookshop.org children's book sales go to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust in February 2026
I'm supporting #ReadItForward2026!
Buy one of my @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social books from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social in February and they'll donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk & @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social!
Click title below to order:
A Present for Rosy
Bringing Down the Moon
A Spot of Bother
Last few days! There's still time to READ IT FORWARD! Buy any children's or YA book in February and we'll donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, plus EVERY sale supports indie bookshops 📚
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Thanks for your support Nadia!
I am proud to support #readitforward2026
Buy RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP in February and
@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to
@booktrust.org.uk @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
Poster for Read It Forward! 10% of Bookshop.org children's book sales go to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust in February 2026.
📣Final call for Read It Forward! Throughout February, the wonderful @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% of all children’s book sales to Scottish Book Trust and @booktrust.org.uk
Here's where to shop 👉 uk.bookshop.org/lists/about-...
A poster with the copy 'We're going all in this World Book Day'.
World Book Day (UK & Ireland) is almost here! Load up on resources for the big day on our website.
📚🎉👉 www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...
Tomorrow is World Day of Social Justice, and we are focusing on reading for pleasure. Did you know that reading for pleasure improves language skills, social skills and employability?
Read more about how reading tackles poverty
www.scottishbooktrust.com/articles/how...
A fantastic selection of books are available to choose from! Customers may order one free book per child in their family, with postage payable.
We have partnered with @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social to enable children and families living in rural areas of Scotland or who are unable to visit a participating retailer, to still have access to the selection of books available via our online shop shop.scottishbooktrust.com/pages/world-...
Watch our New Writers Showcase, live from Edinburgh, from 7.30pm TONIGHT!
❤️Buy SuperQuesters from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social & they’ll donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk & @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
☀️The Case of the Stolen Sun
🤖The Case of the Missing Memory
🛩️ The Case of the Great Energy Robbery
🌊 The Case of the Angry Sea
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#ReadItForward
I am incredibly excited to say I have received a New Writer's Award from @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social for 2026! I'm very much looking forward to this year & spending more time with the wonderful cohort of writers.
book cover illustration with light pink background, trees in green and pink, with a blue guest house the main picture, with Valentine and daughter Elsie at the front door to welcome guests
❤️📚 Besotted with #ReadItForward ❤️📚
Buy VALENTINE'S GUEST HOUSE by Sam Sharland from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social & they will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
Share a love of reading on #ValentinesDay: uk.bookshop.org/shop/childsp... #NationalYearofReading2026 #GoAllIn
A group of authors stand in Edinburgh with Carlton Hill in the background.
Meet the talented emerging writers on our 2026 New Writers Awards! Find out who they are and read samples of their work.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
Our thanks to @creativescots.bsky.social and University of Glasgow Creative Writing Programme (The Kavya Prize) for their support.
Thanks for your support, Pip!
