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A national charity dedicated to changing lives with reading and writing. Home of Bookbug, Book Week Scotland and Reading Schools.
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialCan you write a story in just 50 words?
We are partnering with @specsaversuk.bsky.social for a special edition of our 50 Word Fiction comp!
Primary pupils can write their own Optomonster story, inspired by the friendly monsters who make eye tests fun.
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialDon't miss our fantastic free webinar with the Learning Lady Emma Spiers!
In The Power of Sensory Stories, Emma will offer tips on how sensory stories can elevate your teaching and create an engaging learning environment for all 👉
📆Wed 28 Oct: 3:30 - 4:30PM
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialTake 10 to Read 📚🛋️📖
Tomorrow (8 October), the National Literacy Trust and the British Council will aim to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the most people reading online in 12 hours.
Anyone can take part! Find out more and register here👇 literacytrust.org.uk/events/take-...
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialDiaries at the ready📅 With so many fantastic things happening here at Scottish Book Trust, here’s a reminder of what’s coming up! Reading Schools Week, 16–20 November 2026 Bookbug Week, 17–23 May 2027 Book Week Scotland, 14–20 June 2027 You can find out more about these events on our website!
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialApplications close this Saturday (10 October)📣 If you work with pupils with additional support needs, don't miss the chance to gain a £400 grant 👇
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialStart and spark your Reading Schools journey 📚
Only 1 month to go until our 3 online sessions to help
you create the best action plan for gaining your Reading Schools accreditations.
Drop in and chat with our team, and hear the experiences of other teachers!
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialIt's the start of October so that means we've launched our new Book of the Month giveaways!
We have some great titles this month, so enter now for a chance to win.
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialOctober is Black History Month.
It's the perfect time for readers of all ages to delve into these great reads about Black history in Britain and across the world.
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialOctober is Black History Month.
Check out this book list for children and young adults, which includes a wide range of engaging and informative reads relating to Black history.
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialPencils at the ready! ✏️
We headed out to East Lothian with author Abi Elphinstone and our friends at @specsaversuk.bsky.social to launch our new writing competition for children.
The brief: write a 50-word adventure story about Specsavers' Optomonsters. 👇
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialDon't miss the opportunity this Oct to elevate your teaching!
Join us for a free webinar with The Learning Lady Emma Spiers for special school professionals on how sensory stories can elevate your teaching and create an engaging learning environment for all 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-power-...
@asls.org.ukReposted by @scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialPoetry & Music at Corbenic Cafe
6 Oct, Dunkeld. £10 – book with [email protected]
Join @taylor-strickland.bsky.social for #poetry, music & discussion with @medhawrites.bsky.social & Pip Osmond-Williams, both recipients of the @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social’s New Writers Award for Poetry
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialWe had a great meeting with the School Library Education and Policy Group this week to draft a new National Strategy for School Libraries. It was hugely positive to talk school libraries with CILIPS, SLIC, amazing school librarians and the Scottish Government. Watch this space for more...
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialRead Write Count Bags will be given to every P2 and P3 this November for Reading Schools Week (16–20 Nov)! Join us on 1 Oct for an online session looking at how these fantastic book bags could be used for a mixed-level paired reading project. Book now 👇
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialWe have an exciting new book subscription on its way! Be sure to subscribe to our shop newsletter for updates. 📬
www.scottishbooktrust.com/about/our-ne...
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialThe Reading Champion Awards 2027, in association with Browns Books, are now open!
We want to recognise the reading role models out there, whose fantastic work helps young people catch the reading bug📚✨🏆
Nominate them by 27 November: www.scottishbooktrust.com/training-and...
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialJoin us in Aberdeen on 7 October for an in-person training day with Dr Suzanne Zeedyk!
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialBring the songs and rhymes home with our range of Bookbug toys and games 🎶🧸
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialWin My Name Is Zayn in our Junior Book of the Month competition!
Fidan Meikle's gripping follow-up to the award-winning My Name Is Samim (@discoverkelpies.bsky.social) charts Zayn's difficult new life in the UK following a traumatic Channel crossing.
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.socialDon'ut miss Authors Live this Wednesday, with award-winning creator of Donut Squad, Neill Cameron🍩
There's still time to register your P4–P7s:
www.scottishbooktrust.com/training-ses...
