Scottish Book Trust
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
A national charity dedicated to changing lives with reading and writing. Home of Bookbug, Book Week Scotland and Reading Schools.
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Scottish Book Trust
We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
Every child deserves the magic of books. ✨📚 But for too many families this winter, books will feel like a luxury they can't afford.
Donate to our Christmas Appeal today to give the magic of books to children and families accessing food banks this festive season. 🎄
Donate to our Christmas Appeal today to give the magic of books to children and families accessing food banks this festive season. 🎄
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Sharing our love of reading with the local community 🥰
You can find our poster at the Spar! 📚
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
You can find our poster at the Spar! 📚
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Sharing our love of reading with the local community 🥰
You can find our poster at the Spar! 📚
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
You can find our poster at the Spar! 📚
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
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The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, asks you to give a child the gift of reading 📗
GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, asks you to give a child the gift of reading 📗
GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
We ❤️ Scotland's bookshops!
If you love them too, take a moment to explore The Bookseller Association's report, The Cultural and Community Role of Scotland’s Bookshops.
🔗 booksellers.org.uk/getattachmen...
If you love them too, take a moment to explore The Bookseller Association's report, The Cultural and Community Role of Scotland’s Bookshops.
🔗 booksellers.org.uk/getattachmen...
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We ❤️ Scotland's bookshops!
If you love them too, take a moment to explore The Bookseller Association's report, The Cultural and Community Role of Scotland’s Bookshops.
🔗 booksellers.org.uk/getattachmen...
If you love them too, take a moment to explore The Bookseller Association's report, The Cultural and Community Role of Scotland’s Bookshops.
🔗 booksellers.org.uk/getattachmen...
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Erskine pupils celebrated @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social’s Book Week Scotland with a special book café.
@barsailprimary.bsky.social Literacy Leader pupils and their teachers invited families to come read books together over a hot drink or glass of milk.
www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/news/2025/er...
@barsailprimary.bsky.social Literacy Leader pupils and their teachers invited families to come read books together over a hot drink or glass of milk.
www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/news/2025/er...
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Erskine pupils celebrated @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social’s Book Week Scotland with a special book café.
@barsailprimary.bsky.social Literacy Leader pupils and their teachers invited families to come read books together over a hot drink or glass of milk.
www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/news/2025/er...
@barsailprimary.bsky.social Literacy Leader pupils and their teachers invited families to come read books together over a hot drink or glass of milk.
www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/news/2025/er...
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'A book is such a simple gift. But it’s also a really powerful thing, and it’s such a small ask'
Children's Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social backs The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 👇
@jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
Children's Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social backs The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 👇
@jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
'A book is such a simple gift. But it’s also a really powerful thing, and it’s such a small ask'
Children's Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social backs The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 👇
@jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
Children's Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social backs The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 👇
@jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
"I was at a Bookbug Session in Castlemilk. It was the best live act I've ever seen!"
Frank Cottrell-Boyce reflects on his Bookbug experience yesterday. We're glad that he could come!
#BBCAuthorsLive
Frank Cottrell-Boyce reflects on his Bookbug experience yesterday. We're glad that he could come!
#BBCAuthorsLive
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"I was at a Bookbug Session in Castlemilk. It was the best live act I've ever seen!"
Frank Cottrell-Boyce reflects on his Bookbug experience yesterday. We're glad that he could come!
#BBCAuthorsLive
Frank Cottrell-Boyce reflects on his Bookbug experience yesterday. We're glad that he could come!
#BBCAuthorsLive
Are you tuning in for #BBCAuthorsLive with the @waterstones.bsky.social UK Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce this morning?
Give us a 👋 and send in your questions!
Give us a 👋 and send in your questions!
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Are you tuning in for #BBCAuthorsLive with the @waterstones.bsky.social UK Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce this morning?
Give us a 👋 and send in your questions!
Give us a 👋 and send in your questions!
Applications for the Inclusive Stories Tour 2026 with author Beth O'Brien are now open!
📅 17–19 March 2026
📍 Primary and secondary schools in Dundee and Angus
💰 Free
🧑🤝🧑Groups of 20–30 students
Find out more and apply here by Friday 5 December: www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-...
📅 17–19 March 2026
📍 Primary and secondary schools in Dundee and Angus
💰 Free
🧑🤝🧑Groups of 20–30 students
Find out more and apply here by Friday 5 December: www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-...
Inclusive Stories Tour with Beth O’Brien
Applications for the Inclusive Stories Tour 2026 are now open.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Applications for the Inclusive Stories Tour 2026 with author Beth O'Brien are now open!
📅 17–19 March 2026
📍 Primary and secondary schools in Dundee and Angus
💰 Free
🧑🤝🧑Groups of 20–30 students
Find out more and apply here by Friday 5 December: www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-...
📅 17–19 March 2026
📍 Primary and secondary schools in Dundee and Angus
💰 Free
🧑🤝🧑Groups of 20–30 students
Find out more and apply here by Friday 5 December: www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-...
Applications are now open for fully funded Live Literature events taking place around World Book Day in Spring 2026, thanks to generous support from Taylor Wimpey!
Visit our website to check eligibility and apply 👇
Deadline: 28 November
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
Visit our website to check eligibility and apply 👇
Deadline: 28 November
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
Apply for Live Literature Funding – Spring 2026
Live Literature brings reading and writing to the heart of communities by funding author events for schools across Scotland.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Applications are now open for fully funded Live Literature events taking place around World Book Day in Spring 2026, thanks to generous support from Taylor Wimpey!
Visit our website to check eligibility and apply 👇
Deadline: 28 November
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
Visit our website to check eligibility and apply 👇
Deadline: 28 November
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
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Author Graeme Macrae Burnet says a book can change a life.
The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, asks you to give a child the gift of reading: www.heraldscotland.com/life...
The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, asks you to give a child the gift of reading: www.heraldscotland.com/life...
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Author Graeme Macrae Burnet says a book can change a life.
The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, asks you to give a child the gift of reading: www.heraldscotland.com/life...
The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, asks you to give a child the gift of reading: www.heraldscotland.com/life...
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Finished off #BookWeekScotland in glorious Aberdeen! Thanks for having me for two fab events, Aberdeen City Libraries!
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Finished off #BookWeekScotland in glorious Aberdeen! Thanks for having me for two fab events, Aberdeen City Libraries!
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social
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In association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, we are asking you to give a child the gift of reading
Find out more about our Christmas appeal and get involved HERE: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
Find out more about our Christmas appeal and get involved HERE: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, we are asking you to give a child the gift of reading
Find out more about our Christmas appeal and get involved HERE: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
Find out more about our Christmas appeal and get involved HERE: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
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Part 7/7 is in people’s inboxes today!
That’s a wrap on “A Road Less Taken.” I hope y’all enjoyed it, got a glimpse into what @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social offers, & had a good National Book Week wherever you happen to be!
This was part 6: mailchi.mp/scottishbook...
That’s a wrap on “A Road Less Taken.” I hope y’all enjoyed it, got a glimpse into what @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social offers, & had a good National Book Week wherever you happen to be!
This was part 6: mailchi.mp/scottishbook...
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Part 7/7 is in people’s inboxes today!
That’s a wrap on “A Road Less Taken.” I hope y’all enjoyed it, got a glimpse into what @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social offers, & had a good National Book Week wherever you happen to be!
This was part 6: mailchi.mp/scottishbook...
That’s a wrap on “A Road Less Taken.” I hope y’all enjoyed it, got a glimpse into what @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social offers, & had a good National Book Week wherever you happen to be!
This was part 6: mailchi.mp/scottishbook...
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Happy #BookWeekScotland! We’re super excited that every P2 child in Scotland is receiving a copy of The Ballad of Cactus Joe. That’s a lot of books in the hands of young readers! I hope everyone enjoys the story.
Thank you @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social #readwritecount 💙
Thank you @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social #readwritecount 💙
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy #BookWeekScotland! We’re super excited that every P2 child in Scotland is receiving a copy of The Ballad of Cactus Joe. That’s a lot of books in the hands of young readers! I hope everyone enjoys the story.
Thank you @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social #readwritecount 💙
Thank you @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social #readwritecount 💙
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We're excited to announce the winners of our Maths Tales Contest 2025, with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 🎉
Pupils in P2 - P7 were challenged to write a story featuring maths elements & our mascot Finn Finity. mathsweek.scot/news/maths-t... #MathsWeekScot #BookWeekScotland #UKMathsChat #MathsToday
Pupils in P2 - P7 were challenged to write a story featuring maths elements & our mascot Finn Finity. mathsweek.scot/news/maths-t... #MathsWeekScot #BookWeekScotland #UKMathsChat #MathsToday
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We're excited to announce the winners of our Maths Tales Contest 2025, with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 🎉
Pupils in P2 - P7 were challenged to write a story featuring maths elements & our mascot Finn Finity. mathsweek.scot/news/maths-t... #MathsWeekScot #BookWeekScotland #UKMathsChat #MathsToday
Pupils in P2 - P7 were challenged to write a story featuring maths elements & our mascot Finn Finity. mathsweek.scot/news/maths-t... #MathsWeekScot #BookWeekScotland #UKMathsChat #MathsToday
Announcing the winners of our Maths Tales competition, with @mathsweek.scot! 🎉
During Maths Week Scotland, Read Write Count challenged P1–P7 pupils to create a WILD tale using maths elements and mascot Finn Finity.
Read the winning stories. . . www.scottishbooktrust.com/.../maths-ta...
During Maths Week Scotland, Read Write Count challenged P1–P7 pupils to create a WILD tale using maths elements and mascot Finn Finity.
Read the winning stories. . . www.scottishbooktrust.com/.../maths-ta...
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Announcing the winners of our Maths Tales competition, with @mathsweek.scot! 🎉
During Maths Week Scotland, Read Write Count challenged P1–P7 pupils to create a WILD tale using maths elements and mascot Finn Finity.
Read the winning stories. . . www.scottishbooktrust.com/.../maths-ta...
During Maths Week Scotland, Read Write Count challenged P1–P7 pupils to create a WILD tale using maths elements and mascot Finn Finity.
Read the winning stories. . . www.scottishbooktrust.com/.../maths-ta...
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Honoured and delighted to draw a special Bunny Vs Monkey picture for the Scottish Book Trust Christmas Appeal Auction. If you fancy this original artwork or any of their other amazing illustrations, you can bid now!
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Honoured and delighted to draw a special Bunny Vs Monkey picture for the Scottish Book Trust Christmas Appeal Auction. If you fancy this original artwork or any of their other amazing illustrations, you can bid now!
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Please share this opportunity for a free author visit to schools in #Angus and #Dundee
#ReadingForPleasure #Disability #Inclusion #Scotland #School #Author
#ReadingForPleasure #Disability #Inclusion #Scotland #School #Author
#Dundee & #Angus #Schools! #FREE P7–S2 Author Event! Join the Inclusive Stories Tour with author Beth O'Brien for a event focusing on diversity and reading. Beth's novel, Wolf Siren, is @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 2026 nominee! APPLY NOW: tinyurl.com/4nt9jd8h Please SHARE this! #KidlitUK #UKKidlit
Inclusive Stories Tour with Beth O’Brien
Applications for the Inclusive Stories Tour 2026 are now open.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Please share this opportunity for a free author visit to schools in #Angus and #Dundee
#ReadingForPleasure #Disability #Inclusion #Scotland #School #Author
#ReadingForPleasure #Disability #Inclusion #Scotland #School #Author
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EXTREME READING CHALLENGE
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Room 14 submissions are coming! When will you share yours? #extremereadingchallenge 📚 #bookweekscotland @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @renfrewshire.gov.uk
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Room 14 submissions are coming! When will you share yours? #extremereadingchallenge 📚 #bookweekscotland @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @renfrewshire.gov.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
EXTREME READING CHALLENGE
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Room 14 submissions are coming! When will you share yours? #extremereadingchallenge 📚 #bookweekscotland @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @renfrewshire.gov.uk
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Room 14 submissions are coming! When will you share yours? #extremereadingchallenge 📚 #bookweekscotland @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @renfrewshire.gov.uk
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Happy #BookWeekScotland Day 4!
I had a brilliant time in Glasgow yesterday at #GiffnockLibrary and #NeilstonLibrary with pupils from #BraidbarPrimary and #NeilstonPrimary. Dragons and Blitzers, yay!
@nosycrow.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #KidLitUk
I had a brilliant time in Glasgow yesterday at #GiffnockLibrary and #NeilstonLibrary with pupils from #BraidbarPrimary and #NeilstonPrimary. Dragons and Blitzers, yay!
@nosycrow.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #KidLitUk
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Happy #BookWeekScotland Day 4!
I had a brilliant time in Glasgow yesterday at #GiffnockLibrary and #NeilstonLibrary with pupils from #BraidbarPrimary and #NeilstonPrimary. Dragons and Blitzers, yay!
@nosycrow.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #KidLitUk
I had a brilliant time in Glasgow yesterday at #GiffnockLibrary and #NeilstonLibrary with pupils from #BraidbarPrimary and #NeilstonPrimary. Dragons and Blitzers, yay!
@nosycrow.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #KidLitUk
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This Christmas, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, we are asking you to give a child the gift of reading 📗
Find out more and get involved HERE: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
Find out more and get involved HERE: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This Christmas, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, we are asking you to give a child the gift of reading 📗
Find out more and get involved HERE: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
Find out more and get involved HERE: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
Bid now on our Christmas Appeal Auction featuring artworks by @jamiesmart.bsky.social, Axel Scheffler, @debigliori.bsky.social and other top illustrators.
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/collections/...
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/collections/...
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Bid now on our Christmas Appeal Auction featuring artworks by @jamiesmart.bsky.social, Axel Scheffler, @debigliori.bsky.social and other top illustrators.
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/collections/...
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/collections/...
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Our Lego Club took the theme of Friendship for @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #BookWeekScotland and did an absolutely sterling job. Thanks for all the ways you built and represented friendship, gang!
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Our Lego Club took the theme of Friendship for @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #BookWeekScotland and did an absolutely sterling job. Thanks for all the ways you built and represented friendship, gang!
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#SubscriptionBoxReview - by @portybelle.bsky.social
Scottish Book Trust #historicalfiction subscription box - Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor | #virtualbooktour #booksky @lovebookstours.bsky.social @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
Scottish Book Trust #historicalfiction subscription box - Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor | #virtualbooktour #booksky @lovebookstours.bsky.social @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
Scottish Book Trust #historicalfiction subscription box – Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor | #virtualbooktour @lovebooksTours @ScottishBookTrust
It’s Book Week Scotland and what better week to tell you about Scottish Book Trust’s subscription boxes? With these boxes, you can get your next great read delivered to your door, chose…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#SubscriptionBoxReview - by @portybelle.bsky.social
Scottish Book Trust #historicalfiction subscription box - Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor | #virtualbooktour #booksky @lovebookstours.bsky.social @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
Scottish Book Trust #historicalfiction subscription box - Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor | #virtualbooktour #booksky @lovebookstours.bsky.social @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
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Author Graeme Macrae Burnet says a book can change a life - here’s how to help this Christmas
www.heraldscotland.com/life...
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𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Author Graeme Macrae Burnet says a book can change a life - here’s how to help this Christmas
www.heraldscotland.com/life...
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𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social