Scottish Book Trust

Watch Amelia enjoy the sounds and textures of Off to the Beach, a tactile book available to children and families with additional support needs.
We're happy to say that families can can request Off to the Beach, and our other tactile books, from their local Bookbug Co-ordinator, free of charge: http://scottishbooktrust.com/…/about… /local-bookbug-contacts.

We seek a PR and Marketing Manager to help us bring books alive in the media. If you have a passion for reading, and a good eye for an angle, here's where to apply: http://bit.ly/Vacancies-PRMarketingMngr.< br>

Dr Nashwa Matta, associate specialist in neonatology and child development explores the ways that very young babies communicate with us. She also describes the impact that talking, reading and singing to babies in a hospital setting has both on their wellbeing in the unit and on their longer-term development.

How writers can self-promote without self-loating: http://bit.ly/writerspromoting.

Enter our new flash fiction competition for the chance to win cool prizes from The Literary Gift Company and Comhairle Nan Leabhraichean http://bit.ly/SBT50WFCSept2018.

Bookbug joins young book lovers from Hillhead Primary School to get the 2019 Bookbug Picture Book Prize underway!
Find out which three books made this year's shortlist, sponsored by Browns Books for Students, and how your family, school or nursery can get involved with voting for the winner: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning /bpbp!

Bookbug has just announced their 2019 Bookbug Picture Book Prize shortlist! Have a look at the three brilliant books in the running for this year's prize...

Nominations are now open for our Learning Professional Award, sponsored by Browns Books for Students.
Do you know a colleague who inspires children and young people to read for pleasure? If so, we would love to hear from you!
http://bit.ly/2BDKy8P

The Scottish Teenage Book Prize shortlist is now live! Register to vote: http://bit.ly/2N5LSCA
Photo credit: Rob McDougall

The search is on for the next winner of the Scottish Teenage Book Prize! S5 pupils from Craigroyston Community High School helped to launch the shortlist at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Register to vote now! #ScotTeenBookPrize
http://bit.ly/2N5LSCA

Are you passionate about writing and literature? We seek a Writing Communities Administrator to help us support Scotland's writing community. Apply by 20 August: http://bit.ly/SBT-WritingCommsAdmin.

We are delighted to launch our Reading Buddies programme in Glasgow, today, thanks to players of the People's Postcode Lottery, through People's Postcode Trust, and support from Barcapel Foundation!
Reading Buddies encourages older primary school pupils to read to younger pupils at their school, building the confidence and a love of books in both: http://bit.ly/ReadingBuddiesGlasgow.
We passionately believe in the power of Reading Buddies to change lives through reading, and can't wait to get started!

We totes adore our new Book Week Scotland bags for 2018. Will you be joining us for Scotland's week-long book party this November?

Primary schools! Celebrate the start new term by signing up for How To Train Your Dragon author Cressida Cowell's upcoming BBC Authors Live: http://bit.ly/AL-CressidaCowell.

Love books? Fancy sharing that love as part of your day job? We seem a new Reading Communities Co-ordinator to help us deliver Book Week Scotland: http://bit.ly/SBT-ReadingCommsCoordinator .
Deadline for applications: 27 August 2018.

"Talking, reading, singing or rhyming with babies is a great way to build relationships, develop language and give your child a love of books and reading that will stay with them for their whole life."
Why it's never too early to start reading to your child: http://bit.ly/antenatalreading.

To celebrate Book Lovers Day, give a shout out to the library that helped you to first fall in love with books! 📚❤️

12 picture books that make learning your ABCs so much fun: http://bit.ly/ABCpicturebooks.

Wonderful

Training was fantastic get so much fun out off reading x

Wonderful

Training was fantastic get so much fun out off reading x

Wonderful

Training was fantastic get so much fun out off reading x