It's not too late to donate to our Christmas appeal and help us share the magic of books with families in need ✨️🎄 www.scottishbooktrust.com/donate

There are so many benefits to reading for pleasure, and is there anything better than having some time over the Christmas period to enjoy a good book?📚️ You can also share your love of books by donating to our Christmas Appeal, so that every child can have a book of their own. Link in bio ♥️

Frae sharin sangs wi yer wee yin tae pittin yer hauns tae Scots resoorces perjink for the clessroom, we’ve a jingbang o inspiration for singin, readin and scrievin in Scots this Burns Night. www.scottishbooktrust.com/scots-lairni...

Will you take the Januread challenge to read every day in January? Commit to building a reading habit early in 2026 and we'll email you a series of book lists, articles and other goodies to cheer you along the way. Sign up to Januread, today 👉 mailchi.mp/scottishbook...

🌟We are so proud to announce that we have been awarded the Gold Reading Schools Award. Thank you too all staff and children who have worked so hard to achieve this recognition (especially our brilliant Little Librarians!).⭐💃 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @renfrewshire.gov.uk

Editor @salmondsalmond.bsky.social on The Herald's Christmas appeal with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, and her fondness for The Legend of Podkin One-Ear by @kieranlarwood.bsky.social GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...

Thanks to your Christmas Appeal donations, we were able to give piles of wrapped books to children at The Royal Hospital for Children & Young People in Edinburgh. The books arrived just in time for the children's Christmas party! 🎄🎁📚 Thank you for making this magical Christmas moment possible. ✨

This Christmas, The Herald and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social are asking you to give a child the gift of reading 📗 Reporter @joshpizpom.bsky.social recalls a book he loved as a child 📕 GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2561...

'For many families the only books they have at home are the ones gifted to them by Scottish Book Trust' 📕 Get involved with The Herald's Christmas appeal, with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opin...

It's great to see our Live Literature School Residencies taking shape!

Just realised our @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social books would look lovely under the tree 🎄

Best-selling author @brookmyre.bsky.social shares the 10 places that inspired his work as he backs The Herald's Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/life...

📚🎄🎁 Our Reading Ambassadors were delighted to gift books to St Columbkille’s Primary School today. @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #BankheadReadingWillSOAR 🎁🎄📚

The final shipping day in our wonderful online shop is Thursday 18 December – gift vouchers and gift book subscriptions will still be available after that date. shop.scottishbooktrust.com

As a special thank you to our social media community, we are offering you a discount on any items purchased from our online shop! We have so many bookish-themed goodies, which would make perfect presents 📚️ The code at checkout is ADVENT5. shop.scottishbooktrust.com

Highlights from a brilliant few days with UK Children's Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social as we took him on a tour of Bookbug sessions, a Reading School, an Authors Live at BBC Scotland & a visit to the Scottish Parliament to meet MSPs. Sincerest thanks to Frank & @waterstones.bsky.social

“I met people who gave me books, who handed me a thousand lives so that I might learn to live my own” —Andrew O’Hagan, on why he supports the @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social Christmas appeal 💙📚 www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/...

Time is running out to bid in our Christmas Appeal Auction! Bid now on artworks by @jamiesmart.bsky.social and other top illustrators. shop.scottishbooktrust.com/collections/...

Sharing our love of reading with the local community 🥰 You can find our poster at the Spar! 📚 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

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...

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...

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...

'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

"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

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!

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-...

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-...

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...

Finished off #BookWeekScotland in glorious Aberdeen! Thanks for having me for two fab events, Aberdeen City Libraries! @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social

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...

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...

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 💙

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

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...

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!

Please share this opportunity for a free author visit to schools in #Angus and #Dundee #ReadingForPleasure #Disability #Inclusion #Scotland #School #Author

EXTREME READING CHALLENGE 🤩 Room 14 submissions are coming! When will you share yours? #extremereadingchallenge 📚 #bookweekscotland @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @renfrewshire.gov.uk

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

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...

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/...

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!

#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

Author Graeme Macrae Burnet says a book can change a life - here’s how to help this Christmas www.heraldscotland.com/life... 𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

Some great tips here from POV of author + see @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social resource for schools on "Making the most of an author event" www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-res...

The Scots Scriever on tour! ✍️ Join Scriever Taylor Dyson and friends at events around the country this week.  ⭐ Tues 18 in Dundee ⭐ Tues 18 in Falkirk ⭐ Wed 19 in Coatbridge ⭐ Wed 19 in Saltcoats Info and tickets here: www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...

In case you haven't heard. . . It's Book Week Scotland! ❤️📚💛 Browse the many exciting events happening in your area throughout the week (many of which are free to attend) on our website:  www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...

It's #BookWeekScotland! We're really looking forward to seeing you at our Scottish Christmas Book Fair! The New Town Church in George Street, Edinburgh will be FULL of booky delights! @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social

We had a great morning at Glasgow Central station handing out free copies of 'Friendship' for #BookWeekScotland! 📚 Catch us again tomorrow at Edinburgh Waverley from 8am! Thanks to Scotrail for having us🚆

The Herald's Christmas appeal in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social asks you to give a child the gift of reading. FIND OUT MORE AND DONATE: www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2561...

The 1st instalment of my 1st serialized short story has landed in people's inboxes care of @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social! If you want to read "A Road Less Taken" over the course of this week, sign up! You'll get access to previous instalments too. www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...