Have you ever dreamed of turning your short stories into a collection? 📘 These top tips from Dark Crescent author @lyndseycroal.bsky.social might be just the thing you need. 💡

Delighted to share the Future of Books and Reading paper, which combines research insights, professional expertise, and readers' voices to highlight the enjoyable, engaging, empowering and enriching effects of reading across the lifespan. Access here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/literacylab/

That's a wrap on four school sessions for the Andrew de Moray Project, with funding from @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social . Thank you all!

So thrilled to be one of the judges for the @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social New Writers’ Award! Send us your Children’s and YA writing! The deadline is 24th September www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...

Be a part of the first-ever Reading Schools Week from 2–6 February 2026! Sign up now. 📚🎉

Meal-a-naidheachd air Mòrag Stiùbhart, a choisinn an duais airson An Leabhar as Fheàrr do Chloinn/Òigridh 2025 leis an eadar-theangachadh a rinn i air “Na Mailghean Millteach” le Steve Smallman & Miguel Ordóñes. #DuaisLit25 #Gàidhlig

Teachers of Scotland! Join us online on 30 September as we share how the new 2025 Read Write Count book bags could be used for a mixed-level paired reading project in your school. 📚

There's only one week left to apply for a 2026 New Writers Award! Tell your talented writer friends. . . 📲

Join our Q&A with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social happening TODAY, where they'll share some top tips and answer your questions about applying for the New Writers Award! BSL is available: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/qa-applying-...

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we are a GOLD Reading School! Reading for pleasure is at the heart of everything we do @ LHS so we are really proud to receive this from @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social - our Reading Ambassadors were particularly thrilled! 📚🏆 @larberthigh.bsky.social

[email protected] has done a brilliant job compiling a handy list of writing open mics across Scotland! In a quickly-evolving scene, that's no easy feat. Read it (and consider supporting her work) here: thegoodeggproject.substack.com/p/scotland-o...

Did you know September is the month with the most birthdays in the UK? Stuck for gift ideas? Buy a gift book subscription and let them choose! shop.scottishbooktrust.com/products/adu...

@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social is recruiting for a Fundraising Officer to join their Fundraising and Marketing team tinyurl.com/mt2ke7kr £26,250 – £30,974 Edinburgh #charityjob

Change lives with books as your day job. We seek a new Fundraising Officer. 📚🦸 www.scottishbooktrust.com/about/vacanc...

Win Firebloom by Justin Davies in our Bookzilla Book of the Month competition! 🔥 Thanks to @discoverkelpies.bsky.social, we have 5️⃣ copies of this fun and lively middle-grade adventure to give away.

Applications for the Reading School Fund are now open! We're awarding grants of up to £500 to help your setting and learners achieve Reading School accreditation, with the purchase of: 📚Books 📚Reading materials 📚Furnishings for reading spaces www.readingschools.scot/funding

There's still time to donate to the brilliant Ely Percy's fundraiser, as they prepare to do the Edinburgh Kiltwalk this Sunday, raising money for Scottish Book Trust! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

WORLD BOOK WEEK OFFER Are you a school in the Scottish islands? Would you like an author visit with no author fees? Step this way and check out the alt text below…. Please get in touch via my website contact form 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @slgscotland.bsky.social

Happy World Literacy Day! 🎉Like any other, a great day to celebrate the magic of reading. 📚✨

Meet our Scots Language Publication Grant Awardees 2025! ✍️ Congratulations to all the brilliant publishers who will receive funding this year, and thanks to the funders that make this grant possible. www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...

Apply for Pitch It! 2025 for the chance to bring Kirsty Logan, @hannahlavery.bsky.social‬ or Anbara Salam to your community for Book Week Scotland this November! 📚✨

Win Thunderboots in Bookbug's Book of the Month competition! ⚡🥾⚡ Written by ‪@naomijones1.bsky.social and illustrated by @familyofbeasts.bsky.social‬ this brilliant book could be yours if you enter Bookbug's competition by 30 September. 🤞 www.scottishbooktrust.com/competitions...

For this month's 50 Word Fiction competition, can you write a story featuring a magazine in just 50 words? ✍️ Stories in English, Scots and Gaelic are welcome! www.scottishbooktrust.com/50-word-fict...

We are honoured to be able to offer you the chance to win a copy of The Empire of Forgetting by the late John Burnside, thanks to our friends at @jonathancape.bsky.social. Enter by 30 September for the chance to win a copy.

📚🎉We are delighted to announce that we are now a Silver Reading School @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚🎉 #BankheadReadingWillSOAR

The Reading Schools Fund is now open! 📚 We are looking to fund projects and purchases that will help your setting and learners achieve Reading School accreditation, such as books or furnishings for reading spaces. Find out more and apply now: www.readingschools.scot/funding

We are #BBCAuthorsLive with @afsteadman.bsky.social and Zara Janjua! Remember to tune in via the BBC iPlayer and enjoy the show!

This morning's author visit to a Black Isle school, part funded by @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social and the Andrew de Moray project. Massive thanks to both! @luathpress.bsky.social

The countdown is on! Will you be joining us for @afsteadman.bsky.social on #BBCAuthorsLive this morning at 11am? www.bbc.co.uk/events/erdhj5

We're delighted to welcome @afsteadman.bsky.social to #BBCAuthorsLive on Monday 1 September! 👥 P6–S3 🕚 11–11.40am 💻 Register now to join us online www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...

🚨Introducing a brand new book subscription curated by The Pharmacist author Rachelle Atalla🚨 Get to grips with gripping dystopian fiction in the pages of these fantastic books, delivered to your door every month!

16 brilliant graphic novels for children 📚✨

Looking for what to read next? 📖 Our monthly book subscriptions could be just the ticket – chosen by some of Scotland's best-loved authors. Each month, we'll deliver a mystery book to your door, along with exclusive postcards from the curator, book recommendations from our expert team and more! 📮

📣Our member @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social is recruiting for a "Early Years Digital Content Co-ordinator" #JobSearchTogether #CharityJobs 🗓️Closing Date: Monday 25 August 2025 📍 Hybrid: Edinburgh ➡️ buff.ly/vYBgu1x

Happy 10th Birthday! Supporting Read Write Count and seeing our books in the hands of young children across Scotland is one of the favourite parts of my job - looking forward to them receiving The Ballad of Cactus Joe this year @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social @clivemcf.bsky.social 🌵📚 @

The international bestselling Skandar author @afsteadman.bsky.social is coming to Authors Live this September! 🐲 Book digital seats for your P6–S3s and join us for this exciting live event. 🎟️ www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...

We're hiring! 💼 Could you be our new Early Years Digital Content Co-ordinator? Deadline: 25 August Find out more about the role and apply 👇 www.scottishbooktrust.com/about/vacanc...

Happy 10th Birthday Read Write Count! 🥳 Since 2015, we have given over 2.5 million books to P2s and P3s across Scotland, with the support of The Scottish Government.📚 To celebrate, we met up with Ollie, who received on of the first packs in 2015, and his sister Elia, who will get hers this year.

If you can think it, Pitch It! There are just 4 days left to apply for Pitch It! 2025 for the chance to bring an amazing author to your community during Book Week Scotland this November. Find out more and apply 👇 www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...

Happy Bad Poetry Day! Complete this famous T.S Eliot poem by typing this opening line into a reply and then selecting the middle word from your phone's suggested words until you have a poem to post. '𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈. . .'

We're hiring! 💼 Could you be our next Early Years Digital Content Co-ordinator? www.scottishbooktrust.com/about/vacanc...

@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social are looking for an Early Years Digital Content Co-ordinator 💰£26,250 pro-rata 📍Hybrid: Edinburgh 🕐28 hours per week To find out more visit: tinyurl.com/239vnvfa

Get your badge of honour, or a handful! Buy any 5 of our badges, and we'll give you 20% off 🎉 shop.scottishbooktrust.com/collections/...

Tha tagraidhean fosgailte airson Duaisean nan Sgrìobhadairean Ùra 2026! Ceann-latha: 24 dhen t-Sultain 2025

Don't miss this very special Bookbug session at the Edinburgh International Book Festival! Share songs, stories, and rhymes in this fun, interactive event in the Children's Tent at EIBF. Book your free tickets at the link below: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Applications for the New Writers Awards 2026 are now OPEN! ✍ The New Writers Awards is an annual awards programme supporting individuals from across Scotland committed to developing their writing. Find out more and apply 👇

Time for a brand new 50 Word Fiction competition! Our August challenge to you is to write a story in 50 words or fewer featuring feathers. Prizes from @literarygifts.bsky.social and @leughleabhar.bsky.social go to the winners 🏆

Our August Book of the Month is here! Find out all about 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 by John Niven, and enter our competition to win a copy 📖

Join us at Edinburgh International Book Festival to celebrate emerging literary talent – including some familiar faces from our New Writers Awards programme. Tickets are on sale now! www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...

Early Years Training Administrator with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social providing admin support for their busy term time schedule of in-person and online training and webinars tinyurl.com/ta389kyd £22,995 Edinburgh / hybrid #CharityJobs