Tickets for the 2026 UKLA International Conference are now on sale! Get yours here: buff.ly/boby43S Or visit our website to find out more: buff.ly/pFsfvNq We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow!

Please share! @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @educationscotland.bsky.social Our Developing and Sustaining Reading for Pleasure (Primary) course is now open for applications. Apply here: www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...

Teachers and librarians! Join us for an interactive forum to share exciting short story text recommendations for young people, online, from 4–5.15pm on 12 November. 📖✨ #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

Register to receive the link our Authors Live: Set Text Special when it goes live next week for an S4–6 audience.

Please share! New PL session to support with enacting Scotland’s LfS Action Plan. We recommend a range of texts for 2nd level to take an IDL approach and support understanding and engagement with the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. ➡️ Book here www.eventbrite.com/e/1664373087...

Celebrating the new, contemporary authors added to the SQA's set texts lists, Authors Live will host a special panel event, featuring authors Ely Percy, Jenni Fagan and Nadine Aisha Jassat. 📚 Register now! 👇 www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...

Do you believe all schools should have a library? 📚 It might surprise you, therefore, that there is no legal requirement for Scotland’s schools to have a school library or librarian. We are calling on Scottish Government to change this story. www.scottishbooktrust.com/our-research...

Proud to have made a small contribution to this paper: www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...

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. 📚

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

Great lists! Excited to be involved in supporting the teacher judges in the 3-6+ category!

Come along to our webinar for library staff and not only can you find out how to get you free RWC 10-year anniversary celebration pack (which includes a set of bags), you can also enter our prize draw to win a bundle of books for your setting. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1408663653...

@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social are recruiting for a regional outreach coordinator to cover Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire: www.scottishbooktrust.com/about/vacanc... please do share if you know someone who may be interested!

New vacancy! 💼 Could you be our new Reading Schools Early Years Project Manager?

Library staff! 📣 Join our free Read Write Count training webinar to get inspiration on how to make the most of RWC and learn how other public libraries have embedded the programme into their work with children, schools and families. 📅 28 August, 4.30–5.30pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/read-write...

Teachers in Scotland, UKLA are looking for Teacher Judges for the 2026 Book Awards in Glasgow 👀 ukla.org/ukla-book-aw...

In November, the SQA announced new set texts for Nat 5 and Higher. We’ve created a suite of discussion guides to support teachers with the new set texts: www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-res... Please share widely @englishscotland.bsky.social

Great to be at the University of Aberdeen talking about @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social’s Read Write Count with the First Minister’s programme with the MA4 primary education students.

This week is Dementia Action Week. Explore this list of some of our favourite books about the dementia experience, curated by our Reading is Caring team. www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-lists/b...

Interesting afternoon at The Little Library @unistrathclyde.bsky.social . Wonderful to see children’s picturebooks with a focus on the Global Goals, created by the BA2 students.

📢Teachers and librarians! Join our private network for learning professionals. It’s a great place to connect, share best practice and develop new resources to support your work. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

For staff in secondary schools: www.eventbrite.com/e/1217775943... Please share with your networks. I’m still finding out who to follow on here.

We're hiring! 💼 Come and work in our Bookbug team!

Choose your book! 📚 Get inspired with our cross-curricular resources. Explore our webpage, organised by book and Curriculum for Excellence level. 🌟

Exciting upcoming Book Discovery webinar where we will be sharing our top contemporary Graphic Novel picks for Primary Schools. Book your spot below ⬇️ @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #edusky #booksky www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-disco...

Are you a teacher keen to create a reading for pleasure culture in the primary setting? 📚 There are just two weeks left to apply to join our Develping and Sustaining Reading for Pleasure (Primary) course. Find out more and apply now! 👇 www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...

Read our new article on how Reading Schools can work in rural settings ⬇️ @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #readingschools #edusky #booksky www.readingschools.scot/articles/rea...

📢 Is your setting looking to achieve Reading Schools accreditation? Join Scottish Book Trust to hear more about how Reading Schools can support your school improvement planning. scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #ReadingSchools #booksky #edusky #readingforpleasure www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/school-imp...

It is finally time! We are excited to reveal the longlists for the 2025 Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration. 🎉 Congratulations to the wonderful authors and illustrators longlisted for the #Carnegies2025! 🖌️📖✨ View the full list here: carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...

Excited for this upcoming @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Shared Practice session with Dr Charlotte Webber on how we inspire and sustain reading motivation in adolescence: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shared-pra...

We are excited to be a part of Read It Forward! Buy any children's or YA book on @bookshop-org.bsky.social this February and 10% of the sale will be donated to Scottish Book Trust or our best friends at @booktrust.org.uk. 📚 Explore all the books on Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/lists/about-...

Every secondary school in Scotland can now get an edition of Story Deck, our new card game tool for starting conversations about books. We travelled to Forfar Academy to find out how Story Deck has helped to spark a love of reading in pupils there. www.readingschools.scot/story-deck