Programme for Book Week Scotland announced

Culture Secretary announces full programme for Book Week Scotland

More than 350 free events are planned for Scotland’s first national celebration of reading, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced.

Ms Hyslop was at the National Library of Scotland this morning, along with Marc Lambert CEO of the Scottish Book Trust and Andrew Dixon CEO of Creative Scotland to unveil the full programme for Book Week Scotland, organised by Scottish Book Trust and taking place between 26 November  and 2 December 2012.

A diverse programme of book-related events will be held across the nation, including several hosted by some of Scotland’s best-loved authors. More details about what is going on over here…on the Book Week Scotland website. We are really going to try and take part in the reading hour at the National Museum of Scotland on 30 November at 11a.m. Anyone else coming along to join us?

Here is the full programme:-

The Culture Secretary told The Edinburgh Reporter what she was most looking forward to…

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And The Reporter spoke to CEO of Creative Scotland, Andrew Dixon…

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Marc Lambert, CEO of Scottish Book Trust, said:

“Book Week Scotland has been designed to be as accessible, entertaining and beneficial as possible to the people of Scotland. Hundreds of partners across the country and beyond the cultural sector have contributed enthusiastically to this joint enterprise.

“At a time when changes in the world of publishing tend to dominate the headlines, our message is simple: reading is one of humankind’s greatest inventions and is here to stay.

“Reading is entertaining, informative, and enormously beneficial to the individual and so to the health of a national culture. Scots are readers and Scotland is a reading nation. This is a celebration of that, and of the enormous writing talent we are lucky enough to have at our fingertips.”

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