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Edinburgh authors recognised in Scottish Book Trust awards

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Four Edinburgh authors are recognised by Scottish Book Trust, the national charity changing lives with reading and writing, in their 2023 New Writers Awards....

Edinburgh-based author awarded Ignite Fellowship by Scottish Book Trust

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The national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, Scottish Book Trust, has announced the fifth Ignite Fellowship awardees – including Edinburgh-based author, Tim...

Paper sculptures raise thousands for reading charity

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The book sculptures which were sold at auction in Edinburgh for charity, Scottish Book Trust, have raised more than ten times the asking prices....

The winner of the Bookbug Picture Book Prize is…..

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Inch and Grub announced as the winner of the Bookbug Picture Book Prize. The winner of The Bookbug Picture Book Prize 2022 is Inch and...
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Scottish Book Trust makes ten awards to new writers

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Ten new writers receive awards from Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, in an announcement made today. These...

Book sculptures by anonymous artist to be auctioned in Edinburgh

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Literary sculptures made from books and produced by an unknown artist are to be sold online by Edinburgh auctioneers, Lyon and Turnbull. The three-dimensional...

Shuggie Bain author joins Scottish Book Trust in call for Your Stories

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Douglas Stuart, author of the Booker Prize for his wonderful Shuggie Bain, has teamed up with Scottish Book Trust to ask Scots to submit...

Scottish Book Trust announces three awards

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Scottish Book Trust has today announced the third Ignite Fellowship awardees, including one writer from Edinburgh. The Fellowship supports writers who are already established and...

New Writers Awards open to entries

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Scottish Book Trust has opened for applications for 2021 New Writers Awards. The national charity which changes lives through reading and writing has launched...

Pitch here for an author event during Book Week Scotland

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Scottish Book Trust invites pitches from all libraries and community groups across Edinburgh who would like one of the four authors they have lined...

Scottish Book Trust searching for teenage writers and illustrators

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Applications open for Scottish Book Trust's What’s Your Story? programme Scottish Book Trust has announced that applications are open for their What’s Your Story? programme....

Fighting poverty with books #ScottishBookTrust21

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The Scottish Book Trust is today launching a campaign to mark its 21st anniversary by using books and reading to fight the effects of...

Becci selected for Scottish Book Trust scheme

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Edinburgh-based teenager Becci White (pictured) is one of seven teenage writers and illustrators who will join the What’s Your Story? programme. The 14-year-old applied because...

Books to read – for foodies

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The Scottish Book Trust has listed some suggestions for those of you who want to read about food. Here are some of their suggestions Perceptions :...

Book Week Scotland – Events to tempt you in November

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Book Week Scotland takes place from 19 to 25 November 2018. The national charity Scottish Book Trust concentrates its efforts this week on changing...

Author in residence appointed at Forrester High School

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The Scottish Book Trust has appointed author Victoria Williamson as author in residence at Forrester High School to work on a specific creative project...

Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awards 2018

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Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has supported over 90 creative individuals through the New Writers Awards since...

Teacher Claire wins prize for top teen book

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Claire McFall has been named the winner of the first Scottish Teenage Book Prize for her third novel, Black Cairn Point. She beat off competition...

Nick Sharratt wins the 2017 Bookbug Picture Book Prize

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'In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.' Although children's...

Book Week Scotland 2016 offers a full programme of free events

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Book Week Scotland may not be taking place till the end of next month but this morning the full programme for the fifth national celebration...

Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award 2016

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And the good news is that over half of them are based in Edinburgh! Six Edinburgh-based writers have come one step closer to having their...

Two Edinburgh teenagers selected for national writing project

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Mikaela Carmichael who is 16, and Anni Cameron aged 17 have been chosen along with eight others to work on the national What's Your...

Book Week Scotland: Bookbug’s Primary One Family Bag

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'Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks' (Dr Seuss) Many of us don't need much encouragement to...

Edinburgh authors to the fore in the Scottish Children’s Book Awards

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Great news from the Scottish Book Trust! Edinburgh-based authors have dominated the shortlist for the 2016 Scottish Children’s Book Awards, with four out of the...

Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship 2015 – two Edinburgh winners

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Edinburgh-based writer Lynsey May (32) and poet and playwright Michael Pedersen (30) have been named by Scottish Book Trust as two of four recipients of a...

Scottish Book Trust invite you to listen to the New Writers

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The BAFTA nominations are out and the Golden Globes already won. Now it is the turn of the writers to take their place at...

Wednesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today

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Here and There: Claire from the Scottish Book Trust will lead a discussion about newcomers' experience of Scotland in comparison to their home countries. An opportunity for migrants...

What’s On in Edinburgh this week

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Well we all know what's on in Scotland this week....but there's plenty available to take your mind off it....   MONDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2014 All Quiet On...

Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship awarded to Edinburgh writer

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Scottish Book Trust is delighted to announce that Iain Johnstone, an Edinburgh-based writer, has been awarded one of four Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowships, based in...

Winners of Scottish Children’s Book Awards announced today

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EDINBURGH AUTHOR WINS SCOTLAND’S BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD   Award-winning Edinburgh-based children’s author Janis Mackay was today announced as the winner of the Younger Readers (8-11...

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