🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Winners of the Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals: Margaret McDonald, @NateLessore, Theo Parish and Olivia Lomenech Gill! #Carnegies2025
Read the press release: carnegies.co.uk/2025-winners-a…
Celebrate 100 years of the National Library of Scotland with their new exhibition 'Dear Library', opening this week. The exhibition will champion the value of books and libraries to people and their lives, for more info go to www.nls/whats-on/dear_library/
We had a wonderful morning
@KirkintillochHS for the EDC Reading Schools event! Thank you to @EDLitOfficer for inviting us along and to @scottishbktrust for the fun activities! It was fantastic to see all the amazing work EDC schools are doing to promote #readingforpleasure
We are celebrating @RefugeeWeek in the library with a display of books written and inspired by refugees, chosen and recommended by some of our library volunteers and Reading Schools Ambassadors. All available to browse and borrow from the library. #refugeeweek#ReadingSchools
A huge thank you to Clara & Emily from @scottishbktrust for leading the first part of the morning with an exciting quiz & Lesley from @EDLC_Culture for sharing about the amazing resources they have available!🌟The room was buzzing with ideas shared about #readingforpleasure 💡
Wow! What a fantastic morning @KirkintillochHS for our authority Reading Schools event!A huge thank you to staff & pupils from primaries & secondaries who attended! 👏It was inspiring to see all the amazing things that has taken place to promote reading for enjoyment! 📖
We are so thrilled to reveal our incredible #YABookPrize shortlist 🤩 👏
"The 10 brilliant books on this year’s shortlist cover a wide range of genres, themes and perspectives...they are all engaging, empathetic and entertaining"
See the full shortlist in the thread below👇
Happy #EmpathyDay!
Research shows that reading can support children to develop this key ability to value, feel, understand and respect other people’s experiences.
Discover the findings 👇
booktrust.org.uk/resources/read…@EmpathyLabUK
What will you write for this year's 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀?
Submit your story by 6 June to be in with a chance of being published in our new book, 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 – out in November just in time for Book Week Scotland! scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-st…
There's only 1 week left to submit 50 words on Friendship for our 50 Word Non Fiction opportunity! Every piece gets shared on our website and our favourites will be published in our free book in November!
Get writing!
scottishbooktrust.com/competitions-a…✍
I'm so excited to be part of the @sljournal Day Of Dialog! I'm talking about TYGER in a Myth, Magic & Legends panel, free for all to view, especially librarians & educators. It's streaming live May 22 1.35-2.35pm ET, then on demand. Register here! #SLJDODslj.com/event/school-l…
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