Head of Reading Communities at Scottish Book Trust.
Joined October 2010
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📚 Book Week Scotland is an annual celebration of books & reading that takes place across Scotland. With the theme 'Hope' for 2024, you'll find copies of this years book available today in Glasgow, tomorrow in Edinburgh and Wednesday in Aberdeen.
@BookWeekScot | @scottishbktrust
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We're looking forward to tonight's event! Come on down and meet @scattyscribbler and hear about her new book 'Our Forth Bridge: Made from Girders'. #BookWeekScotland
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🎶For our music themed Figures of Speech event @KatieAiles created an original poetry & movement piece, which used the interplay of words & music to explore women in Scottish literature & mythology. Re-watch during @BookWeekScot : youtu.be/gDl1j24YGEA
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✨Congratulations to Edinburgh-based writer Alycia Pirmohamed (@a_pirmohamed) for winning the 2023 Nan Shepherd Prize, and to all those on the shortlist and longlist! Well done! 🥳👏🌿
We're delighted to announce the winner of the 2023 Nan Shepherd Prize is @a_pirmohamed's A Beautiful and Vital Place!
As winner of the prize, Alycia will receive a £10,000 publishing contract with @canongatebooks and an offer of representation with @PortyLiterary
ALT Announcing the Winner of the 2023 Nan Shepherd Prize, Alycia Pirmohamed with A Beautiful and Vital Place
are you an adventurous reader - or perhaps more comfortable with familiar favourites? Either way, this is the quiz for you!
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Happy Book week Scotland everybody - why not start the day right be treating yourself to this wee gem - all you have to do is sign up!
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I can confirm that this is a brilliant and exclusive short story - a perfect introduction to Ambrose Parry if you are new to Raven and Fisher or, if you have devoured all the books, an unmissable addition!
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High schools - are you fire fighting every day on the issues of misogyny & equality? We've heard from many who are. This #BBCAuthorsLive w/ Alan Bissett on his new book for 13yrs+ Lads: A Guide to Respect & Consent was OUTSTANDING. Released on 13 Nov: scottishbooktrust.com/learni…
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Why a library card could be your most valuable #wellbeing investment yet. #libraries
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First Minister @HumzaYousaf and Education Secretary @JennyGilruth visited @ClaypottsPS to hear how the Reading Schools programme is benefitting pupils.
Reading Schools has been shown to boost attainment and improve pupils’ health and wellbeing.
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ALT First Minister Humza Yousaf speaking to pupils at Claypotts Castle Primary School.
ALT First Minister Humza Yousaf and Cabinet Secretary for Education Jenny Gilruth sitting with pupils at Claypotts Castle Primary School.
ALT First Minister Humza Yousaf and Cabinet Secretary for Education Jenny Gilruth listening to pupils at Claypotts Castle Primary School.
ALT First Minister Humza Yousaf with pupils at Claypotts Castle Primary School.
Philippa Cochrane retweeted
Just through the door! These @StewedBooks pamphlets of poems written with @HanLavery (and support from @EdMorganTrust) are some of my hardest-won yet. Come hear us perform them at @edbookfest on Wednesday at 5:45pm: edbookfest.co.uk/the-festiva…
Hey folks looking for a book event to go to outside Edinburgh in this merry month of festivals? Why not try this one in Stirling on Friday? https://.co.uk/shop/Briar-Ripley-Page-Tickets-p575605487
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Proud to have programmed some of Scotland's superstars in the making @WigtownBookFest — debuts now, prize-winners tomorrow, I'd wager: @emcstrang; @forthygreatpain; @JudyMurray; @chriscarsewilso; @devikaponna; @C_E_McGill; @LynseyMay. Get in on the ground floor!
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Thrilled to have @rvwable joining the StAnza team!!
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We currently have the U.K. Prime minister and Home Secretary, both of immigrant heritage, taking time out of their schedules to support an established racist on social media (anyone who questions that description, please listen to his radio interview with @mrjamesob a few years back where he was literally exposed as such) over his account being closed down by a highly exclusive bank. They have apparently done so in the name of “free speech”. Can you imagine the PM or Cruella intervening, commenting or suggesting a clampdown on banks if you or I, or even a “politically outspoken” celebrity like Gary Lineker, were refused an account with a bank that is openly highly selective about its clientele? So why are they getting involved to support this vile man? Perhaps we should consider how much of the current govt’s xenophobic rhetoric plays to exactly the same mentality that gave the reviled far right NF initials of the 70’s a new lease of life through one hateful man.