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
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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…
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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.
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The deadline to apply for the @BookWeekScot Emerging Programmers scheme is June 2nd! Apply! Any questions, come speak to me. I did the scheme back in the day and now I work on it!
For @BookWeekScot we're running the Emerging Programmers scheme again. If you want to put on a book event but aren't sure where to start, apply here! You get a £250 stipend and £500 event budget. Only downside is you need to have meetings with me! scottishbooktrust.com/book-w…
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Super excited to be running a free neurodiverse shared reading and creative writing group with @openbookreading. We start on Thursday. Please spread the word! #adhd #asd #Neurodivergent 💕
More here: auntyemily.wordpress.com/202… – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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Fancy sinking your teeth into some new fiction this weekend? 🦷Weak Teeth by @LynseyMay is the funny, heartbreaking story of a long, hot summer in which Ellis' life spins out of control. Get your copy here:
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Sustainable #Libraries in Action - Tips to start a repair cafe at your library aliasustainablelibraries.wor…
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GOOD MORNING! We're 53% funded.
For as little as £6 you can experience one of our upcoming novellas. Take a wander through Athens or help solve some pretty strange and gory shenanigans.
We have 16 DAYS left.
Pre-order here and make it happen: kickstarter.com/projects/114…
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We bring great news: Garth Marenghi - Frighternerman, Darkscribe, Doomsage - is back with volume two of his TerrorTome . . .
Signed copies avaiable from:-
@ForbiddenPlanet: fal.cn/3xc3j
@Waterstones: fal.cn/3xc3k
cc @MrHolness
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On Saturday, we were delighted to open our doors for the 'A Life Written' anthology launch, an event which celebrates life writing by writers aged 70+.
Thank you to the writers for sharing their stories, and to the @AngliaRuskin students for their creative responses! 📝📚
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Hi. When I'm not whinging about being cold, I draw greetings cards to post to people to cheer them up. Certain billionaires are making it hellish difficult to get seen on here, so if you can stand the grift, and gimmie a RT, I'd appreciate it etsy.com/shop/dippyfishcards
#mhhsbd
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Did you know #UniversalCredit isn’t set to any objective assessment of the cost of essentials?
We've shown the UC basic rate must ⬆️ to at least £120/wk to close the gap between these costs & current basic rate
📢Join us & @TrussellTrust: It's time to guarantee #OurEssentials!