Scotland has a proud history of public libraries, going back to 1883 and the foundation of the first Carnegie library in the world, in Dunfermline. (It's still open today, and runs regular Bookbug ...

Bookzilla is Scottish Book Trust's free app for early secondary school and primary school pupils in Scotland. The app was designed by and with young people. Bookzilla encourages pupils to read for ...

This resource supports teachers who want to build writing skills with their pupils. The activities focus on writing stories using the same techniques as professional fiction writers. This resource ...

These books, including fiction, poetry, graphic novels and non-fiction, will introduce children and young adults to key concepts around racism including stereotyping, bullying and racial violence and ...

When Janey Godley died last week, you didn’t have to be her friend to mourn the passing of a woman whose voice-overs created brightness in the darkest days of the COVID lockdown. Janey grew up in ...

We have five copies of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle to give away. Just answer the question below for your chance to win. Entries close at 11.59pm on Tuesday 31 December and winners will ...

We have five copies of Sprouts by Sibéal Pounder to be won, thanks to our friends at Bloomsbury! All you need to do is answer the question at the bottom of the page. Entries close at 11.59pm on ...

We are excited to offer a pile of signed books from a selection of authors – three of our previous New Writers awardees and our Patron, Val McDermid – in our December Book of the Month competition! To ...

Each month we'll provide a prompt to get you started, but where the story goes from there is entirely up to you. This is an extended version to cover the holiday period. The 50 Word Fiction ...

Every year, we ask people to share stories as part of our 'Scotland's Stories' campaign and feature all the stories here on our website. We then include a handful of our favourites in a free book for ...

Every year, we ask people to share stories as part of our 'Scotland's Stories' campaign and feature all the stories here on our website. We then include a handful of our favourites in a free book for ...

We are a national charity that has been bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland since 1998.