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Scottish Book Trust

The Scottish Book Trust is committed to the support of reading and writing and the promotion of reading and books across Scotland. They run a number of projects, listed below, to encourage interest in books and words.

Scottish Book Trust, Trunk's Close, Royal Mile, Edinburgh

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Bookbugs
The Scottish Book Trust run the Bookbugs programme in partnership with the charity Booktrust, a number of publishers, and the Scottish Government to gift free packs of books to children aged birth to three. The project encourages parents to enjoy books with children at as early an age as possible in order to foster a lifelong love of books. The project also encompasses events such as Bookstart Rhymetimes and Bookbug reading sessions, which encourage parent/child interaction centered around books and libraries.

Bookbugs

The Scottish Book Trust run the Bookbugs programme in partnership with the charity Booktrust, a number of publishers, and the Scottish Government to gift free packs of books to children aged birth to three. The project encourages parents to enjoy books with children at as early an age as possible in order to foster a lifelong love of books. The project also encompasses events such as Bookstart Rhymetimes and Bookbug reading sessions, which encourage parent/child interaction centered around books and libraries.

Listen Up!
The Scottish Book Trust conducts regular interviews with Scottish authors and illustrators. The interviews are archived online for listening at one’s leisure. A podcast is also available to subscribe to via iTunes allowing listeners to hear new interviews as they are made available.

Listen Up!

The Scottish Book Trust conducts regular interviews with Scottish authors and illustrators. The interviews are archived online for listening at one’s leisure. A podcast is also available to subscribe to via iTunes allowing listeners to hear new interviews as they are made available.

Live Literature Funding
Live Literature Funding (LLF) is a unique funding scheme which takes Scottish writers, playwrights, poets, storytellers and their work to every corner of Scottish society. LLF financially supports up to 1500 events a year in schools, libraries, writers groups, prisons, hospitals, community groups, museums, arts centres and festivals throughout Scotland. The aims are to support Scottish writers; improve access to literature; encourage reading and creative writing; and to place literature at the centre of cultural life of Scotland. Live Literature Funding is managed by Scottish Book Trust and funded by Creative Scotland.

Live Literature Funding

Live Literature Funding (LLF) is a unique funding scheme which takes Scottish writers, playwrights, poets, storytellers and their work to every corner of Scottish society. LLF financially supports up to 1500 events a year in schools, libraries, writers groups, prisons, hospitals, community groups, museums, arts centres and festivals throughout Scotland. The aims are to support Scottish writers; improve access to literature; encourage reading and creative writing; and to place literature at the centre of cultural life of Scotland.

Live Literature Funding is managed by Scottish Book Trust and funded by Creative Scotland.

New Writers Awards
In conjunction with Creative Scotland, the Scottish Book Trust provides eight unpublished writers with the financial support necessary for them to concentrate on their work and offers advice and mentoring on the publication process. The awards are given out on a yearly basis. A sister program is in the process of development which will extend a similar award to two unpublished Gaelic writers each year.

New Writers Awards

In conjunction with Creative Scotland, the Scottish Book Trust provides eight unpublished writers with the financial support necessary for them to concentrate on their work and offers advice and mentoring on the publication process. The awards are given out on a yearly basis. A sister program is in the process of development which will extend a similar award to two unpublished Gaelic writers each year.

Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books
Each year the Scottish Book Trust offers awards for excellence in writing and illustrating Scottish children's books in three categories: early years, younger readers, and older readers. There is also a special award for Gaelic or Scots writing. The winners of the awards are selected by approximately 20,000 young people in schools and libraries across Scotland who vote for their favorite books.

Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books

Each year the Scottish Book Trust offers awards for excellence in writing and illustrating Scottish children's books in three categories: early years, younger readers, and older readers. There is also a special award for Gaelic or Scots writing. The winners of the awards are selected by approximately 20,000 young people in schools and libraries across Scotland who vote for their favorite books.

Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour
The Scottish Book Trust engages professional children's book writers and illustrators to tour around Scotland visiting local schools as part of its Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour programme. Once there, the authors talk to the children about books and reading, sign their books, and answer any questions they may have.

Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour

The Scottish Book Trust engages professional children's book writers and illustrators to tour around Scotland visiting local schools as part of its Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour programme. Once there, the authors talk to the children about books and reading, sign their books, and answer any questions they may have.

Screen and Radio Labs
The Scottish Book Trust puts on an annual lab for published writers attempting to cross-over into radio or screen writing. The radio lab is held in conjunction with BBC Radio Drama, while the screen lab is managed by director Adrian Mead. Each lab contains a mix of practical workshops and talks.

Screen and Radio Labs

The Scottish Book Trust puts on an annual lab for published writers attempting to cross-over into radio or screen writing. The radio lab is held in conjunction with BBC Radio Drama, while the screen lab is managed by director Adrian Mead. Each lab contains a mix of practical workshops and talks.

The Book That Changed My Life
The Book That Changed My Life invited the public to submit stories of books which had a strong influence on their lives. Participants write a brief essay (50 – 500) words on an important book and how it changed their life. A selection of the best essays will be published in 2010.

The Book That Changed My Life

The Book That Changed My Life invited the public to submit stories of books which had a strong influence on their lives. Participants write a brief essay (50 – 500) words on an important book and how it changed their life. A selection of the best essays will be published in 2010.

The Jura Malt Whisky Writer Retreat
Working in conjunction with Jura Malt Whisky, the Scottish Book Trust offers month-long writer's retreats on the island of Jura. Each selected writer receives a month's exclusive use of the luxurious distillery lodge, as well as a bursary and travel expenses.

The Jura Malt Whisky Writer Retreat

Working in conjunction with Jura Malt Whisky, the Scottish Book Trust offers month-long writer's retreats on the island of Jura. Each selected writer receives a month's exclusive use of the luxurious distillery lodge, as well as a bursary and travel expenses.

Virtual Writer in Residence
The Scottish Book Trust sponsors a professional writer to become a Virtual Writer in Residence in an effort to foster creative writing skills and literacy in teenagers and young people. The Virtual Writer in Residence creates writing tasks which are completed by interested young people and submitted for potential inclusion on the website. The winner of a writing competition obtains the opportunity to receive one-on-one mentoring with the Virtual Writer in Residence.

Virtual Writer in Residence

The Scottish Book Trust sponsors a professional writer to become a Virtual Writer in Residence in an effort to foster creative writing skills and literacy in teenagers and young people. The Virtual Writer in Residence creates writing tasks which are completed by interested young people and submitted for potential inclusion on the website. The winner of a writing competition obtains the opportunity to receive one-on-one mentoring with the Virtual Writer in Residence.

Writers in Prison
The Writers in Prison project works with the Scottish Prison Service to establish writer in residence programmes in prisons across Scotland. Such programmes promote literacy behind bars by inviting writers to work with prisoners to develop their reading and writing skills.

Writers in Prison

The Writers in Prison project works with the Scottish Prison Service to establish writer in residence programmes in prisons across Scotland. Such programmes promote literacy behind bars by inviting writers to work with prisoners to develop their reading and writing skills.

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