KILTS - Kidlit Scotland

We did it! Look at this fabulous list of 100 children’s books set in various Scottish locations- @VisitScotland @scottishbktrust @scottishbooks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚 kidlitscotland.wordpress.com/2024/07/01/100…

📚 Coming next month: Enter Eddie Shakespeare by Barbara Henderson! Follow Eddie’s adventure in 1592 London as he navigates theatre, mystery and family secrets. Perfect for young readers aged 9–12 🎭✨ 👉 zurl.co/E30Rk

Unique? Hardly. AI scrapes the work of human authors to ‘create’ these storybooks. Doesn’t ask permission or pay them. Think hard @EducationScot. You are promoting the erasure of real authors on #NationalStorytellingWeek

Enter Eddie Shakespeare by Barbara Henderson – coming this April! 🎭 Eddie wants to follow his big brother Will to London and become a star. Problem: Will doesn’t want him there… and his life is in danger. Only Eddie can save him! zurl.co/gZdKw

Save the Date! We are returning to central London 17-22 Nov Get set for another great week of international bestselling authors, live poetry and rising debut stars. Join us for the only dedicated Scottish book festival in London. More info coming soon #bookish #bookfest

The @TimeTunnellers have created a range of historical fiction downloadable posters for #WorldBookDay. Free to all. timetunnellers.com/2026/02/25/wor…

@DanSmithAuthor Those were good times.

*Looks about* I remember when it was all author chit-chat and books around here.

MILLIE'S BIG DECISION is a gentle exploration of grief and loss, which just also happens to feature a two-dad family! Grab a copy from @bookshop_org_UK this February and 10% will go to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/millie…

Primary 6/5 had a fantastic session at the Beacon with @ljlittleson . They even got to start working on their own character development for their own novel @P6_5MrsMillar

We have a new Instagram account! Please follow us there @kidlitscotland where we will be continuing to champion and celebrate children’s literature by writers based in Scotland!

SUPER SUPER proud of Dean Atta and his team for winning the BAFTA yesterday for TWO BLACK BOYS IN PARADISE which is stunning. I knew they would win, I could feel it in my gut! It's on Channel 4 if you want to see the short! It's beautiful! Congrats DEAN!!!!!

Books for children should never be considered secondary to books for grown-ups. They are the most important of them all! ❤️

Out on ⁦@BBCSounds⁩ today, rerunning the first episode of My Mammy and Me by my late mother, Cathy Macphail. bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m…

GREENOCK CENTRAL LIBRARY and PORT GLASGOW LIBRARY are under threat and if you live in those areas and use those services then please do let the local authority know. The consultation will end soon and the libraries need people to let the council know they are a essential

@standrewsbkfest @scotgov Brilliant news!

We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from the @scotgov #ScottishConnections Fund to support our work with schools and families at our #Scottish book festival in #London with @KidlitScotland Find out more about this year's Fund ➡ gov.scot/publications/s…

Out today! @Arcturusbooks illustrated by Miguel Diaz Rivas waterstones.com/book/power-up-…

Our #BookOfTheDay is a delightful search-and-find title that will keep readers engaged as they learn about life in the Middle Ages! It's the marvellous #WheresDragonInHisCastle by @DMMacphail1 and Mariana Ruiz Johnson: booktrust.org.uk/book-recommend… @publishing_cat

The wonderful Simon Lamb will be delivering a special schools event at the Waterstones Children's Book Festival in Dundee for A Passing On of Shells and Mat o' Shanter! 🗓️ Friday 6 Feb 🕜 1.30pm 📍 @CairdHallDundee @WstonesDundee @bouncemarketing 👉 waterstones.com/events/childre…

SCHOOLS! @KidlitScotland asked authors from across the country to make a short video about Robert Burns. Hopefully useful both inside and outside the classroom. youtube.com/playlist?list=… via @YouTube

Linnet and the Periwinkle Flyer by Lindsay Littleson is Scottish Book Trust’s Junior Book of the Month!