Days Like This

Story of the Day:
Vanilla by Ever Dundas

"She smelled of vanilla. Sickly sweet, followed by the stale scent of cigarette smoke. She greeted me in the middle of the Grassmarket Jazz and Blues Mardi Gras, grinning that inimitable grin, breaking into an excited dance. I thought she might break apart; this scarecrow so clumsily put together, assembled out of sticks and faded sackcloth..."
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NEWS! 

After a lot of reading (we received over 800 stories by the deadline of 1 Nov), our panel of judges have selected 68 stories to be included in the forthcoming Days Like This book.

Click here to see the list of the selected few!

Remember, although you can't be included in the book, you can still send a story - it will appear alongside the others on our website.

 

  

BBC Broadcast details

Each curator will present one broadcast, featuring his/her favourite stories. The programmes are scheduled for:

Wed 14 January 11.30am
Wed 21 January 11.30am
Wed 28 January 11.30am
Wed 4 February 11.30am
Wed 11 February 11.30am
Wed 18 February 11.30am

There was also a special Christmas broadcast on Christmas day.

 

Days Like This Adult Learning Resources

Download detailed notes here, specifically for facilitators, teachers and tutors who wish to engage their adult learners in the Days Like This project.

 

Celebrity Curators

Irvine Welsh Hardeep Singh-Kohli Siobhan Redmond
Jamie Andrew Evelyn Glennie Roddy Woomble

 

Author Irvine Welsh, chef and broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli, actress Siobhan Redmond, mountaineer Jamie Andrew, percussionist Evelyn Glennie and Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble have joined the project as celebrity curators. They have written and recorded their own stories for the project, and you can read all six of them here on our site . Click on their pictures to read the stories.

 

Irvine WelshIrvine Welsh's Top Tips

The bestselling author and Days Like This curator suggests ways to get started in writing your story.

Read Irvine's story writing tips

 

  

How does it work?

Simple. Your story needs to be true, and to be written from your point of view. It also needs to be no more than 1000 words in length. Submit your story by email at info@scottishbooktrust.com

Download a copy of the leaflet:
* larger file for printing
* smaller file for viewing online

 

Days Like This was inspired by Paul Auster’s book True Tales of American Life as well as a project developed by BBC Northern Ireland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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