Children and Young People
Find out about our packed programme!
- Online stories and Books
Read a brand new story from Julie Bertagna called A Teapot on Pluto and search through our children's books database. - Royal Mail Awards
Take part in the Awards and vote for your favourite Scottish Books of year. - Touring & Events
Check out the pictures and feedback from the Simon Bartram and Chris Mould tours! - Creative Writing
Watch all 5 parts of Keith Gray's Creative Writing Masterclass, and enter the short story writing competition! - Author and Illustrators
Find out about who’s behind your favourite books, what they like, what they are working on... - The Blog
Go behind-the-scenes of the Children & Young People's team.
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Project Focus
Listen Up: Chris Ryan
Ex-SAS Commander Chris Ryan went from a daring escape in the first Gulf War to being the bestselling contemporary author of the Alpha Force and Code Red book series'.
Top images: (l-r) Sugarcoated by Catherine Forde, Worse Than Boys by Catherine MacPhail and Crash by J A Henderson.
Left illustration by Natalie Russell




