This week is Book Week Scotland, a week of celebrating Scottish authors and their books. The Library has a display of fiction books by Scottish authors. All of these books can be borrowed.
Are you a budding author or illustrator? Need some advice or inspiration? The World Book Day Author & Illustrator Academy could be just what you are looking for.
The Author & Illustrator Academy beams authors & illustrators right into classrooms or homes so you can meet the creative minds behind your favourite books. Choose an Academy masterclass and then press play and let some brilliant authors and illustrators inspire you.
Each inspirational masterclass is a complete package with downloadable activities, creative challenges, resources and extracts to go with each video. They are available all year round so you can screen them in class or at home anytime.
Why not get your creative juices flowing using words and illustration with Joanna Nadin and Rikin Parekh, or merge words and pictures with Nadia Shireen. Let Michael Morpurgo help you find the seed of your story, or invent a fantasy business idea with Rashmi Sirdeshpande.
You can learn to write your own adventure story with lots of ideas and tips from Sophie McKenzie, or let Ben Bailey Smith provide some inspiration to write your own funny but realistic scene. Explore how to make the world a better place with Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola, or go on a journey to make your wishes come true with Simon Farnaby.
For more information or to watch the videos use this LINK
The 17th of March is celebrated the world over as St. Patrick's Day. St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. He was born in Britain in the 5th century to Romanised parents.
At the age of 16 he was captured by Irish sea raiders and sold into slavery as a shepherd for a Celtic priest. He escaped back to Britain after six years but eventually returned as a Christian missionary.
There are many legends about Saint Patrick one of the most famous is the story that he drove all the snakes out of Ireland into the sea and their demise!
Some Irish authors:
So many of you seem to have been inspired by our #invyreads short story prompts so why not learn more about the craft of writing stories. The World Book Day website has masterclasses from authors and illustrators including Derek Landy and Katherine Rundell. Find more information and choices here
To add a bit of variety to your leisure reading with the #invyreads programme, the Edinburgh Book Festival has many free online events including DrawAlongs on their FaceBook page and author events via their Learning Site You might enjoy a discussion between authors Eoin Colfer, Cressida Cowell and Kiran Millwood Hargrave about the joys of escaping through reading and creative writing:
The BBC Bitesize website now includes new content to help with learning during Lockdown. If you are looking for more inspiration for the #invyreads challenge you should check out the Authors Live section. In partnership with the Scottish Book Trust there are some 36 live webcasts from famous authors inclusing: Liz Pichon, Cressida Cowell, David Almond, Patrick Ness and Marcus Sedgewick to name but a few. There are more too on the Scottish Book Trust's website.
