Marianne Doherty
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social
Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday 📚🏴
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With it being #BookWeekScotland this week I want to use #KidsBookFriday to celebrate some great books by Scottish authors I’ve read recently. Can anyone else recommend some Scottish favourites? Or share some great books by authors from where you’re from.
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Bid now on our Christmas Appeal Auction featuring artworks by @jamiesmart.bsky.social, Axel Scheffler, @debigliori.bsky.social and other top illustrators.
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/collections/...
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/collections/...
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Bid now on our Christmas Appeal Auction featuring artworks by @jamiesmart.bsky.social, Axel Scheffler, @debigliori.bsky.social and other top illustrators.
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/collections/...
shop.scottishbooktrust.com/collections/...
Applications for the Inclusive Stories Tour 2026 with author Beth O'Brien are now open!
📅 17–19 March 2026
📍 Primary and secondary schools in Dundee and Angus
💰 Free
🧑🤝🧑Groups of 20–30 students
Find out more and apply here by Friday 5 December: www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-...
📅 17–19 March 2026
📍 Primary and secondary schools in Dundee and Angus
💰 Free
🧑🤝🧑Groups of 20–30 students
Find out more and apply here by Friday 5 December: www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-...
Inclusive Stories Tour with Beth O’Brien
Applications for the Inclusive Stories Tour 2026 are now open.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Applications are now open for fully funded Live Literature events taking place around World Book Day in Spring 2026, thanks to generous support from Taylor Wimpey!
Visit our website to check eligibility and apply 👇
Deadline: 28 November
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
Visit our website to check eligibility and apply 👇
Deadline: 28 November
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
Apply for Live Literature Funding – Spring 2026
Live Literature brings reading and writing to the heart of communities by funding author events for schools across Scotland.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Children's/YA writers in need of feedback, you can bid for a (min) 2k editorial report on the first 15k of a novel. Written by me, an award-winning author with 15 years experience and a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing. I am kind but thorough. #UKKidLit #kidlit
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Children's/YA writers in need of feedback, you can bid for a (min) 2k editorial report on the first 15k of a novel. Written by me, an award-winning author with 15 years experience and a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing. I am kind but thorough. #UKKidLit #kidlit
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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I will be posting about this non stop in the days to come but v excited to say this auction is LIVE! Funds will go to Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Perfect xmas presents and treats for you! app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I will be posting about this non stop in the days to come but v excited to say this auction is LIVE! Funds will go to Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Perfect xmas presents and treats for you! app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan
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Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
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I am missing #SundayMorningBookChat from @slatterymr.bsky.social but I also have a question for the #KidLit community arising from the last book I read. It seems hard to write a really strong children’s book told fully in first person (from a single character). Hit me up with any stellar examples!
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I am missing #SundayMorningBookChat from @slatterymr.bsky.social but I also have a question for the #KidLit community arising from the last book I read. It seems hard to write a really strong children’s book told fully in first person (from a single character). Hit me up with any stellar examples!
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I see a few people have already recommended her but @scattyscribbler.bsky.social's historical fiction for kids is great!
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I see a few people have already recommended her but @scattyscribbler.bsky.social's historical fiction for kids is great!
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I have moved around a lot. Currently, the North East of England is home, so I'm going to go for Skellig. There arent many novels which I reread just for myelf, but this is one of them.
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I have moved around a lot. Currently, the North East of England is home, so I'm going to go for Skellig. There arent many novels which I reread just for myelf, but this is one of them.
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#BookWeekScotland #KidsBooksFriday
Picture book, Middle Grade, YA, crime & mystery. #bookbloggers #librarians #war #socialissues #neurodiversity #mystery
Picture book, Middle Grade, YA, crime & mystery. #bookbloggers #librarians #war #socialissues #neurodiversity #mystery
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
#BookWeekScotland #KidsBooksFriday
Picture book, Middle Grade, YA, crime & mystery. #bookbloggers #librarians #war #socialissues #neurodiversity #mystery
Picture book, Middle Grade, YA, crime & mystery. #bookbloggers #librarians #war #socialissues #neurodiversity #mystery
@ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @scattyscribbler.bsky.social @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social would all be recommendations from me. My wee school class are keen to read Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone next.
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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SO MANY eg Maisie Chan’s Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past, Chae Strathie’s So You Think You’ve Got it Bad nonfiction books with Marisa Morea, Elle McNicoll’s Keedie, and Bruna de Luca’s gorgeous teen romance Livia in Rome! Also Struan Murray’s Dragonborn and books by Alastair Chisolm!! #kidlituk
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
SO MANY eg Maisie Chan’s Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past, Chae Strathie’s So You Think You’ve Got it Bad nonfiction books with Marisa Morea, Elle McNicoll’s Keedie, and Bruna de Luca’s gorgeous teen romance Livia in Rome! Also Struan Murray’s Dragonborn and books by Alastair Chisolm!! #kidlituk
So many more too eg Struan Murray’s Dragonborn (twisty!) and picture book Inch and Grub by Alastair Chisolm and David Roberts! #BookWeekScotland
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Love Maisie Chan’s Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past, Chae Strathie’s So You Think You’ve Got it Bad nonfiction books with Marisa Morea, Elle McNicoll’s Keedie, and Bruna de Luca’s gorgeous teen romance Livia in Rome! #KidLitUK #BookWeekScotland
With it being #BookWeekScotland this week I want to use #KidsBookFriday to celebrate some great books by Scottish authors I’ve read recently. Can anyone else recommend some Scottish favourites? Or share some great books by authors from where you’re from.
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Embarrassed to realise my ignorance of Scottish children's authors & illustrators, guess I've got my homework! So, three recommended books published this year by Irish authors:
Songs for Ghosts (YA)
The Grand Central Cinema Club (MG)
Letters to a Monster (smallies)
#KidLit #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Songs for Ghosts (YA)
The Grand Central Cinema Club (MG)
Letters to a Monster (smallies)
#KidLit #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Embarrassed to realise my ignorance of Scottish children's authors & illustrators, guess I've got my homework! So, three recommended books published this year by Irish authors:
Songs for Ghosts (YA)
The Grand Central Cinema Club (MG)
Letters to a Monster (smallies)
#KidLit #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Songs for Ghosts (YA)
The Grand Central Cinema Club (MG)
Letters to a Monster (smallies)
#KidLit #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
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All obvious ones, but some of the greatest children’s writers ever were Scottish, including J.M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, R. M. Ballantyne, Eric Linklater, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
#BookWeekScotland #KidsBookFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
#BookWeekScotland #KidsBookFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
All obvious ones, but some of the greatest children’s writers ever were Scottish, including J.M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, R. M. Ballantyne, Eric Linklater, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
#BookWeekScotland #KidsBookFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
#BookWeekScotland #KidsBookFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
Anything and everything by @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social and @alastairc.com x
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Here's a nice readaloud idea for Parents/Teachers in the buildup to Christmas. Wrap all Xmas/Winter books up individually and read 1 a day from Dec 1st.
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social @martingalway.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @nikkigamble.bsky.social @jobowers.bsky.social #ChristmasReads
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social @martingalway.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @nikkigamble.bsky.social @jobowers.bsky.social #ChristmasReads
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Here's a nice readaloud idea for Parents/Teachers in the buildup to Christmas. Wrap all Xmas/Winter books up individually and read 1 a day from Dec 1st.
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social @martingalway.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @nikkigamble.bsky.social @jobowers.bsky.social #ChristmasReads
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social @martingalway.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @nikkigamble.bsky.social @jobowers.bsky.social #ChristmasReads
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It's friday! Time for the weekly good news thread. What's YOUR good news of the week? What's made you smile?
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's friday! Time for the weekly good news thread. What's YOUR good news of the week? What's made you smile?
We love this book so much. The Nowhere Emporium, about a magical shop which appears and disappears and no one can remember visiting books.google.co.uk/books/about/...
The Nowhere Emporium
When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by accident. Before long, the 'shop from nowhere' -- and its owner, Mr Silver -- draw Daniel into a...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM