Scottish Book Trust works with and for a range of audiences, including babies and parents (through the Bookbug programme), children and young people, teachers and learning professionals, and writers and publishers.
[1] Scottish Book Trust invests £3 million annually to fund and promote reading and writing in Scotland.
It uses this budget to gift over 1 million books to the public and fund over 1,200 literature events in order to connect Scottish readers and writers.
[2] Previously known as Bookstart in Scotland, Bookbug gives free books to all Scottish children at around: The bags are given with guidance materials for parents and careers, including advice on sharing books with young children, information about libraries, and materials to boost a child’s language, listening skills and early writing.
Past mentors have included novelists Bernard MacLaverty, Alan Warner, Andrew Crumey and literary agents Judy Moir and Kathryn Ross.