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Bookbug Week is a great time to celebrate our National Bookbug Programme and there’s something for everyone! Our theme this year is Bookbug’s Big Adventure and there are hundreds of FREE special events taking place all over Scotland. Find your local Bookbug Session and special events here.

Baz Lurhmann’s long-awaited adaptation of The Great Gatsby finally opens in the UK tomorrow, after months of buzz over its A-list cast, controversial though intriguing soundtrack (Jay-Z in the Jazz Age?) and spectacular production design. However fans may end up feeling about the film, we can be sure of at least one thing: the costumes are unlikely to disappoint.

Have you ever been totally immersed in something when, BOOM! You have a flash of realisation and think, “Yep, I do have the best job in the world”. This occurred recently whilst lying on the carpet of The Mitchell Library, demonstrating to a group of teenagers the benefits of Mind Mapping with your cat.

Creative Scotland has named Carol Farrelly as one of the four talented Scottish writers to receive the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship 2013.

The fellowship provides writers with some lucrative time to develop their respective literary projects in the Hotel Chevillon International Arts Centre at Grez-sur-Loing - a scenic French commune which has traditionally provided inspiration for writers, musicians and artists alike. Previous fellows include James Robertson, Zoe Strachan and Ryan Van Winkle.

There's always something to be said for a personal book recommendation from someone who has just read the book and has that post-reading glow. We wanted to share some of the books that have been floating our boat lately, and hear from you what has been floating yours.

Kirsty Sinclair read: Enduring Love by Ian McEwan - took 1 week to read

It’s been one week since we launched our new project, Treasures, and stories are already flooding in. From treasured family heirlooms to massive steamships to something as simple as a recipe, your poems, letters and stories tell us the little details of what makes something special to you.

You can read all the submissions sent in so far in our Read Stories section.

 I knew when I started writing my novel The Falling Sky that I wanted it to have some aspect of astronomy at its heart and woven into the plotline. After a bit of thinking, and perusing my old textbooks, I realised that I was going to have to write about the Big Bang theory.

The team from the Scottish Book Trust Authors Live programme live and breathe their mission to bring stories alive and make great writers accessible to every child in Scotland.

Our team at BBC Scotland Learning live and breathe our purpose of making entertaining and relevant TV, Radio and interactive online content for under-19s in Scotland and across the UK.