Book Week Scotland 2012

Book Week Scotland, Scotland's first national celebration of books and reading, took place from 26 November to 2 December 2012. Over 350 fantastic events for all ages were held throughout the week all across the country and included The Reading Hour on St Andrew's Day, a day-long pop-up festival at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, talks and readings by famous authors, and a special Authors Live Poetry Slam, which was broadcast live to all secondary schools in Scotland. The week also saw the publication of the My Favourite Place book, a tribute to Scotland's best-loved places made up of stories from people all around Scotland. 150,000 copies of the book were given away free throughout Scotland during the week.

Video Take a look back at some of Book Week Scotland's wonderful events and learn more about what the week was all about
Podcast Listen to a special Book Week Scotland round-up edition of the Bookmarked podcast, featuring Alexander McCall Smith reading his story from My Favourite Place, an interview with novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce and much more.
Photos Relive or catch up on some of the highlights of Book Week Scotland
Blogs Nicola Balkind blogged about many of the events -- you can read all about her BWS adventures here.
Book Sculptures During Book Week Scotland, an exciting literary scavenger hunt through some best-loved Scottish writings took place in five different locales across the country. Learn more about the hunt and see photos of the sculptures here.
The League Our League of Extraordinary Booklovers - a team of reading-mad volunteers aged from five to 75 - was on hand to make reading recommendations, and thousands of copies of My Favourite Place, featuring stories from the public as well as celebrated writers, were distributed all over Scotland.