📖 Happy #WorldBookDay from Jane Austen’s House, the birthplace of some of the most treasured novels in English literature…

🏡 It was here, in this inspiring Hampshire cottage, that Jane Austen’s genius flourished and where she wrote, or revised and had published all six of her beloved novels.

Are you a teacher keen to create a reading for pleasure culture in the primary setting? 📚

There are just two weeks left to apply to join our Develping and Sustaining Reading for Pleasure (Primary) course.

Find out more and apply now! 👇

www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...

Are you a reader in Scotland? 📚

Sign up to take part in Readers of Scotland, a research project aimed at exploring readers' experiences and helping more people access all the benefits that reading has to offer.

www.scottishbooktrust.com/our-research...

26 January 1861: The One O'Clock Gun was fired at Edinburgh Castle for the first time. It allowed ships' captains, station masters, and the citizens of Edinburgh to set their watches and clocks. The gun is fired every day at 1300, except on Sundays, Good Friday, and Christmas Day.

This has made me smile so much my face is aching:

the Christmas lights in the Scottish town of Newburgh are designed by its children-there’s a competition to design a new one each year. They’re made by the same co. that makes the lights for Blackpool, the Shard & Champs-Élysées:

If you don't have any luck getting Oasis tickets, I've still got a few left for the Building A Classroom Reading Culture sessions I'm running next term. Happy to have Wonderwall playing in the background if that helps. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jon-biddle...

BLOG: Whakapapa! Or reflecting on your moment in the sun.
Another repeat, but a couple of you fine people might have previously missed it. #Edusky #Education #Leadership
southgloshead.wordpress.com/2023/07/01/w...