Audio Podcasts

Jason Donald's debut novel Choke Chain, which tells the story of two boys growing up in '80s South Africa, received widespread critical acclaim when it was published in early 2009. In this interview with Scottish Book Trust's Olivier Joly, recorded as part of our Online Teacher in Residence project, Jason talks about how his own background and experiences fed into the novel, and offers his personal perspective on what the book is about.

35 minutes of inspiration, discussion, ideas and tips for teachers and other learning professionals.

Renowned creative learning consultant, author and speaker Eric Booth interviews Scottish Book Trust Online Teachers in Residence Michael Stephenson and Lucy Young on their plans for the year and ideas for best implementing Curriculum for Excellence with literature and literacy.

The Intersection of Literature, Literacy and Creative Learning by Eric Booth, hosted by Scottish Book Trust.

In this 13 minute presentation creative learning consultant, author, and speaker Eric Booth speaks about the importance of nurturing an intrinsic motivation within pupils to read, write, and create. He also discusses the responsibility that educators have as 'guides’ to the ‘creative act’ of reading and interacting with text.

A 48 minute recording of the recent Scottish Book Trust’s Online Teachers in Residence launch.

First, listen to creative learning consultant Eric Booth speak about the importance of nurturing an intrinsic motivation within pupils to read, write, and create. He also discusses the responsibility that educators have as 'guides’ to the ‘creative act’ of reading and interacting with text.

Darren Shan needs no introduction for his thousands of readers around the world, thanks to the success of his Saga of Darren Shan series, set in a world of vampires at war. Scottish Book Trust's Michael Merillo, a Shan fan himself, interviewed the author at our recent Glasgow event where Darren was launching Hell's Heroes, the last book in the Demonata series.

Listen in to hear Darren talking about why vampires are so popular and why he loves touring, plus hear him doing the voice of Lord Loss!     

In September 2009 we took Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, the creators of the multi-million selling Edge Chronicles, on a two-week long Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour of schools in the Highlands of Scotland.

We helped bestselling author MG Harris launch Ice Shock, the second book in her Joshua Files series, with a special Virtual Author event based at Lenzie Academy and beamed to 20 schools across Scotland.

Introduction to the story by Alison Stirling

Introduction to the story by Alison Stirling