We recently took Michelle Paver on a Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour to Orkney and Shetland. The touring team had a fantastic time, but what did Michelle think?

The Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour with Michelle Paver recently visited Glaitness Primary School on Orkney. One of the classes who attended Michelle's session have reported back on what it was like to meet Michelle.

Ross is a pupil at Queensferry High School where our touring and events team recently visited with Scottish author Elizabeth Laird. So what did Ross think of Elizabeth's visit?

Daniela Sacerdoti's first young adult novel Dreams is our Book of the Month for May. We asked Daniela to tell us a bit more about how the book came about.

The Young Edinburgh Writers, a group of teenagers who meet regularly to share their writing and work collaboratively on various projects, currently have a brilliant poetry installation in Edinburgh Central Library. Jenna from the group tells us a bit more about the project.

Authors Live events are proving to be hugely popular even when they're no longer live. Heather from our children's team tells us more.

Last week we were out and about with brilliant teen author Saci Lloyd as part of the Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour. Ethan, a pupil at Linlithgow Academy tells us about her talk with a little help from some pupils from James Young High School.

Last week some members of Scottish Book Trust staff travelled down to Seven Stories in Newcastle for an event called Alice in Apps Land – an evening of discussion on digital developments in children’s literature. Heather, our children’s programme coordinator, tells us a little bit about it.

Lewis McDonald was disappointed that we weren't able to bring Michael Grant to his school on Michael's recent visit to West Lothian so he took matters into his own hands and contacted Michael, and we're really glad he did...

Canongate are soon to publish Colin Meloy's Wildwood which they think will appeal to the fantasy fans amongst you. Here at Scottish Book Trust we've all been struck by how beautiful the book looks too! If you're inspired Canongate have also suggested a few other books which you might want to read.