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Scottish Book Trust info@scottishbooktrust.com www.scottishbooktrust.com
Scottish charity no. SC027669 - Company no. 184248
About Scottish Book Trust
Every year, Scottish Book Trust:
Invests £3 million per year to inspire and encourage readers and writers in Scotland
Funds over 1,200 literature events connecting 50,000 readers with writers through Live Literature funding
Reaches every baby in Scotland through its Bookbug book gifting programme
Champions and supports over 400 Scottish writers and illustrators throughout their careers
Runs the biggest children's book awards in the UK, judged by over 25,000 schoolchildren
Develops resources to support hundreds of teachers and librarians improve literacy
Promotes the joy of reading and writing to 200,000 online visitors a year, including teenagers
Scottish Book Trust is committed, in all its activities, to the promotion of equal opportunities and the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, political belief, social or economic class, marital or parental status, gender, sexual orientation, age, history of illness or disability.
marc.lambert@scottishbooktrust.com jeanette.harris@scottishbooktrust.com paul.gallagher@scottishbooktrust.com
Press & PR enquiries: helen.croney@scottishbooktrust.com
Marketing and audience development: marion.bourbouze@scottishbooktrust.com claire.stewart@scottishbooktrust.com sophie.moxon@scottishbooktrust.com
Live Literature funding:clare.rodgers@scottishbooktrust.com
Training, bursaries and advice for writers: caitrin.armstrong@scottishbooktrust.com chris.newton@scottishbooktrust.com heather.collins@scottishbooktrust.com michael.merillo@scottishbooktrust.com beth.bottery@scottishbooktrust.com
anna.gibbons@scottishbooktrust.com tracy.lowe@scottishbooktrust.com catriona.wallace@scottishbooktrust.com rosalyn.mcglynn@scottishbooktrust.com kate.caldwell@scottishbooktrust.com
philippa.cochrane@scottishbooktrust.com julie.amphlett@scottishbooktrust.com julia.collins@scottishbooktrust.com jackie.hadden@scottishbooktrust.com
Board members
Lucy Juckes, Literary Agent, Jenny Brown Asociates (Chair)
Alan Gibson, Director, Elavon (Vice Chair)
Alan Bissett, Novelist
Fiona Hendry, Marketing and PR Consultant
Bob Irvine, Senior Civil Servant, Scottish Government
Alison Paul, Solicitor, Turcan Connell, Solicitors and Asset Managers
Tom Pow, Author and Poet
David Stewart, Accountant, McFadden Associates (Treasurer)
Patrons
Alexander McCall Smith
Directions to Scottish Book Trust, Sandeman House, Trunk's Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR:-
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Leave by Market Street exit. Turn left onto Market Street and then right onto Jeffrey Street and follow the road round to Jury's Inn Hotel (on right as you go up Jeffrey Street). At the hotel take a right up Chalmers Close (the close cuts through middle of hotel) to High Street. At the top of the close turn left and Trunk's Close (55 High Street) is a few doors down, next to a kiltmaker and near John Knox House. Walk down Trunk's Close and Sandeman House is directly in front of you.
Please note that Chalmers Close is steep and has stairs to climb. If you have mobility concerns or are bringing materials, alternatively you could follow Jeffery Street around until it reaches the High Street. Turn right onto High Street (going uphill), and we are just after John Knox House, on the right. Walk down Trunk's Close (55 High Street) and Sandeman House is directly in front of you.
A third option is to take the Market Street exit, turn right, and then take first left up Cockburn Street. At the top of Cockburn Street, turn left onto High Street and continue down to traffic lights. Cross over and continue down the High Street to Trunk's Close (55 High Street) next to a kiltmaker and near John Knox House. Walk down Trunk's Close and Sandeman House is directly in front of you.
Sandeman House is not fully accessible at this time, so please, if you have any concerns with accessing the building, get in touch with us.
Walk up North Bridge and take first left on to the High Street - Trunk's Close is on this block. Walk down the High Street and Trunk's Close (55 High Street) is on the left just before John Knox's House. Walk down Trunk's Close and Sandeman House is directly in front of you.
To the High Street - No 35 ask for the stop beside John Knox House.
To North Bridge - Nos, 3,7,8,14,29, 31,33,37,49 ask for first stop on North Bridge.
For more information contact Lothian Buses on 0131 555 6363 or www.lothianbuses.co.uk
Parking
Unfortunately, you cannot park on The High Street, but you can park nearby on Market Street, Jeffrey Street or at the NCP car park beneath the Radisson SAS Hotel Car Park on Blackfriars Street.
If you possess a valid Blue Badge you may park free of charge in all disabled and public parking spaces, the nearest public parking bays are in Jeffery Street. Parking in residents' bays is not permitted unless you have applied for and displayed an exempt residents' permit for the appropriate parking zone and it is accompanied by your Blue Badge. Further information from Edinburgh Council is available here .
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