The Book That Changed My Life

Books change lives – Which one changed yours?

Is there a book that you feel really changed your life? A book that made you decide to do what you do or helped you to be who you are?

It might be a treasured childhood book, or a coming-of-age story, a classic novel or even a self-help book, a book that made you think or one that made you laugh... Whatever it is, we’d like you to tell us about “the book that changed your life”!

THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE - ON SALE FROM MARCH 4TH

March sees the long-awaited publication of THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE, a collection of short stories about life-changing books, featuring entries by A L Kennedy, Alexander McCall-Smith, Brian Cox and Janice Galloway as well as the general public. A definite must-have for book lovers, it will be on sale from March 4th (World Book Day) but can be pre-ordered online from Waterstone’s now.

Launch Events:

On March 13th, Alan Bissett, Ewan Morrison and Sara Sheridan will be discussing the books that changed their lives at Aye Write in Glasgow. The event will be chaired by Edinburgh Book Festival director Nick Barley and tickets are available here.

Tickets for the official book launch at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh on March 4th featuring A L Kennedy and Sara Sheridan have – unsurprisingly - been going like hot cakes so it may be sold out by now but worth checking here or on 0131 623 3918 for returns.

The deadline has now passed for submitting stories for possible inclusion in the book that we will be publishing in 2010, but if you have a story to share, we'd still love to hear it, and it will be featured here on the website.

Take Part Now!

Promo Videos 

Scroll through the videos on the player below to see some of the entries we had for our Book That Changed My Life viral video competition. These are Youtube hosted videos so feel free to post them wherever you like!