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”!

 

TWO EVENTS TO LAUNCH THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE - BOOK NOW

On Thursday 4 March at 6pm, Sara Sheridan and A L Kennedy will be discussing the book that changed their lives at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh.

*PLEASE NOTE This event was wrongly dated in our newsletter as "Wednesday 2 March". Sorry for any confusion!

The event is free but tickets have been going fast and can be booked at www.nls.uk/events/index.html

On Saturday 13 March at 5pm, we will be at the AYE WRITE Festival in Glasgow for an event with Alan Bissett, Ewan Morrison and Sara Sheridan. The programme has just been released and tickets can be booked at www.ayewrite.com/Programme/Events/whatbook_events.htm

 

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!


 

Read this inspirational story!

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's story about 'Krapp's Last Tape'Book Cover of 'Krapp's Last Tape' by Samuel Beckett

"I laughed aloud in the empty theatre. And after that the story proper began with Krapp listening to the tape recording of his younger self.

Suddenly it was no longer funny..."

Read other people's stories!

* Browse by Author A-Z
* Browse by Title A-Z
* Browse by Genre
* Browse by Contributor's Name A-Z
* Authors' and other celebrities' stories 

A selection of the most inspirational stories will be published in a book in 2010. Your chance to get published!!  


Promo Videos 

Scroll through the videos on the player below to see some of the entries we've 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!