Finding Your Place in the World
American author and king of cool Kwame Alexander shares his top tips for building confidence in young people
Learning Resources
Kick-start cross-curricular projects and engage your class with our learning resources
Top Picks for Schools: Tongue Fu, Nature Poetry and Crime Novels
Improvise with words in preparation for some Edinburgh International Book Festival highlights.
Generating Unusual Ideas for Creative Writing
Explore different ways to kick start some creative writing
Being a Teenage Girl with Marawa Ibrahim
The Girl Guide author Marawa Ibrahim gets you thinking about some of the issues which may affect you as you go through your teens
Looking for Someone Like Me: Representation in Picture Books
Think about how learning disabilities and other types of disability are represented in picture books
Creating Zines with Claire Askew
A step-by-step guide to making your own zines
I Come From: Writing Identity with Juno Dawson
Author Juno Dawson leads you through a quick and easy writing exercise
Powerful Forces with Emily Dodd
Learn more about the awesome power of nature with author and science communicator Emily Dodd
Pure Dead Brilliant: Scots Language
Celebrate Burns Night as you explore Scots writing
Thrilling Themes with Sarah Mussi and Nikesh Shukla
Start discussions in the classroom around freedom, society and politics
Drawing Girafficorns with Barroux!
Get drawing crazy creatures with illustrator Barroux
Get into Nature with Julia Green & Elizabeth Laird
Authors Julia Green and Elizabeth Laird show you how to let nature inspire your writing – and your life!
Fighting for the Future with Hayley Barker and Mary Watson
Hear from two authors of dark and action-packed novels and then get writing your own pieces merging current concerns and fantasy elements
Graphic Novel Draw-Off with Alexis Deacon & Joe Todd-Stanton
Two awesome graphic novelists take part in an illustration battle
Sing Along with Nick Cope
A fun sing-along with hilarious children's author Nick Cope and tips to write your own funny animal stories