Click on the image above to find some great book suggestions for all
you fans of The Fault in Our Stars.
Write Aberdeen
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the twinning of Aberdeen and Regensburg, Germany, a bilingual collection of new writing by writers from both cities is to be published in 2015. Anyone aged 18 and over is invited to enter. Find out more about the competition here
Foyle Young Poet of the Year Award 2014
Find out more about this fantastic poetry competition for pupils aged between 11-17 years old here.
BBC Scotland Learning & BBC Comedy open call for material
Are you aged 15-24? Do you love comedy? Do you like to have your voice heard? And would you like to see your ideas on screen? Well, this is an opportunity for you to have your comic writing performed by excellent funny people and have it broadcast on bbc.co.uk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01sfbt5/features/open-call-for-material
Clean up Europe day
Europe direct Aberdeen are inviting you to take part in their Saltire Awards Challenge to clean up Aberdeen for Clean Up Europe Day. You will gain a certificate and Young Scot points. If you’d like to register your interest or would like to find out more please email the team at europedirect@aberdeencity.gov.uk or phone them on 01224 649483.
Stories of Home
Write a story about what “home” means to you and your story could be published in a book and in The Sunday Mail. Find out more at http://scottishbooktrust.com/reading/stories-of-home
Calling all knitters!
Join the missing LiNK – Library Natter and Knit group!
Come along any lunchtime and pick up a pair of knitting needles and get knitting to help raise money and awareness of the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland.
Visit the official blog of The Missing LiNK for more details!
Follow Skills Development Scotland on Facebook
Skills Development Scotland (SDS)Aberdeen now have a Facebook page. It contains information on careers ,job opportunities, employability help, links to the MyWoW tools, local education and training provision etc. The careers adviser encourages all pupils in the senior years to access it!
Big Book Theory – Quiz for WBD
Aberdeen University is hosting a Teen Book Quiz on Thursday 6th March from 5-6.30pm. Get a team together and register your team to take part. To register email scc.learning@abdn.ac.uk or phone (01224) 273047 or 273048. Follow them on twitter @scc_aberdeen #BigBookTheory and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SpecialCollectionsCentreUniversityofAberdeen
Get writing!
Henrietta Branford Writing Competition
Yes another writing competition for you! The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition, which aims to find new writers of the future, is now open and anyone under the age of 19 can enter. The winners will have the opportunity to meet bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson!
Entrants are invited to complete a spooky story begun by the winner of last year’s Branford Boase Award for debut writers, Dave Shelton, who won for his book, A Boy and a Bear in a Boat.
The story should be no longer than 1500 words, must follow on from the starter paragraph, and have a title.
All entrants must live in the UK and be under 19 years of age. The closing date for the competition is Friday 18 April 2014. Click here for more information.
