With the Library back into full swing after last month’s S1 Library inductions, it has been one of the busiest months to date! We’ve issued over 700 books to our BGE classes this month alone.
Creative Writing Competition: We’re receiving some excellent piece for our Quills Creative Writing Competition on the theme of ‘Hope’ and/or ‘Scotland’. The winners will be selected by our Pupil Library Committee panel judges and announced during Book Week Scotland.
New Book Highlights:
The Djinns Apple by Djamila Morani
Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitrzgerald
Book of the Day:
02.09: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
04.09: Sky Dancer by Gill Lewis
06.09: The Big Ask by Simon James Green
09.09: Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey
11.09: Hijab and Red Lipstick by Yousra Imran
13.09: The Upper World by Femi Fadugba
16.09: Meesh the Bad Demon by Michelle Lam
18.09: Kane Rules by Simon Mugford
20.09: We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
23.09: Usborne Politics for Beginners by Rosie Hore, Alex Firth, and Louie Stowell
25.09: Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon
Author of the Week:
WB 2nd: Brittney Morris
WB 9th: Elizabeth Wein
WB 16th: Nick Lake
WB 23rd: Kacen Callander
Series of the Week:
WB 2nd: Daevabad by SA Chakraborty
WB 9th: Enemy by Charlie Higon
WB 16th: Train to Impossible Places by PG Bell
WB 23rd: Imposters by Scott Westerfeld
Literary and Cultural Celebration Book Lists for September:
East and South East Asian Heritage Month: September is East and South East Asian (ESEA) Heritage Month with the aim to celebrate and honour people of ESEA heritage and their culture, and everything in between.
Trending Book Lists:
Epic Reads New Releases | The Guardian Children’s Book Roundup | LoveReading4Kids Books of the Month | Scholastic Books of the Month | Scottish Book Trust Book Lists |Toppsta Monthly Highlights | Waterstones Books of the Month
Recent Awards: UK book award winners, shortlists, and longlists
Winners: Klaus Flugge Prize, McIlvanney Prize Scottish Crime Book of the Year, Wainwright Prize, The Week Junior Book Awards
Shortlist: Booker Prize
Longlist: UKLA Book Award
Book Buzz: Latest book news from major media outlets and websites
BBC | Book Riot | Buzzfeed | Epic Reads | The Guardian | Huffpost
