Open Book is looking to appoint two experienced workshop facilitators to lead shared reading sessions at HMP Dumfries on Tuesday afternoons and at HMP Barlinnie (currently Friday mornings but to be confirmed). The engagement for each appointment is to deliver up to 40 shared reading sessions in the prison between 1 April 2026 and 31 […]
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Open Book is looking for a new Operations Manager to join our team. You will oversee the delivery of our community programme, supporting our 70+ shared reading and creative writing groups including our Festival Visits Programme. This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate team in a charity that has championed supporting individuals in
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Open Book is looking for a Lead Reader to support its creative writing programme in Inverurie, running monthly sessions for the local community at the Inverurie Community Campus. As these sessions take place in person in Inverurie, applicants living in that area are preferred. About Open Book Since March 2013 Open Book (openbookreading.com) has
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Apply to join the leadership team as Co-Director of Open Book and play a role in helping adults in Scotland make connections through literature. Alongside Claire Urquhart, the new Co-Director of Open Book will play a key role in the day-to-day operations and future development of Open Book, building on the strength of its foundation
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Open Book is looking to appoint Lead Reader/s to Lead Wednesday Sessions in HMP Barlinnie and HMP Low Moss These posts are six-month freelance positions to support our Prison Programme, with the possibility of extension. The engagement is to deliver 15 Wednesday shared reading sessions in each of HMP Low Moss and HMP Barlinnie from
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Open Book is a charity which runs accessible shared reading and creative writing sessions across Scotland for a diverse range of community and public participants. By providing a safe space to relax and enjoy stories and poems, and write their own, our readers forge connections and community. Open Book has a small office team of
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Open Book is seeking writing and supporting material from writers living and working in the UK for their Unbound programme. The fee paid to successful applicants is £220. Submissions must contain the following: a new, previously unpublished piece of fiction or memoir of approximately 1000 words; three linked writing prompts; three linked discussion questions; a
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Overview Open Book is a charity which runs accessible shared reading and creative writing sessions across Scotland for a diverse range of community and public participants, and we’re looking to start some new creative writing groups to broaden our reach. What we’re looking for We would like to find new communities to serve with Open
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Open Book Prison Programme Co-ordinator This post is initially a one year freelance position to support our Prison Programme in an administrative role. Predominantly requiring remote working, the engagement is for 110 hours from 1 April 2025 which we envisage equating to 10 hours per month over 11 months although there is a degree of
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