Open Book is looking for an administrator to support its work across Scotland. Working initially from home but then in our office in South Edinburgh (as soon as regulations allow it) this is a job share role with our existing administrator/volunteer coordinator. The role will involve general office admin tasks to support the two directors …
Find out what’s been going on in our sessions as one of our participants shares news from their group. Reading at the Botanics: ‘Piano’ Mairi Marlborough is a participant in our shared reading group at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. She is also a Lead Reader who leads shared reading sessions with our Open Door …
Open Book is looking for a Lead Reader to join their Prison Programme to facilitate weekly shared reading sessions in HMP Dumfries. The new Lead Reader will be joining a strong community of approximately 75 Open Book Lead Readers including a Prison Programme team delivering sessions (subject to COVID restrictions) in 9 Scottish Prisons. About …
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New Writing Sought Open Book is seeking new writing and supporting material for their Unbound programme. (https://openbookreading.com/unbound/) Seven awards of £175 each will be made for 1) a piece of previously unpublished fiction of approx 1000 words, 2) three linked writing prompts, 3) three linked discussion questions, 4) a link to two publically available poems …
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Following two successful residences with writers Jan Carson and Alice Ash, Open Book is looking for a new Writer in Residence as part of their Unbound project. The residency will run from June – December 2021 and include seven texts (one a month, 500-1000 words in length), to be included in our Unbound newsletter, as …
مفتوحة للجميع أو مغلقة لمجموعة محددة ( وذلك لدعم عوائل اللاجئين والمهاجرين بالتعاون مع: مول – دمفريز-غلاوي- رفيوجي أكشن (www.mool.scot ). قد يتطلب عمل المشرف على القراءة أيضًا تقديم العديد من جلسات القراءة والكتابة الإبداعية المشتركة. سيتم عقد جميع جلسات القراءة عبر الانترنت باستخدام تقنية الزووم. سوف ينظم إلى برنامج الكتاب المفتوج حوالي 75 من …
Open Book, in partnership with South Ayrshire Libraries, is looking for a creative writing Lead Reader to deliver monthly sessions for a new group. Beginning in a digital format on the Open Book Zoom platform, the sessions will move as quickly as possible to in person sessions at the Carnegie Library, Ayr. The new Ayr …
Find out what’s been going on in our sessions as one of our volunteers shares news from their group. Lead Reading in the time of Covid Carole McMurray is a Lead Reader who leads shared reading sessions with our National Library of Scotland Group. She also works with members of our Dower House Group. It’s …
Find out what’s been going on in our sessions as one of our members shares news from their group. Taking Part in the Big Scottish Book Club Laurence Errington is a member of our shared reading group at the Grassmarket Community Project. It used to be BC and AD. Now, in 2020 …
Find out what’s been going on in our sessions as one of our Lead Readers shares news from their group. The Story of a Group Poem Lorraine Thomson is the lead reader who runs our Creative Writing group in Ullapool. When I first became a Lead Reader for Open Book, I was fascinated …
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