Reading Scotland Month is a new event devised and hosted by Joanne at Portobello Book Blog. The idea is to read, promote and celebrate books set in Scotland, books written by Scottish authors or books by authors living in Scotland. Joanne has chosen November for the event because St. Andrew’s Day falls at the end of the month.
There are numerous ways to take part not just reading Scottish books but talking about books you’ve read previously or sharing recommendations. And Joanne has come up with a fantastic list of ideas you could write about or ways you could mark the event:
- A prize-winning novel set in Scotland or by a Scottish author
- A book set on a Scottish island
- A Scottish romantic fiction novel
- A Scottish historical fiction novel
- A Scottish crime fiction novel
- A book set somewhere in Scotland you have visited or would like to visit
- A book by a favourite Scottish author
- A book published this year either set in Scotland or by a Scottish author (or both)
- A novel by a Scottish debut novelist
- A nonfiction book with a Scottish link
- A book spine stack or flat lay image featuring the colours of the Scottish flag
- If you take part in Top Ten Tuesday, have a Scottish theme for one or more of your blogposts in November
- If you take part in First Line Fridays, make that Scottish focussed too either with a current read or an old favourite.
It turns out I have plenty of books by Scottish authors in my TBR pile to choose from. (I could have listed many more.) Wouldn’t it be great if Reading Scotland Month meant I finally got around to reading some of them?
- That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack
- Gunner by Alan Parks
- Shannon’s Way by A. J. Cronin
- Music in the Dark by Sally Magnusson
- Rose Nicolson by Andrew Greig
- Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal
Joanne will put a sign up post on her blog at the beginning of November and then a weekly one to share links to your posts. The hashtag for posts is #ReadingScotland26.
