Book Week Scotland
17th – 23rd November 2025
Book Week Scotland takes place between 17th – 23rd November 2025 – and if you are looking for a WOW day to celebrate this exciting event in your school then read on, as we have a fantastic range of literacy workshops for primary and secondary schools in Scotland.
Find out more about Book Week Scotland.
Book Week Workshops
Playing with Poetry – National Poetry Day
Poetry is nothing if not playful – because, rooted in the imagination, poetry is simply playing with words!
Counting Achievement Through Poetry
Counting Achievement Through Poetry uses poetry to celebrate the remarkable achievements of some remarkable people.
A Celebration in Rhyme
A celebration in Rhyme has been developed to help celebrate the stories your pupils love in verse.
Big Shakespeare Day
Everyone loves a good story – and as William Shakespeare was the greatest storyteller of them all!
Drop Down Day – Enrichment Workshops
You can mix and match workshops to build your own Enrichment or Drop Down Day. Perfect for an end of term celebration!
Soundscape Poetry
Those pupils who said they don’t like poetry will be writing furiously at the end of this magical workshop.
Personification Poetry
Students will harvest the fruits of their imaginations and explore notions of empathy to construct uniquely moving poetry.
Refuge Rhymes – Poetry
Inspiring and Reflective Poetry workshops for both Primary and Secondary Schools exploring the theme of “Refuge”.
World Poetry Day – Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Celebrate the lives and achievements of some amazing British writers from diverse backgrounds.
Speaking with Confidence
Supporting students in recognising the true value of their voices!
CSI: Reading Skills
Specifically designed to support pupils in making connections between different ways of “reading”.
The Play’s The Thing
Our Shakespeare programmes prove popular and successful both nationally and internationally.
Introducing Shakespeare
A fantastic and very energetic way to engage your students in the playwright, his life and works – and prepare them for their studies to come.
Spotlight on Shakespeare
This workshop takes students right through the play, exploring the backstory, meeting the main characters and bringing key moments to life.
International Women’s Day Poetry Workshop
Celebrate the power of women working together, remembering their achievements through verse.
Poetry in Sight
Our poetry writing workshops encourage pupils to play with words and rhythms while working to the restrictions imposed by different poetic forms.
Collaborative Poetry
This workshop provides a fantastic way of linking poetry to other areas of the curriculum!
Cinquains of Truth – People Whose Choices Shaped the World
School Workshops Progress towards equality in a diverse world has been made possible by people who made choices…
Poetry Live!
Streamed Workshop Poetry Live – Join one of our team for live workshops, beamed straight to the classroom!…
Messages from Space Poetry Day
School Workshops What do we know about Neptune? What’s the science of Saturn? And what’s our understanding of…
The Poetry of Shakespeare
This engaging activity puts them centre stage by bringing out both the visible and the invisible.
The Poet-Tree
School Workshops From tiny acorns … great verses grow … Every tree starts as a seed – a…
Outdoor Poetry
Using school grounds as a resource, we’ll guide pupils to see ordinary things in extraordinary ways – and weave magical tapestries of words.
Shakespeare for GCSE and A Level / S4 – S6
School Workshops It’s unlikely that any of Shakespeare’s actors ever saw full copies of the plays they appeared…
Ways into Shakespeare
Experience a range of Shakespeare activities that both link in perfectly with Shakespeare in the curriculum and extend horizons.
Family Literacy
A fun and friendly workshop designed to highlight the joys to be found in books and stories.
CSI: Bookmark
When the Book Review Competition entries are mysteriously jumbled, pupils use their knowledge of well-loved stories to piece the tales back together.
Purposeful Writing – With Pirates!
This colourful programme places pupils at the heart of a fictional world when they receive a surprise visit from our friendly pirate, Captain Morgan!
Performance Poetry: Rhythm, Rhyme and Action
School Workshops A magical route to seeing how poems can be changed and transformed through choral speaking. Introduction…
School Testimonials
“The children all thoroughly enjoyed the assembly and workshops and it was a perfect way to celebrate National Poetry Day as a whole school event!”
“The children absolutely loved the work you did with them and produced such fantastic work…The CPD session was spot on, too”
“The whole school has thoroughly enjoyed having you here today and it’s been great to hear all the pupils talking so animatedly about your workshops and the poems they created.”
“I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Jo for delivering such fantastic, fun and engaging Poetry sessions with our children. Jo, you have such a warm, positive manner with the children and they were all engaged and inspired! What a lovely way to end the term and this time learning remotely.”
