philippa cochrane: what we talk about when we talk about reading

What We Talk About When We Talk About Reading

Philippa CochraneHead of Reader Development

What We Talk About …

• 487 events, 303 of them provided by libraries

• over 300,000 books given away free

• 567 pieces of press coverage

• nearly 56,000 visitors to the Scottish Book Trust website

What Happened?What We Talk About …

What Happened?

• Which is the first book you remember making a connection with?

• What is your reading guilty pleasure?

• Which book will you never give away?

• Which book have you had the biggest argument about?

• Which book would you give your teenage self?

What Happened?What We Talk About …• Which is the first book you remember making a connection with?

A Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

• What is your reading guilty pleasure? Anything by Dan Brown

• Which book will you never give away? My mum’s Alice in Wonderland

• Which book have you had the biggest argument about? The Collector by John Fowles

• Which book would you give your teenage self? Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond

What Happened?

Saltcoats Library Artwork by Charlotte Duffy

What Happened?

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