_ The Scottish Book Trust have organised a fantastic event with David Walliams. The author and comedian will be talking about his hilarious new book ‘Gangsta Granny’, which is out in hardback now.

 The event will be streamed live to UK fans at 11am on Thursday, 10th May and can be enjoyed by going to http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/authorslive/  .

It will then become available to watch worldwide for free by Thursday, 17th May by following this link: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning/authors-live/david-walliams

Teachers can register their class by going to: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning/authors-live/david-walliams

The Scottish Book Trust are making quite a name for themselves with these live streams, and this is certainly one that our family won’t be missing, I imagine it’ll be almost as popular with the grown-ups listening as with the children!

Scotland’s National Poet Liz Lochhead will be celebrating Robert Burns and her own poetry in a live broadcast to children around the world during a special Robert Burns celebration on Thursday 26 January at 11am. The Scottish Friendly Meet Our Authors Special Event, run by Scottish Book Trust, will be streamed live from BBC Scotland in Glasgow and available after to watch again for free from the Scottish Book Trust website. The broadcast will be most suited to children aged 9-16 and any fan of Scottish poetry.

You can watch the event by following this link: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-with-liz-lochhead.   

Previous Scottish Book Trust events have featured authors such as Michael Rosen, Michael Morpurgo, Julia Donaldson, Eoin Colfer, Jacqueline Wilson, David Almond and many more. You can stream or download any of these events for free here: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/childrens-authors-live/2010-11.