I was delighted to spot an advertisement on the train this morning, trying all its very hardest to raise awareness of libraries and reading in Scotland. At first I thought my eyes were deceiving me, and that this was just another one of those ‘clever’ adverts which tout cheap rail fares. But no, this was a real readerly thing.
The ‘Love Scottish Libraries This Summer’ campaign was apparently organised in conjunction with the Scottish Reader Development Network, coordinated by the Scottish Library and Information Council, and funded by the Scottish Government Public Library Quality Improvement Fund (I didn’t even know Scotland had one of those). Part of the promotion was to have advertisements posted on trains throughout July and August, while libraries throughout Scotland would support the ‘core titles’ featured in the promotion, which come from fifteen well-known Scottish authors, including Alan Bissett, Louise Welsh, Denise Mina.
I’d tell you more about the promotion dear reader, but I don’t know any more about it. It was only through a lucky landing at the Inverclyde Libraries website that I found out this much. Regardless, it’s nice to see books being put in the spotlight for once, and especially on the trains.
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