Authors Live

Resource type: Online author events

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4

Region(s): All of UK

Authors Live is a programme of live broadcasts featuring some of the top children’s authors and illustrators working today. The programme is a collaboration between Scottish Book Trust and BBC Scotland. Schools in Scotland can apply to be part of the audience for the live event but the broadcasts are open to everyone.

Click here for details of upcoming live events. If you miss the live broadcast, you can catch up with your chosen episode or select one of more than 40 previous Authors Live episodes in the Authors Live On Demand library.

Cost: Free.

About Scottish Book Trust: Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that has been bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland since 1998. It delivers a range of programmes and annual awards for children and adults across Scotland.

Literacy Hive Likes:

Authors Live launched on World Book Day 2010 and has been bringing live author events into classrooms across the UK for over 25 years.
The episodes include author interviews, draw-alongs and writing workshops with world-famous authors and illustrators.
Nearly 90% of learning professionals agreed that Authors Live had encouraged the children and young people they work with to read more widely and over 60% of viewers have discovered a new author through the programme (figures taken from the Authors Live 10th Anniversary data).