A national reading charity has thrown the book at proposals for the city council to get rid of all 16 of its libraries apart from the central facility in the city centre.
North-east school children have been treated to a whirlwind reading adventure by award-winning author Phil Earle.
Two special events have been arranged in Oban as part of Book Week Scotland.
A Fort William primary school has done the Highlands proud by becoming one of the winners of the First Minister’s Reading Challenge 2018.
Youngsters across the north will be visited by the former presenter of a popular wildlife show.
Two pupils from a Moray school have come first and second in a national literary competition.
The chief executive of the Scottish Book Trust has backed efforts to stop half of Moray’s secondary school libraries being closed.
The son of a well-known Highland minister is among five north writers to receive a prestigious writing award.
An Aberdeenshire resident has written off the challenge of 600 other challengers to have her short story featured in a new publication.
An Inverness resident who wrote a short story about a special journey for a national writing competition has had her submission chosen to be published in a book.