Stories from across Scotland, brought to you by Scottish Book Trust
Scottish Book Trust’s digital storytelling projects are inspired by our belief in the potential of telling stories to help us connect with those around us and get a better sense of who we are, where we’re going and what we’re aiming for.
Scotland’s Stories of Hope
Scottish Book Trust’s annual writing project is open for submissions, and this year’s theme is Hope!
Find out more about the project and submit your piece to be in with a chance of being published in the free book for Book Week Scotland.
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/about-scotlands-stories
To celebrate the theme, we’ve gathered a selection of our digital stories of Hope!
Please note that some of these stories feature topics that some viewers may find upsetting.
Mhairi’s Story: Onwards and Upwards
A story of challenge, belief and hope in a bid to be normal and the realisation, through cancer, that we are all normal, normal for us.
Josie’s Story: Serendipity Dances with Sunflowers
This is a story about what a cancer patient has found herself learning from dancing with sunflowers.
Helen’s Story: Coping with Cancer
Helen describes one way she uses to cope when living with cancer.
“It’s made us feel that our stories are worthwhile. It’s broadened my horizons”