Bestselling author Anthony Horowitz on Glow

A video still of Anthony Horowitz from his virtual author event broadcast via Glow.

The Scottish Book Trust teamed up with Glow to bring Anthony Horowitz, the bestselling author of the Alex Rider novels, back to Scotland for his largest-ever author event.

The event was the first live virtual author event hosted by the Scottish Book Trust.

The Glow team worked in partnership with the Scottish Book Trust to stream the event and approximately P6-S2 600 pupils and staff were watching live on Glow.

During the event, in May 2009, Anthony Horowitz took questions from the children from Uphall Primary and Canal View Primary, who made up the live audience, and answered questions that had been submitted by schools in the weeks leading up to the event and who logged on to watch.

It is estimated that the event reached over 10,000 young people throughout Scotland via the live stream on the Scottish Book Trust website and through Glow.

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