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Who Cares? Scotland Book Club

21 August 2018

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon hosted the first meeting of the Who Cares? Scotland Book Club at Bute House.

She discussed the Harry Potter books with care experienced people and everyone shared their favourite passage from the books.

 

Who Cares? Scotland Bookclub

 

The Harry Potter books were chosen by the book club because Harry was raised in kinship care.

 

A group of our members went to visit @NicolaSturgeon at Bute House and talked about what Harry Potter means to them.

In his blog, @Ryan_McCuaig explains how the world @jk_rowling created continues to help him understand himself and his care experience. https://t.co/DrzTxHbT47 pic.twitter.com/riJVkzwBzL

— Who Cares? Scotland (@whocaresscot) August 18, 2018

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said:

It is important care experienced people are able to embrace their care identity and being able to identify with characters in books or the media who have had the same experiences can help with this. Harry Potter is an excellent example of this, as it has given many people the opportunity to see experiences, often similar to their own, represented in popular culture.

“The Who Cares? Scotland book club is a fantastic way of bringing care experienced people to enjoy books together.

“It is no secret that I love reading and I really enjoyed hosting the book club and discussing the Harry Potter books.”

 

I had such a special time in Bute House earlier with the @whocaresscot Book Club, talking all things Hogwarts. @jk_rowling – they made me promise to send you a tweet to pass on how much Harry Potter means to many care experienced young people. pic.twitter.com/yycqJNDOFD

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) August 17, 2018

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