As part of a plan to publicize Edinburgh, Scotland‘s new status as UNESCO City of Literature, 10,000 copies of native son Robert Louis Stevenson‘s classic children’s adventure tale Kidnapped “will be distributed free across Edinburgh in cafes, train stations or even taxis, with a sticker saying ‘I’m free, take me home and read me,'” reports Tim Cornwell in a story for The Scotsman. The book was selected over books by other Scottish writers, including Irvine Welsh‘s romp about “Leth drug addicts” Trainspotting and Muriel Spark‘s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Project director Sophy Dale explains, “Various books were mentioned that wouldn’t have worked at all. It’s harder to do the Trainspotting primary school teachers’ pack.”