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Book of the Week – The Boy With Wings: Clash of the Super Kids
The Boy With Wings: Clash of the Super Kids with Sir Lenny Henry Wings? Check. A super-cool, super-secret past? Check. An impossible mission to save the world from a super evil enemy? Check. When Tunde’s parents take him to a top-secret testing facility called The Complex, he’s nervous about meeting others like him who have […]
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Book of the week – Speak up!
Speak Up! by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola Join the brilliantly passionate Rocket as she organises a peaceful protest to save her local library. On her weekly visit to the local library, to read all about inspirational figures such as Rosa Parks, Rocket discovers that the library will be closing. Can she use what she’s […]
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Book of the Week – Between Night and Day
Between Night and Day by Sean Julian An unlikely friendship that crosses between the daytime and the night-time worlds. Pongo is a safe-in-the-day sort of orangutan, and Bulu is a cosy-at-night sort of bat. When they meet they strike up an unlikely friendship and each gets to see the world from the other’s point of […]
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Book of the Week – Five Survive
Five Survive by Holly Jackson The brand new unmissable crime thriller from Holly Jackson, best-selling, award-winning author of the Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. Eight hours. Six friends. One sniper . . . Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It’s a […]
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Book of the week – What Do You See When You Look At A Tree
What Do You See When You Look At A Tree by Emma Carlisle ‘What do you see when you look at a tree? Leaves and twigs and branches? Or do you see a real, living thing, that moves, and breathes and dances? This is an evocative and gentle picture book that encourages us to explore […]
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Book of the Week – Vita and the Gladiator
Vita and the Gladiator by Ally Sherrick Vita longs to write the plays that she steals off to watch – but as the daughter of a high born Roman, her only future is marriage. When her father is murdered, everything changes. She escapes with her life – only to end up a slave, sharing a […]
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Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2023 Character Trail is BACK!
Our favourite characters have gone for a day out in Bath and we want you to find them! To celebrate Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2023, which runs from Friday 29 September to Sunday 8 October, we’re running a treasure trail through the city centre. We’ve teamed up with Bath BID to get as many people […]
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Visit West Staff’s Top 5 Picks for The Bath Festival 2023
Our friends over at Visit West have been eyeing up our programme and chosen their top picks for Festival Week. What takes your fancy? Shonette Laffy, Digital Marketing Manager: 1. Party in the City – always a good way to kickstart the week’s festivities with music across several stages. And it’s free too! […]
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Looking Back at 2022 – A Year at Bath Festivals
We can hardly believe that another year is coming to an end and here at Bath Festivals it’s certainly be one to remember! 2022 was filled with unforgettable festival moments, from Party in the City’s return after a two year gap at The Bath Festival to Alice Oseman’s sold-out events at Bath Children’s Literature Festival. We also […]
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Bath Festivals Back in Time…
We made a very exciting discovery in the Bath Festivals office recently – photographic films from past festivals! Although we can’t tell exactly when these images were taken, a few clues tell us that they range from the 1970s to the 1990s! Such as this lady enjoying a Bath Festival programme outside the Royal Crescent […]
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