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AUTHORS TAKE TO THE STAGE TO SHARE ADVENTURES IN READING
The Chicken House Roadshow visits Somerset Three children’s authors took to the stage to entertain and inspire some 500 schoolchildren with the magic of reading at The Chicken House Roadshow, held at The Cheese and Grain in Frome. The children’s publishing house, celebrating its 20th anniversary, teamed up with Bath Festivals to invite Jasbinder Bilan […]
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Junior Journalists loved Bath Children’s Literature Festival!
There were three VIPs among the hundreds of children and young people who attended the 2021 Bath Children’s Literature Festival – the winners of the festival’s Junior Journalists competition. This hotly contested competition invites young writers to submit reviews of their favourite book to win the chance to wear a coveted Junior Journalists lanyard and […]
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Energy levels high with lots of laughter at Bath Children’s Literature Festival 📚
We had such a fun time during the second weekend of the festival, with energy levels high and a lot of laughter. Illustrator Rob Biddulph had his audience at Komedia in full pantomime mode as he teased them with pop-up pictures of his aliens and they all shouted excitedly every time they saw one. He taught us how to […]
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Junior Journalists: winners behind the scenes at Bath Children’s Literature Festival 📚
There were three VIPs among the hundreds of children and young people who attended the 2021 Bath Children’s Literature Festival – the winners of the festival’s Junior Journalists competition. This hotly contested competition invites young writers to submit reviews of their favourite book to win the chance to wear a coveted Junior Journalists lanyard and […]
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Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2021 opens with a warm, friendly buzz about books
Who had the most fun at the opening weekend of the Bath Children’s Literature Festival? Was it the kids who came along and took part in draw-alongs, laughed their socks off, or thought up brilliant questions to ask authors? Or was it the parents watching their children having a good time as part of a […]
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Award-winning Reading is Magic Festival gains recognition from Bath Life Awards 🏆
Winning a prize can make you feel special and everyone in the Bath Festivals team are feeling very special right now, after winning a Bath Life award for the Reading Is Magic Festival 2020! At a glamorous ceremony attended by several hundred people from all sectors of Bath, from business to charity, Reading is Magic […]
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Fantastically fun things to do over the school holidays
Mostly FREE things to do in the school holidays including competitions to win tickets to events in the Bath Children’s Literature Festival! 1.BUTTERFLY COUNT: join in the National Butterfly Count so the numbers and species of British butterflies can be recorded, to see how they’re doing. Visit bigbutterflycount.org, where you can download a colourful butterfly […]
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CITY SUPPORT FOR BATH FESTIVALS
New leadership and ambition at Bath Festivals instill confidence in council to give one-off grant to support the charity’s ambition. Bath Festivals, the largest provider of diverse arts in the city, is proud and delighted to have been offered financial support by way of a one-off grant of £75,000 from newly elected Bath & North […]
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Cressida Cowell announced as Children’s Laureate
Bath Children’s Literature Festival is delighted that a festival favourite, Cressida Cowell, has been appointed as Waterstones’ Children’s Laureate. The creator of How to Train Your Dragon who is appearing at our festival this autumn, is the 11th Children’s Laureate in an illustrious line-up which started with the first incumbent, Quentin Blake. The new Children’s […]
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Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2019 Programme is Here!
Bath Festivals is excited to announce the line-up for the 2019 Bath Children’s Literature Festival, which features a cast of characters who will entertain, educate and enlighten its young audiences in a programme of more than 110 events this autumn. This year’s festival runs from Friday 27 September to Sunday 6 October and its varied […]
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