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JOIN THE BATH FESTIVALS TEAM IN SAYING THANK YOU AND GOODBYE TO THE MCLAYS AS THEY STEP DOWN FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTORS TO FOCUS ON THEIR OTHER INTERESTS
It’s an exciting time for John and Gill McLay who have, after 12 years, have stepped down as the Bath Children’s Literature Festivals Artistic Directors. John and Gill are heading off to concentrate on their other ventures and we, of course, wish them every success for the future. We have all enjoyed working with them […]
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The Bath Festival Finale Weekend Roundup
Festival goers at The Bath Festival Finale Weekend on the Bath Recreation ground this weekend experienced the entire range of British summer weather, from hot sunshine to a rainy downpour in the space of just two days. And what a weekend it was. Saturday was scorching in more ways than one. There was a great […]
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Development Officer Role (part-time)
Bath Festivals is looking for an ambitious Development Officer to join the Bath Festivals team. PERSON SPECIFICATION ROLE: Development Officer Part time: 15 hours a week with flexibility. SALARY: £7,500 per annum RESPONSIBLE TO: Head of Marketing and Development About Us: Bath Festivals brings some of the finest international musicians, speakers and writers to entertain audiences in […]
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PR Officer Role (part-time)
Bath Festivals is looking for an ambitious PR Officer to join the Bath Festivals team. PERSON SPECIFICATION ROLE: PR officer Part time: 22.5 hours per week SALARY: £25,500 per annum, pro rata RESPONSIBLE TO: Head of Marketing and Development About Us: Bath Festivals brings some of the finest international musicians, speakers and writers to entertain audiences in […]
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Freelance PR role (fixed-term)
FREELANCE ROLE: PR TIMESCALE OF CONTRACT: January to June 2019 SALARY: Fixed fee £6,000 RESPONSIBLE TO: Head of PR & Comms DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 5pm on Friday 21st December 2018 Bath Festivals is looking for an ambitious freelance PR to work on The Bath Festival which takes place from 17th May to 26th May 2019. […]
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The Ten Tree Trail
Ten Christmas trees currently spread out through the centre of the city as part of Bath BID’s Ten Tree Trail! All trees are individually decorated by local businesses and we’ve teamed up with our sponsors of The Snowman with Michael Morpurgo, The Paragon Junior School. We had a wonderful time decorating the tree with beautiful […]
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NEW APPOINTMENTS
Madeline Toy has joined Bath Festivals as Head of Literature Programming looking after the literature programme for The Bath Festival in May, and overseeing Bath Children’s Literature Festival, programmed by Artistic Directors John and Gill McLay, in September/October. She replaces Judith Robinson who left the organisation last month. Toy took up her position on Monday […]
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Junior Journalist Review
Another great year for the Bath Children’s Literature Festival By Alex Lea It has been yet another wonderful year for the Bath Children’s Literature Festival. I was lucky enough to win a competition to be the junior journalist for First News and had the chance to interview and listen to some amazing authors. Sebastien de […]
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Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2018 Roundup
Once again, Bath Children’s Literature Festival delivered 10-days of world-class literary events to the families of Bath and beyond, with some of the most acclaimed authors and illustrators visiting the city for the occasion. Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2018 Highlights Ade Adepitan & David Walliams. Photo Credit James Cheadle. Bath welcomed David Walliams and chair, Ade Adepitan with open […]
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Review of Nadiya Hussain event by Polly Allan
Judging by the queue outside The Guildhall for Nadiya Hussein’s talk, you could be excused for thinking that Nadiya was going to be spending the entire talk dishing out some of her delicious cakes to the audience. This was not the case but the warmth and enthusiasm with which she talked about her latest […]
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