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Staff Spotlight: Alice on Autism
We spoke to Alice, one of our library colleagues, about her experience with Autism. “It’s 08:59am and my heartbeat has increased. The doors welcoming the customers into the library are due to open in one minute. I have no idea what to expect, who will I serve today? What kinds of questions will they ask…
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Kate Hall, Director of Bath Arts Collective
BAC is a community interest company, so after we have paid our costs the money is reinvested into the organisation to go towards our outreach and community work. Between the three of us we have put on over 2,500 events in Bath so using that experience we have created an arts organisation where we can…
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Victoria Art Gallery: Collaborating with the Library Service
Talking to visitors about an exhibition of Ladybird books may sound like a lesson in nostalgia. Many adults remember Ladybird books fondly, whether the Peter and Jane learning to read or the nature series on what is in the garden in spring, summer, autumn and winter. The exhibition covers the heyday of Ladybird publishing between…
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Bath Preservation Trust and Cane Warriors: from Page to Performance
In October 2023 during Black History Month, Bath Preservation Trust curated an exhibition hosted at Bath Central Library, all about taking Cane Warriors from page to performance. Bath Preservation Trust also co-hosted an event with State of Trust and Alex Wheatle exploring the project. You can find out more from Alex Wheatle, MBE, and Deborah…
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Deborah Baddoo MBE and State of Trust: Taking Cane Warriors from Page to Performance
Deborah Baddoo MBE is Artistic Director of State of Trust, a charity set up in 2014 to address social need, provide education and support community cohesion through arts activity and is also co-founder and Artistic Director of sister company State of Emergency, a well-established arts production company set up in 1986. In October 2023 during…
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An Audience with Guardian Prize Winning Author Alex Wheatle, MBE
In October 2023, we welcomed Alex Wheatle to speak at Bath Central Library about his novel Cane Warriors. Alex sadly passed away in 2025. Cane Warriors is based on the true story of an eighteenth-century slave uprising, centring on the teenage Moa and the decisions he must make as a ‘cane warrior’ fighting for freedom…
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Lucy Walters on Storytelling
From the corner of my eye, a hand shot up and a tiny voice after much thought said, ‘My night-light.’ The boy, no more than three years of age, was sat on the floor with his father. ‘Good idea’ I said. I was mid-way through an audience-led storytelling show and had asked for suggestions on…
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Jeff Dowson on Libraries Week
Libraries, Then Now and, Hopefully, Always. Yes, it’s true, libraries don’t earn money. They don’t make anything. They have nothing to sell. They are a loss leader. Libraries cost money. It is a given. All social, recreational, and learning facilities are expensive. And down the years, responsible, intelligent and creative authorities have got the point.…
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B&NES Parent Carer Forum on Autism Acceptance Week
This guest article is from the B&NES Parent Carer Forum, written for World Autism Acceptance Week. We are very excited to welcome the Forum as a new gifting partner of our BookTrust additional needs packs for children under 5. B&NES Parent Carer Forum is a voluntary group of Parent Carers of children and young people…
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Wild World Heroes Author Event
We talked to three fantastic local authors about their brilliant books and did activities inspired by their books along the way. The session was aimed at 7-11 year olds and you can take part in the activities whilst watching this catch-up video! Just have a pen/pencil and at least three sheets of paper to hand.…