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Bath: Scene Of The Crime
River Rats, the second book in my crime mystery series, is unashamedly set in Bath and begins with the coshing of a local magistrate and the disposal of his body in the weir at Pulteney Bridge. It’s a tale which explores the tensions between a small community of liveaboard narrowboat owners, local residents, corrupt councillors…
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Jo Curd, Author and Co-founder of Autistic Eye
To mark the beginning of World Autism Acceptance Week, we hear from Jo Curd, author and co-founder of Autistic Eye, a Community Interest Company, not-for-profit initiative based in Bath. Autistic Eye promotes, publishes and sells work by artists with autism. Since its inception in 2013 it has sold over 14,000 greetings cards depicting work by…
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Anthony Burt on Storytelling
Personal storytelling in a city jam-packed with history! One of the most important aspects of presenting historical timelines, subjects, buildings, events and people’s lives to the public is about making the effort to do it in a fun, engaging and memorable way. In the heritage arena – which the entire city of Bath is immersed…
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When I Met Ron
Wendy, a member the Home Library Service, has shared with us the brilliant story of how she and her husband Ron first met. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! When my Home Library Volunteer Annie visited us earlier in the year, just before the beginnings of the first COVID Lockdown we…
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Festive Interview With Chris Vick
We’ve collated a fabulous series of festive author interviews this year. We asked local author Chris Vick about festive traditions and recommended reads! Photo credit: Red Forge Studios Not surprisingly, lots of books! I’m very keen to get into the Frances Hardinge books I haven’t yet read. And maybe some new boots too, I get…
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Interview With Harriet Evans
Bath based author Harriet Evans is a Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author including A Hopeless Romantic, The Love of Her Life, Happily Ever After and The Garden of Lost and Found. She spent a number of years working in the publishing industry before becoming an author full time. Earplugs! Earplugs are the most important…
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Festive Interview With Luke Palmer
We’ve got poet and author Luke Palmer to answer some of our festive questions! We hope you enjoy reading them. Do you know what – this is the first time this year I’ve had a spare minute to think about that question! With three young children, I’m well aware my needs at Christmas come quite…
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Interview With Mendip Storytelling Circle
Mendip Storytelling Circle has been meeting since 2013 and gather to share stories of all types and in all forms. The stories are about ten minutes each and they are always ‘live’ rather than read from books. It depends on the audience. Stories are about our humanity and life experiences, so engaging in a way…
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Interview With Rachel Ward
Rachel Ward is a local author living in Bath, who is the writer of the bestselling YA series ‘Numbers’, the brilliant ‘Ant & Bea Mystery’ series, and standalone crime novels. We’ve been lucky enough to work with Rachel on our Murder Mystery – she’s wrote a fantastic festive mystery, which kept us guessing to the…
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Interview With Sophy Layzell
Sophy Layzell, was an author based in Somerset who was lucky to have had a childhood full of stories. Born in Laos, she was adopted into a wonderful family who prize creativity very highly. Adventures created for her by her father were the best way to start the weekend, and Tintin read aloud to her…