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Staff Spotlight: Being A Librarian Judge
Behind the scenes of judging a national book award – what really happens! Earlier this year, I applied and was successful in obtaining a place on the librarian reviewing panel for a UK based national book award. The Wilbur Smith Adventure Novel Writing Prize is run yearly and includes publishers submitting works written between publishing…
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Staff Spotlight: Sam on Supporting Accessibility
This staff spotlight article was written by Sam Meunier, Development and Outreach Officer to talk about new guides to our locations.
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Gift a Book
We’d like your help in spreading some festive joy this season! Gift a Book to someone who might not receive a gift or who might be lonely over the festive period. Monday 20 October – Saturday 15 November 2025 Hear from some of last years recipients…. ‘’We are really grateful to our local community for…
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Emily Goes To Exeter by M. C. Beaton
Emily Goes To Exeter is the first in the series of the travelling matchmaker series by M.C. Beaton. I listened to this on audiobook through BorrowBox. There was a good narrator, and it was a nice short story – ideal for car journeys and walks. I wasn’t sure what the story was about, having never…
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The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves
This review was written by Rachel on behalf of The Bath Bloodhounds. ‘When a body is found on the common outside Rosebank, an isolated care home for troubled teens, DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who never showed up to work, and her only clue is…
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Book List: Men’s Health
We have curated a collection of recommended reads on men’s health for Movember. This book list contains non-fiction aimed at adults and older young adults. Movember is the month-long campaign every November to raise awareness of men’s mental and physical health.
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Book List: Horror Novels
For Halloween, we have curated a collection of horror novels and short story collections! This book list contains books only suitable for adults.
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Accessibility Statement
This is an accessibility statement from Bath and North East Somerset Libraries. Bath and North East Somerset Libraries takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of B&NES Virtual Library: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level…
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Design a Bookmark Competition
This competition is now closed It’s the end of our centenary year and to take us into the next 100 years we would like a bookmark to use in all our libraries. Could yours be the winning design? You can take part if you are 13 or under! Download either the PDF or Word template…
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Book List: Victoria Art Gallery Staff Recommendations
We have curated a collection of recommended reads for art lovers compiled by staff at the Victoria Art Gallery. This book list contains fiction and non-fiction) for adults.