Category: Competitions
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Body in the (Mobile) Library Competition
This competition is closed, but you can still solve the mystery! Put your sleuthing hat on… A librarian has been found dead! Whodunnit? The farmer? The student? The innocent old lady? The influencer? The financial advisor? The rock star? Follow the clues and find out who killed… The Body in the (Mobile) Library! Story written…
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Manga Character Competition
This competition is now closed Manga Competition! Have you been inspired by the Make Mine Manga exhibition and activities? To celebrate the Make Mine Manga Exhibition coming to Bath, we want you to create a Manga Character and tell us about them. The competition is open to anyone and there are two age categories: 15…
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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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Writing Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of our 100 Years Writing Competition! To celebrate our 100-year anniversary, we launched the Centenary Writing Competition. The competition theme was ‘One Hundred Years.’ Entrants were invited to write a short story, poem or non-fiction piece themed on ’One Hundred Years.’ Use the tabs below to read the winning and runner-up…
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Adult Reading Challenge
This summer, we’re challenging adults to get reading! From the 11th of July to the 12th of September, pick up an Adult Reading Challenge Card from our libraries and be in with a chance of winning a £50 book voucher for Mr B’s Emporium Bookshop in Bath! Not sure what to read? check out our…
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100 Years Writing Competition
This competition has closed, read all the winning entries here! To celebrate our 100-year anniversary, we are launching the Centenary Writing Competition. The competition theme is ‘One Hundred Years.’ Entrants are invited to write a short story, poem or non-fiction piece themed on ’One Hundred Years.’ The competition has three categories. Children up to the…
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Lockdown Poetry Runner Up
This poem is read by June Wentland, a writer and poet. She is a member of the Bath Writers & Artists Group, and one of the judges of this competition. They said we’re all in LockdownI said hang on a minuteWe’ve got one of those in PensfordBut we’ll never all get in it ! They…
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Lockdown Poetry Runner Up
This poem is read by Sophie Dumont, a Bath-based poet affiliated with Bath Spa University She prepares to sleep. She opens the window to maintain an optimal temperature of eighteen degrees Celsius. She hears a gush, a flood of water pouring into next-door’s fishpond. She is reminded of Victorian toilet blocks, with chain pull flushes…
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Lockdown Poetry Winner
This poem is read by Chris Beale, a performance poet who runs the event series Bristol Tonic. He is a writer, producer and a real supporter of libraries. It is the most beautiful spring I can remember, Bright blue sky, and windows filled with soft sunlight Flamingo-pink blossom floats on the cherry trees Wild garlic…
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Lockdown Short Story Runner Up
This story is read by Tanvir Bush, a local author, photographer and researcher, and one of the judges of this competition. He was looking over again. Just a glance, the fifth since Stevie had sat in the window that evening. The fourth evening in a row. After a rocky few weeks, he’d settled into a…