Category: Competitions

  • Design a Bookmark Competition

    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 […]

  • Writing Competition Winners

    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 […]

  • Adult Reading Challenge

    Adult Reading Challenge

    This summer, we’re challenging adults to get reading! Be in with a chance of winning a £50 book voucher for Mr B’s Emporium Bookshop in Bath! Not sure what to […]

  • 100 Years Writing Competition

    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 […]

  • Lockdown Poetry Runner Up

    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. […]

  • Lockdown Poetry Runner Up

    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 […]

  • Lockdown Poetry Winner

    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 […]

  • Lockdown Short Story Runner Up

    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 […]

  • Lockdown Short Story Runner Up

    Lockdown Short Story Runner Up

    This story is read by Rachel Ward, a local author of young adult and adult crime novels. Rachel is also co-host of the B&NES Libraries crime book group, The Bath […]

  • Lockdown Short Story First Prize Winner

    Lockdown Short Story First Prize Winner

    This story is read Bel Mooney, a local writer of adult and children’s books, journalist and broadcaster. She’s never been one for the crowded places. The town squares with their fountains […]