Category: Guest Articles
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Centenary Babies – One Year On
Last July we gifted all babies born in July a special copy of Winnie the Pooh, a title from our Centenary book list, so that they could celebrate 100 years of our public libraries with us. Click here to see where the journey started We hope those books will be part of those baby’s reading…
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Local Artist Manga Exhibition
Jade, aka Navigator, is a local artist inspired by Manga. She shares her journey to becoming an artist, her process, and some of her favourite pieces. Click an image to enlarge. “I am an illustration artist, and my work is inspired by manga artwork. I create my artwork by sketching in pencil, then going over…
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Celina Grace: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Celina Grace writes psychological thrillers, mysteries, police procedurals and historical cosy mysteries. Here, she shares her writing process. (Warning – spoilers included) Until I became a writer, I had no idea that people really asked ‘where do you get your ideas?’ (which wasn’t very imaginative of me, ironically). But they really do. I suppose it’s…
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Lizzie Lane: How to Write a Bestseller
Lizzie Lane, author of over 70 books including the Honey Driver series set in Bath, shares her writing journey with us. My word, that sounds so pretentious don’t you think? Even to my ears. The truth is that I never set out to become a ‘writer’ or, more accurately a storyteller whose books have been…
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Maria Honeker: From Garden to Plate in a Quest to Eat Naturally
As cancer survivor Maria Honeker publishes her first cookbook, she talks whole foods, growing her own veggies and how the serene Somerset countryside helped her heal. Back in August 2017 I received the news that I had stage III bowel cancer. This came as a huge shock, as I have always been a fairly healthy…
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Sian-Louise Tarn: The Fear
Sian-Louise Tarn, author of ‘Darling you’re a Daisy’, a book that counteracts negativity around neurodiversity, talks to us about her biggest fear. What is your biggest fear? Spiders? The dark? How about your child dying because of something that is meant to keep them alive? That is the fear for many allergy parents across the…
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Finbar Hawkins: Walking is Writing
Finbar is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in writing for young people. His debut book Witch is based in 1646 Somerset. ‘Walking is writing…’ So said the wonderful and wise author, Julia Green, words that I’ve kept close to my heart ever since. Julia said this to my workshop class while I was…
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Liz Lawler: A World Without Books?
Liz is the bestselling author of the psychological thriller Don’t Wake Up. Her most recent title is My Husband’s Lies. What will the world be without books? Can you imagine this? The objects of everyday life that we turn to, never in existence. The means to put in writing the history of the world. It’s…
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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.