Category: Video – Adult
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What is Libraries at Home?
Our coordinator and volunteers chat about our Libraries at Home Service and volunteering opportunities. Ever wondered what the Libraries at Home Service is? Want to know how to get involved, or request the service? Watch the video to find out more! A group of volunteers discussed their experience of the service, how they got involved…
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Interview With Mendez
Mendez, a Jamaican-British writer, authored the semi-autobiographical novel “Rainbow Milk” in 2020. Scroll down for a recording of Mendez in conversation with Professor Rajani Naidoo. Image Credit: Christa Holka My first attempt at a degree was in automotive engineering (I lasted nine months), before I enrolled on a three-year acting course (on which I lasted…
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Short Reading: Little Women
Watch Kasha-Faye Pascoe reading a short extract from Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, and read the passages below. This video was originally filmed for Storytelling week in 2021. “What in the world are you going to do now, Jo?” asked Meg one snowy afternoon, as her sister came tramping through the hall, in rubber…
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Short Reading: The Call Of The Wild
Watch David Cohen reading a short extract from The Call of The Wild by Jack London, and read the passages below. This video was originally filmed for Storytelling week in 2021. Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog,…
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Short Reading: The Great Gatsby
Watch Carly Britton reading a short extract from The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and read the passages below. This book is part of our Centenary Collection. This video was originally filmed for Storytelling week in 2021. I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the…
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Book Launch: Foolish Heroines by June Wentland
On the 18th September 2021 June Wentland, Valley Press and B&NES Libraries held a book launch for June’s debut novel ‘Foolish Heroines’ in Bath Central Library. Watch the reading and fascinating interview here!
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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…