Category: Video – Young Adult

  • Short Reading: Little Women

    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 […]

  • Short Reading: The Call Of The Wild

    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 […]

  • Book Launch: Foolish Heroines by June Wentland

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

    ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

    A special reading of ‘Twas the Night before Christmas, by the staff and volunteers of B&NES Council, filmed in 2020. Read the full poem below. ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas’ […]