Category: Video – Young Adult
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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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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…
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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 Bloodhounds. Mary was old, she knew this because she was born in 1931, because the mirror told her and her bad legs confirmed it. She…
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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 and their tourists, the pedestrianised areas thronging with shoppers, the pubs full of drinkers spilling onto the streets. No. She likes the quiet. And the wild…
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‘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’ or ‘A Visit From St. Nick’ was written by Clement Clarke Moore in the 1920’s. It has become a beloved favourite, embodying all that is…