Pupils from four local primary schools have enjoyed meeting award-winning authors and illustrators, taking part in creative workshops and discovering a new love of reading at this year’s Bath Children’s Literature Festival. Children from Weston All Saints Primary School and Roundhill Primary School in Bath, Castle Primary School in Keynsham and Pensford Primary School near...
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Free Frankenstein dance spectacular coming to Bath city centre
Bath city centre will come alive with music and movement this October when 80 young dancers take part in a free open-air celebration of Mary Shelley and her most famous creation, Frankenstein. Freak Out with Frankenstein takes place near Bath Abbey on Saturday 3 October, with two large-scale, flashmob-style performances at 4pm and 5.30pm. The...
Bath Children’s Literature Festival unveils biggest programme yet
Families can look forward to the biggest ever Bath Children’s Literature Festival this autumn, with bestselling authors, illustrators, TV favourites and performers coming to the city for 10 days of events celebrating the joy of reading. Running from 25 September to 4 October, this year’s festival marks the National Year of Reading with its largest...
Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2026
Bringing some of the biggest and best loved names in the world of children’s books to a family audience of thousands.
The Gruffalo Granny at Bath Forum
Featuring the return of much-loved characters and meet Gruffalo Granny as she visits the Gruffalo family. Suitable for ages 3+ years.#
Up Late: children’s literature festival at The Holburne
Celebrating the Launch of Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2026 with an evening of family activities including storytellers, author signings, drawing fun with illustrators, pop-up bookshop and costume character meets.
Emmy award winning Red Dwarf writer Doug Naylor brings debut children’s novel to Bath Kids Lit Fest
You’re probably most familiar with Doug Naylor as the Emmy Award winning co-creator and writer of the iconic Sci Fi TV series Red Dwarf. What you might not know is that this autumn Doug has brought his trademark humour and narrative flair to his debut novel for children, and will be appearing at Bath Children’s...
Share the story: giving away thousands of free books for children
Bath Children’s Literature Festival has launched its Share The Story appeal to give away free books to schoolchildren in the south west. The Share The Story fundraiser for 2025 aims to develop an interest in and a passion for books and foster a lifelong love of reading. By donating you can ensure that a child...
Bath Festivals new Chief Executive seeks to embrace a ‘younger and wider audience’
Bath Festivals has appointed Caroline Ferguson as Chief Executive of the arts charity which runs Bath Music Festival, Bath Literature Festival, Bath Children’s Literature Festival and Party in the City. Caroline, who has lived in and near Bath for more than 20 years, joined Bath Festivals earlier this year as Head of Fundraising. Her appointment...
Bath Festivals – Bestselling authors come to Bath from September
Bath Festivals has announced a special series of autumn events to entertain, enlighten and enthral. Richard Armitage In conversation with multi-award winning stage and screen actor and author Richard Armitage, an exciting new voice in crime fiction. His debut novel, Geneva, was a Sunday Times top 5 crime debut for 2023 and a no. 1 Audible bestseller and...
Bath Children’s Literature Festival welcomes old friends and new
Bath Children’s Literature Festival welcomes friends old and new to its fabulous 18th year of bringing the magic of books to life for our family audience. Join us for TEN days of live events featuring Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, festival favourites Liz Pichon, Rob Biddulph, The Gruffalo, and Cressida Cowell, and a series of FREE...
Bath Children’s Literature Festival teams up with Longleat for 2025
Bath Children’s Literature Festival is delighted to announce that the 2025 festival will be staged in association with Longleat. This autumn’s children’s literature festival will run from Friday 26 September to Sunday 5 October, bringing some of the biggest and best loved names in the world of children’s books to a family audience of thousands....
Review – Harry Hill at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival
Ian Waller joins a full house of children, parents and carers for a masterclass in how to be silly by that bloke from You’ve Been Framed If anyone was qualified to write the book How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year, it’s Harry Hill. And the colossally collared comedian was in town not...
Bath Children’s Lit Fest launches crowdfunding for free books for young visitors
As Bath prepares to welcome young audiences to its 17th Bath Children’s Literature Festival (September 27 – October 6 2024), organisers behind the arts charity have launched a crowdfunding appeal to give every schoolchild in the South West who attends the festival’s Schools Programme gets a FREE new book each to take home. The organisers...
Let’s have fun at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival next month!
As we go into Bank Holiday weekend, let’s look ahead to some of the laughter and silliness we’ve got lined up for you at Bath Children’s Literature Festival, which starts just a month away, on Friday 27 September. This festival will be such a lovely break mid-way through the new school term, so get your...
Looking forward to the of Bath Children’s Literature Festival
Georgette McCready looks forward to some of the highlights of The Bath Children’s Literature Festival that comes to the city from September 27 – October 6 There’s so much to look forward to at The Bath Children’s Literature Festival, which returns to Bath in September. Great events, big names authors and lots to see and...
Bath Children’s Literature Festival line-up to include Michael Rosen, Harry Hill and more!
Some of the biggest and best loved names in the world of children’s books will be heading to Bath this autumn for the annual Bath Children’s Literature Festival. Organisers behind one of the biggest children’s books festivals in the world have put together a programme of more than 80 events and can’t wait to entertain...
The July/August 2024 issue of The Bth & Wiltshire Parent is out now
The new issue of Bath’s biggest magazine is being distributed through schools across Bath, Wiltshire and Somerset this week. Here’s a sneak preview of what you can find inside. News From The Schools Headlines and news from schools across Bath, West Wiltshire and Somerset, including Paragon pupils meeting a World War II veteran, a teacher...
Bath Children’s Literature Festival – highlights for local families
Autumn is always a wonderful time to be in Bath – and it’s made even more special by Bath Children’s Literature Festival, which brings together a stellar line-up of authors and illustrators, with events for children of all ages. We’ve picked out some not-to-be-missed highlights that have a particular special interest for local families. Julia...