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Bath Children’s Literature Festival

Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2025

26th September 2025

A packed programme of storytime sessions, poetry, drawing, writing and making workshops as well as fun and interactive book events from a whole host of authors....

Harry Hill

Review – Harry Hill at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival

7th October 2024

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 quali...

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Bath Kids' Lit Fest

Bath Children’s Lit Fest launches crowdfunding for free books for young visitors

4th September 2024

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...

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Let’s have fun at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival next month!

23rd August 2024

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, w...

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Looking forward to the of Bath Children’s Literature Festival

1st August 2024

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 T...

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Bath Children’s Literature Festival line-up to include Michael Rosen, Harry Hill and more!

8th July 2024

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 Festiva...

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July/Aug 2024

The July/August 2024 issue of The Bth & Wiltshire Parent is out now

1st July 2024

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...

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Reading is Magic Festival 2023

2nd October 2023

A free online-streamed, five-day festival with a host of fantastic writers and illustrators primarily aimed at children aged 4–13 years. Events last between...

Adventure Mice at the egg

1st October 2023

Join Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre to discover a new, silly series for early readers. Meet Pedro – he’s tiny, but while looking for a big adventure he is resc...

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Bath Children’s Literature Festival – highlights for local families

16th August 2023

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-...

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Royal High School pupils thrilled by Bath Children’s Literature Festival events

30th September 2022

Year 2 pupils from the Royal High School Bath spent a wonderful morning with award-winning author Patrice Lawrence. They thoroughly enjoyed listening to her sp...

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The Bath Kids’ Lit Fest continues for a second week of talks and events

28th September 2022

What's the collective noun for a group of authors? A chapter?What a great start to 2022 Bath Children's Literature Festival #bathkidslitfest last weekend! The ...

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Star names head to Bath Children’s Literature Festival

21st September 2022

This weekend (Fri 23 Sept) sees the opening of the ten-day Bath Children’s Literature Festival which will see a host of authors visiting the city to meet their...

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Bath Children’s Literature Festival – free weekend drop-in for families

7th September 2022

Come and find your happy place! That’s the open invitation from Bath Children’s Literature Festival and The Egg Theatre who have teamed up to open Bath’s offic...

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Win four tickets to see Jacquline Wilson at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival

25th July 2022

Competition time! We have teamed up with the very lovely people at the Bath Children's Literature Festival to give away a wonderful prize of four tickets to se...

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Young journalists invited to join the team at the Bath Children’s Literature Festival

8th July 2022

Here's the chance to be a Junior Journalist at this autumn’s Bath Children’s Literature Festival! How would you like to meet your favourite authors face-to-fac...

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Joe Wicks is coming to the Bath Kids Lit Fest and we’ve just spoken to him about his new book!

10th September 2021

Fitness guru Joe Wicks has recently completed his first children's book, The Burpee Bears, and he's bringing it to the Bath Children's Literature Festival ...

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WIN the chance to be a Junior Journalist at this autumn’s Bath Children’s Literature Festival

17th August 2021

The Bath Children's Literature Festival team is looking for three talented young people to win one of THREE places as Junior Journalists at this year’s festiva...

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Top ten highlights of the Bath Children’s Literature Festival – tickets on sale now!

29th July 2021

Tickets are now on sale for the Bath Children’s Literature Festival, which opens on Friday 24 September for ten days of fabulous and fun-filled events celebrat...

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Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2021 announces a stunning line-up!

19th July 2021

Participating authors include Cressida Cowell, Kristina Stephenson, Sophy Henn, Dapo Adeola, Steven Lenton, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, Sophie Dahl, Laura Dock...

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Reading is Magic Festival is back and will be beamed into homes and schools across the world

23rd June 2021

Reading is Magic Festival, the digital books festival born out of necessity during last year’s lockdown, will return this autumn to entertain and engage childr...

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School Tours at Moorlands Junior and Infants School

November 21 – 9:30 am

Christmas at Dyrham Park

November 21 – 10:00 am

12 Tales of a Georgian Christmas at No1 Royal Crescent

November 21 – 10:00 am

American Road Trip at the American Museum

November 21 – 10:00 am