The Bath Novel Awards

bathnovelaward.co.uk

04 January 2026 19:40

💫That's a wrap for voting comments! 📚We are pleased to confirm that 2025's children's longlist is on schedule and will be signed off tomorrow, Thurs 18th Dec. 📥If you entered, look out for our email from 19:00 to let you know if you have listed. 🍀Our thanks again to all entrants and GOOD LUCK!

RSPB

rspb.bsky.social

09 August 2025 11:34

August’s full moon rises 🌕🌠 Named the 'Sturgeon Moon’ by Native Americans for plentiful fishing, & the 'Grain Moon' in Old English to mark the harvest. Tonight, it shares the sky with the Perseid meteor shower (peaking 12 Aug), so keep an eye out for shooting stars! Moonrise: 21:16*

Louie Stowell

louiestowell.bsky.social

09 August 2025 09:25

I saw something incredibly wholesome yesterday. I was walking and heard a child behind me exclaim in pure joy. Kid was probably about 10. I looked round and the cause of the joy was a flower - a passion flower. Sure, kids are on their devices sometimes, but the'yre also excited about flowers.

Louie Stowell

louiestowell.bsky.social

09 August 2025 09:24

A very good interview on the reading crisis in the UK. Heartily endorse bringing back sure start or some version of it.

Frances Hardinge

franceshardinge.bsky.social

09 August 2025 07:23

A lovely start to the month! Island of Whispers (my first collaboration with brilliant illustrator Emily Gravett) has won the Children's Literature category of the Mythopoeic Awards! www.mythsoc.org/awards/award...