Events
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Ultimate Dinosaurs with Ben Garrod
Tobacco Factory Theatre The Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Rd, Bristol, United KingdomUltimate Dinosaurs is the hit sold-out stage show starring dinosaur aficionado Professor Ben Garrod. Get ready to go on an exciting pre-historic adventure as Ben talks you through the deadliest predators that ever roamed the planet. Yes dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Allosaurus and Spinosaurus would have walked or swam right where you are now!
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Noreen Masud – A Flat Place
Clifton Library 13 Princess Victoria St, Bristol, United KingdomLizzie will be interviewing Noreen Masud as part of Clifton LitFest 2024, organised by the Friends of the Clifton Centre and Library.
Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award 2024, Noreen Masud’s A Flat Place has been described as raw and radical, strange and beguiling - a love letter to Britain's breathtaking flatlands, from Orford Ness to Orkney, and a reckoning with the painful, hidden histories they contain.
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Poetry in Herons Party with Carrie Etter
The Lansdown 8 Clifton Road, Bristol, United KingdomOur monthly poetry event combines with a festive party hosted by The Lansdown on Thursday 21st November.
We are delighted to welcome back Carrie Etter.
Arrive from 18.30. Poetry will commence shortly after. Partying will continue until late.Carrie Etter has published five collections of poetry. She lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol.
You can buy tickets in advance online or in the shop. A few tickets may be available on the door.
Tickets only are £4 or £10.99 with the purchase of Carrie's books. We will provide a glass of something sparkling on arrival. The bar downstairs will be open throughout the night.£4.00 – £10.99 -
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Poetry and Science with Michael Malay, Rebecca Nesbit and Bob Walton
Bristol Folk House 40a Park St, BristolPoetry and Science - the unbridgeable divide that doesn't exist
featuring Michael Malay, Rebecca Nesbit and Bob WaltonBristol Humanists and Heron Books invite you to:
A mid-winter social, discussion and performance, with 3 very special guests, exploring the unbridgeable divide - that doesn't exist - between poetry and science.
https://wegottickets.com/event/638412
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2025 Poetry in Herons
Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United KingdomOur monthly poetry series has a little break for a couple of months over winter. We return from March. Exciting announcements about the 2025 programme coming soon and lots of events and book groups to celebrate before then. Happy reading and we hope to see you at an event and in the shop soon.
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A Moving Weekend
Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United KingdomAhead of our move to 7a Regent Street, we are offering 10% off for our last weekend in the Arcade. That's the whole event. Very simple. 1st-2nd February. 10% off everything you buy in the shop. Whilst your here, you could also reminisce with us about the stunning surroundings in which Heron Books first began. Come and gaze with us at the glass roof, thinking of the majesty of the place (probably while beset by deafening hail, given the current storms). Come and speculate with us about whether that weird hum is the ghost of the Arcade’s architect. Come and congratulate us on the sheer amount of weetabix we’re consuming in order to carry out the move. Major arm muscles developing here. And then please continue to come and enjoy our little independent when we open at 7a Regent Street just round the corner.
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We Have Flown Away to 7a
Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United KingdomAt 9.30 on 8th Feburary, Heron Books opens a new door at 7a Regent Street. Please do come and see us on 8th February to find out if we've managed to shelve all the books in their new location. In the morning we'll have some sweet treats to offer from our favourite East Village Cafe. In the (early) evening, we'll be having a little party: (Not actually) champagne served from 4.45. A couple of silly words from me from 5pm. A couple of wise poems from Bob Walton. And then some more drinks until 6pm. Hope to see lots of you there.
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Growing up Human with Dr Brenna Hassett
Bristol Folk House 40a Park St, BristolWe are delighted to support this event organised by the Bristol Humanists. Tracking deep into our evolutionary history, anthropological science has begun to unravel one particular feature that sets us apart from the many, many animals that came before us – our uniquely long childhoods. In the Darwin Day lecture Brenna Hassett will look at how we have diverged from our ancestral roots to stay 'forever young' – or at least what seems like forever – and how the evolution of childhood is a critical part of the human story. Full details and tickets: https://wegottickets.com/event/643698
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Are the Introverts Winning? with Marie le Conte
Unitarian Meeting Hall Brunswick Square, Bristol, United KingdomHeron Books is delighted to support this event organised by the Bristol Humanists.
Full details and tickets: https://www.meetup.com/bristol-humanists/events/305649303/
In our post-pandemic online world are we becoming more and more socially isolated? If so, what does that mean for us humans, the most social of all animals? We have evolved and are genetically pre-disposed to live in large social groups. Social interaction and cooperation is key to our 'success' and flourishing as a species. In this talk, based on a recent article in New Humanist, Marie le Conte will make the case that the pandemic, and near universal access to the internet, has just speeded up a fundamental long-term shift in our social patterns, leading to reduced social interaction.
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World Book Day
Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United KingdomPop in to pick up your World Book Day choice!
World Book Day champions the fun of reading, because it seriously improves lives. Reading for fun is the single biggest indicator that a child will grow up to enjoy a happier and more successful life – more than their family circumstances, their parents’ educational backgrounds or their income.
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Simon Scarrow: A Death in Berlin
Bristol Central Library Deanery Road, Bristol, United KingdomA free lunchtime talk with Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author Simon Scarrow in the Reading Room at Bristol Central Library. Simon will be in conversation discussing his new book A Death in Berlin, the latest in his CI Schenke series.
Simon Scarrow is a Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author with several million copies of his books sold worldwide. After a childhood spent travelling the world, he pursued his great love of history as a teacher, before becoming a full-time writer. His books - which have sold 6 million copies - include two earlier Berlin thrillers featuring CI Schenke, BLACKOUT and DEAD OF NIGHT which was a No.2 ebook bestseller. -
Poetry in Herons: John Greening
Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United KingdomPoetry in Herons returns!
For our March monthly poetry reading, we are delighted to welcome John Greening.
Free entry. Come for the poetry. Stay for the poetry.
Some seating. Some standing. Get in touch with us about any requirements you may have.
It is free and unticketed but it would help if you let us know that you are coming. RSVP to read@heronbooks.mom
John Greening is a poet, critic, editor and translator, a Bridport, Arvon and Cholmondeley winner and author of over twenty collections.
U.A.Fanthorpe (1929-2009) was one of the UK's most popular poets, but it's not well known that her writing career began in Bristol.
There has not been a new selection of her poems available for many years and John Greening will be introducing his annotated edition of her work tonight and also reading some of his own poetry.
