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SUMMARY:Brad Evans
DESCRIPTION:How Black Was My Valley : Poverty and Abandonment in a Post-Industrial Heartland\nHeron Books is delighted to support this event with author Brad Evans hosted by the Friends of Clifton Centre and Library \nHow Black Was My Valley is a people’s history of the former mining communities of South Wales. Weaving together the personal with the political\, it offers a damning depiction of the hardship and suffering\, the tragedy and pain\, as a politically abandoned people went from powering the British Empire and the Great Wars\, to a broken post-industrial community\, lost in time. It travels with devastating and yet humane insight across the dark shadows of the valley’s history. \nIn doing so\, it deals with disaster and resistance; memory and landscapes of despair; the brutal past and the neglected present; hardship and poverty; unemployment and isolation; lack of opportunity and the normalisation of hopelessness; death and suffering; structural violence and everyday subjugation; onto the crises of white male subjectivity and the exponential rise in drug abuse and personal suicide\, whose troubling effects can no longer be easily contained within its mountainous walls. This is not a story of resilience. Instead\, readers are taken on a journey into an open wound\, whose once silent screams can no longer be ignored. \nBar opens: 18.30\nBrad’s talk commences: 19.00\nFollowed by Q&A and book signing\nhttps://foccal.com/event/238
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/brad-evans/
LOCATION:Clifton Library\, 13 Princess Victoria St\, Bristol\, BS8 4BX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Brian Bilston & Henry Normal
DESCRIPTION:Brian Bilston and Henry Normal appear together for the first time in a show which one critic has described as “two people reading some poems”. Along the way\, they will be drawing on their vast catalogue of crowd favourites – and throwing in new poems\, to prevent becoming their own tribute bands. \nWe are delighted to be supporting this event at St George’s\, Bristol. Look forward to seeing you there! \nFull details and tickets here: https://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/whats-on/brian-bilston-henry-normal/
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/brian-bilston-henry-normal/
LOCATION:St George’s\, Bristol\, St George’s Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Jan Carson - University of Bristol
DESCRIPTION:Heron Books will be at the University of Bristol\, with stacks of books by the brilliant Jan Carson\, winner of the EU Prize for Literature \nJan will be giving a reading and a Q&A\, organised by the English department. Not to be missed! \nYou can order Quickly\, While They Still Have Horses or The Raptures through the links and we will bring them to the event or send us an email (read [@] heronbooks.mom) to reserve a copy at the event. \nTuesday\, 15 October\, 3-4 p.m.\, 1.H020 Humanities Research Space\, Woodland Road\, BS8 1TB
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/jan-carson-university-of-bristol/
LOCATION:Arts Complex\, University of Bristol\, Arts Complex Woodland Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1UJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Herons – Glyn Maxwell
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Poetry In Herons with Glyn Maxwell\nJoin us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry reading. 6pm\, Saturday 12th October. \nGlyn Maxwell’s most recent poetry books are The Big Calls\, a broadside against recent UK government\, and How The Hell Are You\, shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize in 2020. Seven of his poetry collections have been shortlisted for the T S Eliot\, Forward and Costa Prizes\, and ‘The Nerve’ won the Geoffrey Faber Prize. His latest book is Silly Games To Save The World\, a sequel to his popular guidebook On Poetry. \nSilly Games is available to read for free on Glyn’s Substack site. He is Head of Studies on the MA at the Poetry School\, and Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature. \nYou can buy tickets in advance online or in the shop.\nTickets are £4 or free with the purchase of either The Big Calls or How the Hell Are You. All tickets include a glass of something sparkling on arrival. \nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.\nBook orders will be ready for you to pick up and get signed at the event. \nThe evening will begin with a reading from Kaycee Hill\, followed by Glyn’s reading. \nKaycee is a working-class\, mixed-heritage poet studying for an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol. She won the inaugural James Berry Poetry Prize and received mentorship from Malika Booker. Kaycee’s poetry has been published in Poetry Review\, Five Dials\, and commended by the Young Poets Network. Her words are found on Young Poets’ Stories\, the British Museum’s YouTube channel\, and in various anthologies. Bloodaxe recently published her debut collection\, Hot Sauce.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/poetry-in-herons-glyn-maxwell/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Susie Alegre: Human Rights\, Robot Wrongs
DESCRIPTION:Heron Books is delighted to be supporting the Bristol Humanists’ Emma Martin Lecture \nHuman Rights\, Robot Wrongs – being human in the age of AI\nSusie Alegre\, barrister & human rights lawyer\n \nIn her first book\, Freedom to Think\, Susie Alegre explored the history of legal freedoms around what we think. In her new book\, she has now turned her attention to the role of artificial intelligence in our lives. No longer an uncertain technology of the distant future\, artificial intelligence is starting to shape every aspect of our daily lives\, from how we think to who we love. \nSusie Alegre will explore the ways in which artificial intelligence threatens our fundamental human rights – including the rights to life\, liberty and fair trial; the right to private and family life; and the right to free expression – and how we protect those rights. Susie will touch on the many profound ethical dilemmas posed by emerging technologies\, and illustrate these through a number of case studies. \n“Eye-opening… acknowledging the fallibility of machines and the need to hold those responsible for harm to account …” – Marina Wheeler\, New Statesman\n“Alegre’s sharp legal brain conjures up the wicked problems of AI and provides a legal blueprint for humanity’s survival. Utterly brilliant.” ― Baroness Helena Kennedy\n“This is a thought-provoking\, challenging\, and very humane book\, which in an ideal world would be required reading in every Silicon Valley boardroom” ― Michael Wooldridge \nSusie Alegre is a leading international human rights lawyer & barrister who has worked for NGOs like Amnesty International and international organisations\, such as the UN\, around the world. She is currently a Member of the Commission for Control of Interpol’s Files and is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)\, as well as a barrister at Garden Court Chambers. She has been a legal pioneer in the field of digital rights. Susie’s first book\, Freedom to Think\, received wide acclaim\, was chosen as a Book of the Year 2022 by the Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph\, and longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing and shortlisted for the Christopher Bland Prize. She is a patron of Humanists UK. \nEmma Martin was Bristol’s most important freethinker\, feminist and human rights campaigner. In her short life (1812-1851)\, she went from committed Christian to outspoken atheist/freethinker working for the Owenites\, speaking to thousands and publishing pamphlets on the role of the church and on women’s rights. Later on she trained as a midwife and campaigned on reproductive rights. She has a blue plaque dedicated to her in Bridewell Street\, and annually Bristol Humanists celebrate her life with this special talk. \nThis is a ticketed event\, price £5 (full) or £3 (concession). Tickets available here https://www.wegottickets.com/event/630501 in advance. Note that if you are a member of Bristol Humanists you will receive an email with discount code.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/susie-alegre-human-rights-robot-wrongs/
LOCATION:Unitarian Meeting Hall\, Brunswick Square\, Bristol\, BS2 8PE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Orla Owen: Christ on a Bike
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Christ On A Bike by Orla Owen\n  \nWe are delighted to host Orla Owen to celebrate her latest novel\, Christ On A Bike. \nCerys receives an unexpected inheritance but there are rules attached. Three simple rules that must be followed. \nAs she settles into her new life\, she begins to feel trapped: the past is ever-present. She convinces herself that the villagers are watching her and\, desperate to control her own future\, she tries to break free… \nOrla Owen was born in Belfast\, and raised in Ireland and the UK. Christ On A Bike\, published by the award winning Bluemoose Books\, has been described as ‘strikingly original and utterly brilliant’. It was picked as a recommended read by Nina Pottell from Prima Magazine\, who reviewed it as ‘Black Mirror meets Tales of The Unexpected with shades of Shirley Jackson’ and was recommended as a read for January by Martin Chilton\, The Independent’s Chief Book Critic. \nBefore she was a writer\, Orla was an actress and drama practitioner\, studying Theatre at Bretton Hall College of the Arts\, and from a young age\, she knew she wanted to be a storyteller. \nTickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £5 or free with the purchase of Christ On A Bike.\nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the book on the night.\nBook orders will be available to collect and get signed at the event.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/orla-owen-christ-on-a-bike/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED Poetry in Herons – Elizabeth Parker
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, this event has been cancelled due to illness. We apologise for any inconvenience. If you had already bought a ticket\, we have sent you an email about this. Do get in touch if you have any questions.\nJoin us for Poetry In Herons with Elizabeth Parker\nJoin us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry reading. 6pm\, Saturday 14th September. \nIn September we are celebrating the publication of Cormorant\, the second collection from Elizabeth Parker. \nElizabeth Parker was born in London and grew up in Pygmy Pinetum Garden Nurseries\, a garden centre in The Forest of Dean. She lives in Bristol with her partner and two sons. Elizabeth was a secondary school English teacher for eight years and is writing two novels based on her experiences teaching Shakespeare to teenagers. \nElizabeth’s poetry has been published in various journals and has won and been shortlisted for a range of prizes. Following her 2016 pamphlet\, Antinopolis (published by Eyewear)\, Elizabeth’s first full collection\, In Her Shambles\, was published by Seren Books in April 2018 and her second collection\, Cormorant\, was published by Seren this February. Elizabeth is a founding member of Bristol poetry quartet The Spoke\, who perform their work at festivals and events. She is also co-host of monthly Bristol poetry event Under The Red Guitar. \nElizabeth is currently experimenting with poetic forms as she works on a long poem about her wonderful father\, who has late-stage dementia\, and a collection about the life and sudden loss of her sister\, the playwright and glorious human being Helen K Parker. Her cormorants continue\, as she has just begun to draft a poem titled ‘Helen As Cormorant’. \nYou can buy tickets in advance online or in the shop.\nTickets are £4 or free with the purchase of Cormorant. All tickets include a glass of something sparkling on arrival. \nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.\nBook orders will be ready for you to pick up and get signed at the event. \nThe evening will begin with a reading from Julie-Ann Rowell\, followed by Elizabeth’s reading. \nJulie-Ann Rowell is a multi-award-winning poet. She won first prize in the Grey Hen Press Poetry Competition\, in the Frogmore Poetry Prize and the New Writer Poetry Competition Short Collection prize. Her pamphlet collection Convergence was selected as a recommended read by the Poetry Book Society. She was a runner-up twice in the Bridport Prize. Her latest collection\, Inside Out\, was short-listed for the Welsh International Poetry Collection competition 2023.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/poetry-in-herons-elizabeth-parker/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Bristol Humanists: Rebecca Nesbitt
DESCRIPTION:Tickets for the Ark; why conservationists needs philosophy\nScience and ecology communicator Rebecca Nesbitt explores the underlying\, largely invisible\, philosophy and values which sit beneath wildlife conservation. \nA central dilemma of wildlife conservation is setting priorities to inform where limited funds are best spent.\nCan we be guided by science alone? Or do we also need philosophy to help us protect the natural world? \nRebecca will speak about her exploration of these questions & the effect it has had on her work on conservation for the benefit of all animals\, including humans. \nOf her recent book Tickets for the Ark New Scientist said\, “This is an ambitious and entertaining book\, which foresees a dynamic and creative role for conservation in the future.” \nRebecca will speak about her journey as a wildlife conservationist\, how philosophy and her understanding of colonialism and patriarchy\, both change and redirect her work. \nDr Rebecca Nesbit is author of Tickets for the Ark\, which tackles tough choices in wildlife conservation. Using case studies from around the world\, the book challenges some of our deeply held views about what the natural world should look like. \nRebecca studied butterfly migration for her PhD\, then worked for a start-up company training honeybees to detect explosives. She now works in science communication and her projects have ranged from a citizen science flying ant survey to visiting universities around the world with Nobel Prize Laureates. Her first popular science book Is That Fish in your Tomato? explores the fact and fiction of GM foods. \nAll are welcome\, whether Bristol Humanists member\, or not. The event is FREE if you are a member\, or £3/£1 if not.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/bristol-humanists-rebecca-nesbitt/
LOCATION:Unitarian Meeting Hall\, Brunswick Square\, Bristol\, BS2 8PE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Herons – Martyn Crucefix
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Poetry In Herons with Martyn Crucefix\nJoin us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry series. 6pm\, Saturday 17th August. \nWe will be celebrating the publication of Martyn’s translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry\, Change Your Life.  \nMore about Martyn Crucefix\nBetween a Drowning Man is published by Salt (2023). His Duino Elegies (Enitharmon\, 2006) was shortlisted for the Popescu Prize for Poetry Translation. Recent publications: Cargo of Limbs (Hercules Editions\, 2019); These Numbered Days\, poems by Peter Huchel (Shearsman\, 2019) won the Schlegel-Tieck Translation Prize\, 2020. Translations of essays by Lutz Seiler\, In Case of Loss\, have been published by And Other Stories in 2023. His major Rilke Selected\, Change Your Life\, is published by Pushkin Press (2024). Until recently\, a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at The British Library. Blogging at http://www.martyncrucefix.com \nYou can buy tickets in advance online or in the shop.\nTickets are £4 or free with the purchase of Change Your Life. All tickets include a glass of something sparkling on arrival. \nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.\nBook orders will be ready for you to pick up and get signed at the event.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/poetry-in-herons-martyn-crucefix/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Poetry
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SUMMARY:A Night of Black Queer Literature
DESCRIPTION:The RWA hosts\nTo Read: A night of Black Queer Literature\nOn Thursday 18 July 2024\, 6.30pm\, Heron Books is delighted to support this event.\nAs a farewell celebration\, Kiki Bristol* will present an evening of readings and literature\, with space for people to listen\, reflect and connect. \nLine up: \nTravis Alabanza is an award-winning writer and theatre maker. Their book None of the Above won the Jhalak literary prize\, Somerset Maugham award and was listed in TIME Magazines top 100 books of 2023. \nJackson King is a cultural troublemaker\, writer and journalist. As a Bajan-Jamaican\, a trans man\, a bisexual\, and a BDSM practitioner born in ‘babylon’ (Britain)\, his work aims to build and destroy. Disrupting empire logics\, cisheteropatriarchy and the politics of purity – while nurturing Black\, queer and kink-affirming cultures\, King’s work has appeared across the BBC\, The Guardian\, The iPaper\, PinkNews\, Metro\, Dope Black Queers\, Gender Reveal and more. \nDr Okechukwu Nzelu is a Manchester-based writer. In 2015 he was the recipient of a Northern Writers’ Award. His debut novel\, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney\, won a Betty Trask Award. His second novel\, Here Again Now\, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Encore Award\, the Polari Prize\, the Jhalak Prize and the Diverse Book Awards. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Lancaster University. \nThe evening will be hosted by Kiki’s Dr Myles-Jay Linton and music will be provided by Kiki co-founder DJ Devolicious. The event will also include a facilitated panel discussion with the performers. \nYou are welcome to join – whether you identify as an LGBTQ person of colour or not. However this event does aim to particularly encourage attendance from people who have traditionally felt marginalised from arts institutions such as RWA. In keeping with RWA policy and ethos\, no racism\, homophobia\, transphobia or any other –ism or schism will be tolerated. \nLimited places available – book now to avoid disappointment! \nThis project has been supported by Bristol Pride Community Fund. \n* Kiki Bristol was founded in 2017\, as a community organisation providing space for QTIBPOC (Queer\, Trans\, Intersex\, Black People & People of Colour) and our friends/family to meet. \nPhoto credits: Alex Douglas & Griff Townsend \nTo Read: A night of Black Queer Literature
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/a-night-of-black-queer-literature/
LOCATION:RWA\, Royal West of England Academy\, Queen's Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1PX
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Herons – Jonathan Edwards
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Poetry In Herons with Jonathan Edwards\nJoin us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry reading. 6pm\, Saturday 13th July. \nJonathan Edwards’s first collection\, My Family and Other Superheroes (Seren\, 2014)\, received the Costa Poetry Award and the Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice Award. It was shortlisted for the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. His second collection\, Gen (Seren\, 2018)\, also received the Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice Award\, and in 2019 his poem about Newport Bridge was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. He received the Troubadour Poetry Prize in 2022. He has been a judge for the National Poetry Competition and the Wales Book of the Year\, a Literature Wales mentor of emerging writers and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow. He lives in Crosskeys\, South Wales. \nYou can buy tickets in advance online or in the shop.\nTickets are £4 or free with the purchase of either My Family and Other Superheroes or Gen. All tickets include a glass of something sparkling on arrival. \nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.\nBook orders will be ready for you to pick up and get signed at the event. \nThe evening will begin with a reading from Adam Elms\, followed by Jonathan’s reading. \nBorn and bred in Devon\, Adam is a visually impaired creative who has lived in Bristol for almost twenty years. He recently returned to the spoken word scene after a decade away and performs regularly at poetry events\, festivals\, and open mics in and around the city. His work has been published in anthologies\, chapbooks\, and online journals by Walk – Listen – Create\, Frosted Fire\, the R.C. Sherriff Trust\, Lord Whisky Foundation\, and Nuthatch Press. Adam won the 2023 Waltham Forest Poetry Award with his poem\, ‘The Last VHS Player In England.’
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/poetry-in-herons-jonathan-edwards/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Jo Leevers: The Last Time I Saw You
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of The Last Time I Saw You \nby Jo Leevers\n  \nWe are delighted to host Jo Leevers to celebrate the publication of her second novel\, The Last Time I Saw You. \nShe’s waiting to become a mother – but first she has to find her own.  \nWeeks away from the birth of her first child\, Georgie should be enjoying the peace of her new life in the country\, but boredom has settled in and nerves are running high. A viral news story about the rescue of a missing child warms her heart until she sees the photo: the woman who found the child is her own mother\, Nancy\, who disappeared twenty years ago. \nHow could Nancy have abandoned her own children? Georgie needs to know before becoming a mother herself\, even if it means calling on her estranged brother Dan for support. As the siblings set off on a road trip towards the Scottish island where Nancy was last seen\, they don’t yet know that her side of the story has just as much heartache as their own. Caught between her new life and old secrets\, Georgie must make peace with the past. \nCan she and Dan unite to uncover the truth? And can piecing together Nancy’s story fix their broken family—or are some wounds too deep to heal? \nJo Leevers grew up in London and began writing fiction after a career in magazine journalism. Her bestselling debut\, Tell Me How This Ends\, was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice. Whether writing fiction or interviewing people for articles\, she is fascinated by the stories and secrets that we all carry with us. She has two grown-up children and lives with her husband and their wayward dog\, Lottie\, in Bristol. \nTickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £4 or free with the purchase of The Last Time I Saw You.\nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the The Last Time I Saw You on the night.\nBook orders will be available to collect and get signed at the event.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/jo-leevers-the-last-time-i-saw-you/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Amy Jeffs
DESCRIPTION:In conversation with Amy Jeffs\, best-selling author and illustrator of Storyland and Wild\nBristol Centre for Medieval Studies are thrilled to host an interview with Sunday Times Bestselling Author Amy Jeffs. \nWe at Heron Books are huge fans of Amy Jeffs’ books are so excited to attend this event with stacks of her books for sale. \nDr Amy Jeffs is an author\, artist and medievalist. During her PhD in Art History at the University of Cambridge\, she co-convened a project researching medieval badges and pilgrim souvenirs at the British Museum. She then worked in the British Library’s department of Ancient\, Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts. Now a Somerset-based author\, she illustrates her books with print and paper cutout. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain was published in 2021. It was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Waterstones Book of the Month\, as well as being shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain was published in 2022. Its audiobook\, illustrated with 7 original songs\, was named Audiobook of the Week by the Guardian and the Times. \nThe interview will conclude with an audience-led Q&A\, with the opportunity to purchase copies of Storyland and Wild to be signed by Amy. \nFind Amy on Twitter as @amy_historia and on Instagram as @amyjeffs_author and you can listen to her perform songs she has composed inspired by medieval myths on Spotify.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/amy-jeffs/
LOCATION:St James’ Priory\, 1 Whitson Street\, Bristol\, BS1 3NZ
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Writers at the University of Bristol
DESCRIPTION:Writers’ Day:\nA full-day writers’ conference. Best-selling authors\, signings\, talks\, workshops\, manuscript help\, and mind-blowing speakers. \nHeron Books will be there with books to sell from many of our favourite local authors.  \nJoin us on Saturday 22 Jun 2024 at 10am for a day filled with creativity and inspiration. This event will take place at 7 Woodland Rd.  \nWriters from all backgrounds will come together: whether you’re a seasoned writer or just starting out\, it’s an opportunity to enjoy a day devoted to your craft and to celebrate the power of prose and poetry. \nYou’ll hear from best-selling and emerging authors\, take part in workshops to increase your skill and stimulate your imagination\, hear speakers talk about the latest issues and ideas in writing\, and listen to those in the know discuss what they think about the future for publishing new work. There will also be a chance to be the first to hear the newest writing coming from our programmes\, to have feedback on your own writing given by our successful team of instructors and to attend the anthology launch from the Bristol Short Story Prize. \nParticipants include:\nJennie Godfrey\, author of The List of Suspicious Things\nNoreen Masud\, author of A Flat Place\nAsh Bond\, author of Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm\nJessica Moor\, author of Keeper\, discussing her latest novel Hold Back the Night\nCarrie Etter\, reading from her latest poetry collection\, Grief’s Alphabet\nAnd more…
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/a-celebration-of-writers-at-the-university-of-bristol/
LOCATION:7 Woodland Road\, 7 Woodland Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1TB
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Poetry book group – Independent Bookshop Week
DESCRIPTION:For Independent Bookshop Week\, we have partnered with publisher And Other Stories. \nPoetry book club! Come along to discuss poetry collection\, Pitch & Glint by Lutz Seiler\, translated by Stefan Tobler. This is a particularly special occasion as publisher and translator Stefan will be joining us for the discussion.   \nOn its original publication in 2000\, Pitch & Glint was widely hailed as a landmark in German poetry. Rooted in Seiler’s childhood home\, an East German village brutally undermined by Soviet Russian uranium extraction\, these propulsive poems are highly personal\, porous\, twisting\, cadenced\, cryptic and earthy\, traversing the rural sidelines of European history with undeniable evocative force. The frailty of bodies\, a nearness to materials and manual work\, the unknowability of our parents’ suffering\, and ultimately the loss of childhood innocence\, all loom large in poems where sound comes first. \nAs Seiler says in an essay\, ‘You recognise the song by its sound. The sound forms in the instrument we ourselves have become over time. Before every poem comes the story that we have lived. The poem catches the sound of it. Rather than narrating the story\, it narrates its sound.’ \nWe’ll meet at 6.30 in the upstairs private room of The Albion pub. (Note the venue change for this one – we are meeting at The Albion.) \nTo sign up\, pop in and buy a copy of Pitch & Glint or let us know if you need this delivered to you. If you already have a copy\, we just ask that you buy a different book published by And Other Stories… how about some poetry featuring an angel rescuing an accountant from hell? \nFrom July\, we plan to keep running a poetry group. Do let us know if you are interested. 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/poetry-book-group-independent-bookshop-week/
LOCATION:The Albion\, The Albion\, Boyces Avenue\, Bristol\, BS8 4AA
CATEGORIES:Book Group,Independent Bookshop Week,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Short fiction book group – Independent Bookshop Week
DESCRIPTION:For Independent Bookshop Week\, we have partnered with publisher And Other Stories. \nJoin us for a discussion of one our favourite short story collections\, Black Vodka by Deborah Levy.  \n‘Elisa said Yes and I said Yes. We said Yes in all the European languages. Yes. We said yes we said yes\, yes to vague but powerful things\, we said yes to hope which has to be vague\, we said yes to love which is always blind\, we smiled and said yes without blinking.’ (‘A Better Way to Live’) \nHow does love change us? And how do we change ourselves for love – or for lack of it? Ten stories by acclaimed author Deborah Levy explore these delicate\, impossible questions. In Vienna\, an icy woman seduces a broken man; in London\, a bird mimics an old-fashioned telephone; in adland\, a sleek copywriter becomes a kind of shaman. These are twenty-first century lives dissected with razor-sharp humour and curiosity\, stories about what it means to live and love\, together and alone. \nWe’ll meet at 6.30 in the upstairs private room of The Lansdown pub. \nTo sign up\, pop in and buy a copy of Black Vodka or let us know if you need this delivered to you. If you already have a copy\, we just ask that you buy a different book published by And Other Stories… have you read Boulder yet? You must. \nFrom July\, we plan to keep running a short fiction book group – discussing both short stories and novellas. Do let us know if you are interested. 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/short-fiction-book-group-independent-bookshop-week/
LOCATION:The Lansdown\, 8 Clifton Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Group,Independent Bookshop Week,Short fiction
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240615T180000
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Herons - Ralf Webb
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Poetry In Herons with Ralf Webb\nJoin us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry reading. 6pm\, Saturday 15th June. \nRalf Webb is the author of the poetry collection Rotten Days in Late Summer\, which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize. His poems\, essays\, and short fiction have appeared in Fantastic Man\, Granta\, the Guardian and the London Review of Books. He tutors in creative writing at Goldsmiths. Strange Relations: Masculinity\, Sexuality and Art is his first nonfiction book\, and publishes this July. \nYou can buy tickets in advance online or in the shop.\nTickets are £4 or free with the purchase of Rotten Days in Late Summer or free with a preorder of Strange Relations: Masculinity\, Sexuality and Art in Mid-Century America. All tickets include a glass of something sparkling on arrival. \nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.\nOrders of Rotten Days in Late Summer will be ready for you to pick up and get signed at the event. Orders of Strange Relations will be available on publication\, on 25 July\, and can be collected from the shop or delivered to you. \nThe evening will begin with a reading from Florence Grieve\, followed by Ralf’s reading. \nFlorence Grieve is a Bristol based poet and writer. She has been featured in Mslexia\, Acumen\, on BBC Upload and was a finalist in the 2024 Lyra Festival Poetry Slam.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/poetry-in-herons-june/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:And Other Herons – Independent Bookshop Week
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be partnering with publisher And Other Stories for Independent Bookshop Week\, 15-22 June. \nFull details of everything we are planning to celebrate this superb literary publisher here. \nThere will be short stories\, there will be poetry\, there will be a competition to win some BOOKS\, there will be herons\, there will be temporary tattoos\, there will be more books. And Other Delights. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/and-other-herons-independent-bookshop-week/
CATEGORIES:Independent Bookshop Week
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240603T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240603T210000
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SUMMARY:Julian Baggini Faces The Music
DESCRIPTION:Heron Books is delighted to support the Bristol Humanists’ summer solstice fundraiser and social. \nThe forces of Julian Baggini\, philosopher and writer\, combine with the musical talent of Inivisible Apples. \nCome and have fun\, listen to great music\, drink\, eat and chat and raise money for two very worthy causes. The Invisible Apples will play 2 unplugged sets from their album ‘The Golden Threads and Invisible Lights of Duka’\, and in between will be ‘in conversation’ with Julian Baggini about their collaboration\, how they create their work and why humans create music. \nInvisible Apples are a jazz duo\, comprising legendary Bristol pianist JOHN BAGGOTT\, best-known for his work with the likes of Portishead\, Massive Attack\, and most recently Robert Plant\, and PETE JUDGE on flugelhorn. Pete will be familiar from a host of leftfield contexts\, such as the mighty Get the Blessing and acoustic multi-instrumentalists Three Cane Whale. Together\, they have developed a unique rapport as an acoustic jazz duo\, with an approach that is spiritual\, passionate\, exploratory and meditative. The dexterity of John’s piano playing finds its perfect foil in Pete’s unmistakable plangency. They will play music from their album ‘The Golden Threads and Mystic Lights of Duka’\, and some other favourites too. \nJULIAN BAGGINI has written on various philosophical subjects including rationality\, identity\, food and atheism. He has written numerous books\, and regularly writes for magazines and newspapers including\, Prospect\, the Guardian\, the FT and the Wall Street Journal. At St Georges\, Bristol he hosts a regular public philosophy session ‘Philosophical Times’. He is a patron of Humanists UK. Julian has an abiding interest in creativity\, and has explored with musicians and others how they go about creating their art and what it means. Julian will be in conversation with Pete & John about their collaboration\, how they create their work\, and maybe even\, why humans create music & what the point of it is! \nWe will provide a bookstall selling Julian’s books. Invisible Apples CD will be on sale too. \nAll proceeds will go to Faith to Faithless* helpline and UNICEF Gaza Appeal. All presenters have waived their fees. \n* Faith to Faithless Helpline\, recently launched by Humanists UK supports people leaving high-control religions \nBuy your tickets from: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/616767
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/julian-baggini-faces-the-music/
LOCATION:Bristol Folk House\, 40a Park St\, Bristol\, BS1 5JG
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Music
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SUMMARY:Dave Mountjoy: Being With Cows
DESCRIPTION:How Nature Can Heal\n  \nJoin us for the launch of Being With Cows by Dave Mountjoy\n  \nBeing with Cows tells the heartbreaking\, heartfelt\, and ultimately\, transformational story of how one man\, shattered by the sudden death of his brother\, was helped to a place of acceptance and quiet joy through the presence and gentle stillness of his cows. It was a healing so deep and complete\, that he realised others would benefit from his experience and the idea for the ‘Being with Cows’ retreats was born; a retreat where everyone can benefit from ‘cowfulness’ and the quiet journey to a simpler way of being. \nAn inspirational story about grief\, family\, mindfulness and the healing power of nature\, Being with Cows is for anyone in search of inner peace and simplicity in an increasingly complex world. \nDave Mountjoy was born in rural Worcestershire in the UK and spent most of his childhood on his mum’s family farm. After leaving school\, he developed a passion for travel\, taking him to Israel\, Uganda and on explorations around the British Isles. Working as a volunteer for the RSPB\, his love and gratitude for the sheer majesty of the natural world was deepened by stays on nature reserves in England\, Scotland and Wales. He lives on a farm in the French Pyrenees with his partner Diana and their two boys. \nThe event will be chaired by Gill Farrer-Halls of The Literary Consultancy. \nTickets are free; please book to reserve your place below. \nYou can preorder the book here.\nBooks will be available for collection and signing at the event. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/dave-mountjoy-being-with-cows/
LOCATION:Sparks\, Bristol\, 78 Broadmead\, Bristol\, BS1 3DS
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Herons - Rory Waterman
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Rory Waterman’s new poetry collection: Come Here To This Gate \n  \nOur monthly poetry reading has a new format! \nReadings will now be held in the Arcade at 6pm and are ticketed. You can buy tickets in advance or on the door. Tickets are £4 or free with the purchase of Come Here To This Gate and include a glass of something sparkling on arrival. \nRory Waterman’s fourth collection\, Come Here to This Gate\, has just been published by Carcanet. His first collection was a PBS Recommendation and was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Award and in 2019 he was shortlisted for the Ledbury Forte Prize. \nHe was born in Belfast in 1981\, grew up mainly in Lincolnshire\, once lived in Bristol for five years\, and now lives in Nottingham\, where he teaches at NTU. He also co-runs the pamphlet publisher New Walk Editions\, and publishes a lot of literary journalism. Website: rorywaterman.com. \nThe evening will begin with a reading from Zoe Brooks\, followed by Rory’s reading. \nZoe has been writing and performing poetry as long as she can remember. Her career began when she was discovered by Michael Horovitz of Poetry Olympics. She still believes in the power of poetry in performance\, in the alchemy that exists between poet and audience. Zoe has had two collections published recently: Owl Unbound (Indigo Dreams\, 2020) and Fool’s Paradise (Black Eyes Publishing\, 2022). Fool’s Paradise won the EPIC Award for Best Poetry Ebook. \nZoe likes to hear and support other people’s work. She is a leading member of the team at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival. You can read Zoe’s blog on https://zoebrooks.blogspot.com/
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/poetry-in-herons-may/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Phoebe Stuckes and Rose Ruane – Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to launch Birding by Rose Ruane and Dead Animals by Phoebe Stuckes\n18.30\, Friday 10 May\, in the Clifton Arcade \nHeron Books is thrilled to host Phoebe Stuckes and Rose Ruane to celebrate their debut novels. We are huge fans of their writing – we’ve been lucky enough to read advance copies of their brilliant books – and can’t wait to hear from the authors themselves.\nPhoebe and Rose will be in conversation with Ash Bond\, author of Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm. \nDead Animals by Phoebe Stuckes \nThere is something creeping at the edge of your vision\, lingering somewhere just out of focus. All it would take is to let your mind wander\, to let it come into view. A young woman wakes after a house party with scratches and bruises – and a gap in her memory. \nAs the violent truth comes back to her – a series of events she struggles to name – her anger grows. Solace comes in the form of enigmatic\, captivating Helene\, who knows what the man at the party did\, has suffered at his hands too. An act of violence demands one in return and Helene is planning revenge. \nBut who can afford to ask for justice\, when the cost is murderously high? \nBirding by Rose Ruane \nIn a small seaside town\, autumn is edging into winter\, gulls ride winds over the waves\, and two women pass each other on the promenade\, as yet unaware of each other’s existence. In the nineties Lydia was a teen pop star\, posed half naked on billboards everywhere with a lollipop between her lips and no idea how to live\, letting the world happen to her. Now\, three decades later\, Lydia is less and less sure that what happened to her was in the least bit okay. The news cycle runs hot with #MeToo stories\, and a famous former lover has emerged with a self-serving apology\, asking her to forgive him. Suddenly\, the past is full of trapdoors she is desperately trying not to fall through. \nJoyce\, in middle age\, has never left home.She still lives with her mother Betty. With their matching dresses\, identical hairdos and makeup\, they are the local oddballs. Theirs is a life of unerring routine: the shops\, biscuits served on bone china plates\, dressing up for a gin and tonic on Saturday. Nice things. One misstep from Joyce can ruin Betty’s day; so Joyce treads carefully. She has never let herself think about a different kind of life. \nWith mordant wit and lyrical prose\, Birding asks if we can ever see ourselves clearly or if we are always the unreliable narrators of our own experiences. It is a story about the difference between responsibility and obligation\, unhealthy relationships and abusive ones\, third acts and last chances\, and two women trying to take flight on clipped wings. \nTickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £5 or free with the purchase of Birding and/or Dead Animals.\nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.\nBook orders will be available to collect and get signed on the night.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/phoebe-stuckes-and-rose-ruane/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Bristol Bookshop Crawl
DESCRIPTION:Bristol Bookshop Crawl is back. Pick up a leaflet/map from any of your independent bookshops and enjoy a wander across the city to discover (or revisit or re-revisit) Bristol’s marvellous (yes\, we are unashamedly saying that) bookshops and get 10% off your purchases on 4th and 5th May. \nAlso as part of Bristol Walkfest\, you can join the Bookshop Crawl gang for a guided tour: book your tickets at https://www.bookshopcrawl.co.uk/
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/bristol-bookshop-crawl/
CATEGORIES:Bookshop Crawl
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SUMMARY:Alice Oswald and guests - Lyra Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:Heron Books is delighted to support an evening of poetry with Alice Oswald\, Caroline Bird and Rachel Long as part of Lyra – Bristol Poetry Festival 2024. \nAlice Oswald has published 6 collections of poetry\, including Dart which won the TS Eliot Prize. A gardener and poet\, Alice Oswald lived and worked for many years at Dartington in Devon. She is the first female Professor of Poetry at Oxford\, and has particular interest in poetry as an oral tradition. \nRachel Long’s debut collection\, My Darling from the Lions was published by Picador in the UK\, in 2020. It was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection\, The Costa Book Award\, The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award\, The Rathbones Folio Prize\, and the Jhalak Prize Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour. \nCaroline Bird’s selected poems\, Rookie (2022)\, and The Air Year (2020) are two of Carcanet’s most popular books of the present decade. She won the Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2020\, and has been shortlisted for a number of prizes including the TS Eliot Prize\, the Costa Book Awards\, the Ted Hughes Award\, the Polari Prize and the Dylan Thomas Prize.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/alice-oswald-and-guests-lyra-festival/
LOCATION:St George’s\, Bristol\, St George’s Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Caribbean Nights - Lyra Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:Heron Books will be bookselling at this fascinating event\, part of the Lyra Poetry Festival \nhttps://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/12523/caribbean-nights-poetry \nIn the 1980s the UK had little idea of the wealth of poetry coming from the Caribbean. In 1986\, the BBC’s thought-provoking Arena film Caribbean Nights: Poetry changed all that. \nThe film features Trinidadian intellectual Darcus Howe chairing an illuminating discussion with St Lucian poet Derek Walcott (1992 Nobel Prize for Literature)\, pioneering British-Jamaican reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and emerging British-Guyanese poet Fred D’Aguiar. \nFollowed by a talk with poet and editor Rishi Dastidar\, 2023 TS Eliot Prize winner Anthony Joseph\, Louisa Adjoa Parker\, and Bristol academic Madhu Krishnan. \nHelen Thomas will then read a new poem inspired by the film.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/caribbean-nights-lyra-poetry-festival/
LOCATION:Watershed\, 1 Canons Road Harbourside\, Bristol\, BS1 5TX
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Film
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Herons - April
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly pre-prandial poetry reading in the shop. \nIn April we are delighted to welcome Robert Walton and Jessica Haines to read their poetry. \nNo tickets\, free entry\, just do get in touch if you’d like to attend so that we have an idea of numbers.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/poetry-in-herons-april/
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Jack-Jack: A Dog in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Ben Garrod\, Jack and Heron Books warmly invite you to the launch of\nJACK-JACK\, A DOG IN AFRICA \nChildren and dogs are all welcome. \nWhere: Heron Books\, Clifton Arcade\nWhen: 11am\, Thursday 11th April\nWhat: A reading from Ben and Jack\, book signing/paw-printing\, pictures of the gorgeous Jack to colour in\, photo competition to WIN a copy of the book and treats for your fluffy companions. \nPre-order your copy here: https://www.heronbooks.mom/product/jack-jack-a-dog-in-africa/ \nAttendance is free but do RSVP to read@heronbooks.mom.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/jack-jack-a-dog-in-africa/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240401T193000
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SUMMARY:Chris French: The Science of Weird S**t!
DESCRIPTION:Why our minds conjure the paranormal \nWhat better way to mark All Fools Day (no\, this is not an April Fool) than an event that seeks to debunk the myths around the paranormal? \nThis event is organised by Bristol Humanists\, with Heron Books providing the bookstall. \nEver since records began\, in every known society\, a substantial proportion of people have reported unusual experiences\, often labelled ‘paranormal’. Opinion polls show that the majority of the public accept that paranormal phenomena do occur. This widespread belief can only mean one of 2 things. Either the paranormal is real or else belief in the paranormal can be explained psychologically. \nGhostly encounters\, alien abduction\, reincarnation\, talking to the dead\, UFO sightings\, inexplicable coincidences\, out-of-body and near-death experiences. Are these legitimate phenomena? If not\, then how should we go about understanding them? Chris French investigates paranormal claims to discover what lurks behind this “weird s**t.”\nIn the Science of Weird S**t he will debunk ESP\, communicating with the dead\, and alien abduction claims\, among other phenomena. All the while\, however\, he says that our belief in such phenomena is neither ridiculous nor trivial; if anything\, such claims can tell us a great deal about the human mind if we pay them the attention they are due. \nChris French is Emeritus Professor and Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths\, University of London. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a Patron of Humanists UK. He has published well over 150 articles and chapters covering a wide range of topics. His main current area of research is the psychology of paranormal beliefs and anomalous experiences. He frequently appears on radio and television casting a sceptical eye over paranormal claims. His most recent book\, to be published in March 2024 by MIT Press\, is The Science of Weird S**t: Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal. \nEveryone is welcome to attend. Bristol Humanists’ events are FREE to members; they ask others to make a contribution of £3/£1. You can join Bristol Humanists here https://www.bristolhumanists.com/membership and for more information on Bristol Humanists https://www.bristolhumanists.com/
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/chris-french-the-science-of-weird-st/
LOCATION:Unitarian Meeting Hall\, Brunswick Square\, Bristol\, BS2 8PE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Humanists":MAILTO:bristolhumanists@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240327T183000
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SUMMARY:Fiction Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The March book is Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto. \nWe meet on the last Wednesday of every month at 6.30 in the upstairs room at The Lansdown. \nThe fiction book club is currently full; please get in touch if you’d like to be added to the waiting list or have a look at what we’re reading in our other book clubs.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/fiction-book-club-3/
LOCATION:The Lansdown\, 8 Clifton Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Group,Fiction
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240325T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240325T194500
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SUMMARY:Non-fiction Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The March book choice is Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev. \nWe meet on the last Monday of every month at 6.30 in the upstairs room at The Lansdown. \nDo get in touch or pop into the shop if you’d like to sign up and pick up a copy of the book. If you already own a copy\, we ask that you buy a different book of equivalent value in order to sign up.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.mom/event/non-fiction-book-club-3/
LOCATION:The Lansdown\, 8 Clifton Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Group,Non-fiction
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