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  • Jo Leevers: The Last Time I Saw You

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Join us to celebrate The Last Time I Saw You by Jo Leevers

    Jo 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.

    Tickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £4 or free with the purchase of The Last Time I Saw You.
    Tickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.
    Book orders will be available to collect and get signed at the event.

    £4.00 – £8.99

  • Poetry in Herons – Jonathan Edwards

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Join us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry reading. 6pm, 13th July.
    Jonathan Edwards is our featured poet in July.
    Jonathan 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.
    The evening will begin with a reading from Adam Elms, followed by Jonathan's reading.

    £4.00 – £9.99

  • A Night of Black Queer Literature

    RWA Royal West of England Academy, Queen's Road, Bristol

    The RWA hosts: To Read: A night of Black Queer Literature

    Heron Books is delighted to support this event. 
    As a farewell celebration, Kiki Bristol* will present an evening of readings and literature, with space for people to listen, reflect and connect.

    The 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:
    Travis Alabanza
    Jackson King
    Dr Okechukwu Nzelu

    You 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.

  • Poetry in Herons – Martyn Crucefix

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Join us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry series. 6pm, Saturday 17th August.
    We will be celebrating the publication of Martyn Crucefix's translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry, Change Your Life. 
    Tickets are £4 or free with the purchase of Change Your Life. All tickets include a glass of something sparkling on arrival.

    £4.00

  • Bristol Humanists: Rebecca Nesbitt

    Unitarian Meeting Hall Brunswick Square, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Tickets for the Ark; why conservationists needs philosophy

    Science and ecology communicator Rebecca Nesbitt explores the underlying, largely invisible, philosophy and values which sit beneath wildlife conservation.

    A central dilemma of wildlife conservation is setting priorities to inform where limited funds are best spent.
    Can we be guided by science alone? Or do we also need philosophy to help us protect the natural world?

    Rebecca 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.

  • CANCELLED Poetry in Herons – Elizabeth Parker

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    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.

    Join us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry reading. 6pm, Saturday 14th September.
    In September we are celebrating the publication of Cormorant, the second collection from Elizabeth Parker. 
    Tickets are £4 or free with the purchase of Cormorant. All tickets include a glass of something sparkling on arrival.
    The evening will begin with a reading from Julie-Ann Rowell, followed by Elizabeth's reading.

  • Orla Owen: Christ on a Bike

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Join us to celebrate Christ On A Bike by Orla Owen

    Orla 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.

    Tickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £5 or free with the purchase of Christ On A Bike.
    Tickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.
    Book orders will be available to collect and get signed at the event.

    £5.00 – £9.99

  • Susie Alegre: Human Rights, Robot Wrongs

    Unitarian Meeting Hall Brunswick Square, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Heron Books is supporting the Bristol Humanists' Emma Martin Lecture 

    Human Rights, Robot Wrongs - being human in the age of AI
    Susie Alegre, barrister & human rights lawyer

    Susie 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.

    This 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.

  • Poetry in Herons – Glyn Maxwell

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Join us for Poetry In Herons with Glyn Maxwell

    6pm, Saturday 12th October.
    Glyn 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 or Costa Prizes, and The Nerve won the Geoffrey Faber Prize.

    You can buy tickets in advance online or in the shop.
    Tickets 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.

    The evening will begin with a reading from Kaycee Hill, followed by Glyn's reading.

    Kaycee 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. Bloodaxe recently published her debut collection, Hot Sauce.

    £4.00 – £12.00

  • Jan Carson – University of Bristol

    Arts Complex, University of Bristol Arts Complex Woodland Road, Bristol, United Kingdom

    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 Jan will be giving a reading and a Q&A, organised by the English department. Not to be missed! You 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. Tuesday, 15 October, 3-4 p.m., 1.H020 Humanities Research Space, Woodland Road, BS8 1TB

  • Brian Bilston & Henry Normal

    St George's, Bristol St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    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. We are delighted to be supporting this event at St George's, Bristol. Look forward to seeing you there! Full details and tickets here: https://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/whats-on/brian-bilston-henry-normal/

  • Brad Evans

    Clifton Library 13 Princess Victoria St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    How Black Was My Valley: Poverty and Abandonment in a Post-Industrial Heartland

    Heron Books is delighted to support this event with author Brad Evans hosted by the Friends of Clifton Centre and Library 

    How 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.