Events
-
-
Alice Oswald and guests – Lyra Poetry Festival
St George's, Bristol St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, United KingdomHeron 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. Alice 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. Rachel 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. Caroline 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.
-
-
Bristol Bookshop Crawl
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. Also 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/
-
Phoebe Stuckes and Rose Ruane – Book Launch
Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United KingdomHeron 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.
Phoebe and Rose will be in conversation with Ash Bond, author of Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm.£5.00 – £36.99 -
Poetry in Herons – Rory Waterman
Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United KingdomJoin us for the launch of Come Here To This Gate by Rory Waterman.
Rory will be reading from his new collection. With a reading also from wonderful poet Zoe Brooks.£4.00 – £11.99 -
Dave Mountjoy: Being With Cows
Sparks, Bristol 78 Broadmead, BristolHow Nature Can Heal
Join us for the launch of Being With Cows by Dave MountjoyBeing 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. An 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.
The event will be chaired by Gill Farrer-Halls of The Literary Consultancy.
Tickets are free; please book to reserve your place below.
Free -
-
Julian Baggini Faces The Music
Bristol Folk House 40a Park St, BristolHeron Books is delighted to support the Bristol Humanists' summer solstice fundraiser and social.
The forces of Julian Baggini, philosopher and writer, combine with the musical talent of Inivisible Apples.
Come 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.
Buy your tickets from: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/616767
-
And Other Herons – Independent Bookshop Week
We are delighted to be partnering with publisher And Other Stories for Independent Bookshop Week, 15-22 June. Full details of everything we are planning to celebrate this superb literary publisher here. There 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.
-
Poetry in Herons – Ralf Webb
Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United KingdomJoin us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry reading. 6pm, 15th June.
Ralf Webb is our featured poet in June. Also on the bill is Florence Grieve.Ralf 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.
£4.00 – £20.00 -
Short fiction book group – Independent Bookshop Week
The Lansdown 8 Clifton Road, Bristol, United KingdomFor Independent Bookshop Week, we have partnered with publisher And Other Stories.
Join us for a discussion of one our favourite titles, Black Vodka by Deborah Levy.
We'll meet at 6.30 in the upstairs private room of The Lansdown pub.
To 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. -
Poetry book group – Independent Bookshop Week
The Albion The Albion, Boyces Avenue, BristolPoetry 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.
We'll meet at 6.30 in the upstairs private room of The Albion pub. NOTE THE VENUE CHANGE - WE ARE MEETING AT THE ALBION.
To 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, with whom we have partnered for Independent Bookshop Week. -
A Celebration of Writers at the University of Bristol
7 Woodland Road 7 Woodland Road, BristolA full-day writers' conference. Best-selling authors, signings, talks, workshops, manuscript help, and mind-blowing speakers.
Heron Books will be there with books to sell from many of our favourite local authors.
Join us for a day filled with creativity and inspiration. This event will take place at 7 Woodland Rd.
Writers 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.
-
Amy Jeffs
St James' Priory 1 Whitson Street, BristolIn conversation with Amy Jeffs, best-selling author and illustrator of Storyland and Wild
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies are thrilled to host an interview with Sunday Times Bestselling Author Amy Jeffs.
Dr 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.
Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain was published in 2022.The interview will conclude with an audience-led Q&A, with the opportunity to purchase copies of Storyland and Wild to be signed by Amy.
