News, events and new titles from Bristol Books this December
A Bristol Book is the perfect gift
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for a lover of all things Bristol?
Easy to wrap and always appreciated we have books that tell stories of some of the city’s most fascinating characters and places. For a selection box of all that Bristol offers choose Bristol Miscellany 1 or 2 – chock full of interesting and juicy historical facts about the city.
Or you can look to the future with Bristol 650, celebrating the 650th anniversary of Bristol becoming an independent county with essays on how the city might adapt to the future.
Delve into quirky tales from the past such as Maid of The Haystack or Bristol’s Lost City or Saints, Crooks and Slavers. There are also biographies on some of the city’s most famous sons and daughters and revelations about local areas, including Old Market, Shirehampton, Hotwells and Keynsham.
To be sure to receive your book before Christmas please order by Sunday December 17 – we can not assure delivery after that – but we always try our best to support our local customers.
Visit Bristol’s book shops
You can touch and feel our books before you buy at some of the city’s great independent bookshops.
Gloucester Road Books will feature the Bristol 650 book (and many others) during a special Christmas event on the evening of December 7. That is the ideal time to get festive by looking around the Goucester Road Christmas Market. Some of the essay contributors will be there at times during the event, which runs from 5:30pm.
Heron Books in Clifton stock a wide range of books, including our titles and is tucked away in the beautiful Boyces Avenue Arcade alongside other independent shops. We Make Bristol in Canford Lane stocks our books, as well as other wonderful Christmas gifts and we are huge fans of Bookhaus and Max Minervas – two of the city’s great independent shops.
Dementia awareness session
Tony Hall, author of A Bucketful of Patience – living with dementia will be speaking at a special event in Congresbury, North Somerset on Tuesday December 5.
The one-hour dementia awareness session starts promptly at 11 am at Congresbury Bowling Club in Mill Leg and is open to anyone wanting information about dementia. Those attending are asked to arrive at 10.30 am. Copies of the book will be available.
Tony formed Bristol Dementia Action Alliance and wrote the book to help others after he experienced the challenges of supporting his wife through her final years with dementia. You can hear Tony on Radio Bristol here at 1hr 23 mins 40 secs.
Test yourself in our festive Bristol quiz
How good is your knowledge of Bristol and its history? Test it out in our fun annual quiz. The answers can be found in the Bristol Miscellany Vol II.
