News, events and new titles from Bristol Books this December
The Bristol Ideas Book of Walks
Follow in the footsteps of the Romantic poets and Brunel. Learn about Bristol’s council housing, commerce and public life. Discover the myths people tell about the city. Experience arts, music history and nature. And see how different the city might have looked if some projects had gone ahead. This book brings together a series of walks created and commissioned by Bristol Ideas to help you explore this unique city. Edited by Andrew Kelly and featuring walks from Robin Askew, Eugene Byrne, Melanie Kelly and Amy O’Beirne.
Price: £14
Doris Pliosaur
Bristol Books have published Bristol Museum & Art Gallery's new children’s book 'Is that Doris?'. The colour picture book based on the pliosaur fossil in the museum’s collections has been beautifully illustrated by Tilia Rand-Bell. Copies of the book are now available to purchase from the museum shop.
Bristol Books and Tangent Books
Our online shop is stocked with a wide range of Bristol-themed books this Christmas, including books from Bristol Books and Tangent Books. Buy a local book this Christmas!
Chris Packham receives A Life with Buzzards
Bristol Books were delighted when Chris Packham – the keynote speaker at the Clifton LitFest this November – received a copy of Robin Prytherch's book, A Life with Buzzards.
Louise Brown with Thomasin McKenzie who plays Jean Purdy in the film “Joy”, appeared on BBC's The One Show together.
Joy to the world
The top Netflix film "Joy", which follows the three pioneering British scientists in the 60s and 70s and their struggle to develop IVF has been among the most watched this month.
Culminating in the birth of Louise Brown, who grew up and lives in Bristol, it centres around Jean Purdy, the world's first embryologist as she worked with Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe top help people have babies.
At 11.47 pm on July 25, 1978, they achieved their goal when Louise Brown was born. As the first person to be conceived this way it made Louise instantly world famous.
You can read about her parents and the story of her life as a world first in her biography. We have some hardback first editions left and the paperback "Louise Brown, 40 Years of IVF". Both book contain photographs of Louise's remarkable story.
Bristol 100 years in Music & Film
Bristol Books were proud to sponsor and produce the souvenir programme for Bristol 100 years in music and film at Bristol Beacon this December 1.
The event celebrated the centenary of Bristol Archives with over 90 young musicians from Bristol Youth Orchestra accompanying remarkable archive cine footage of Bristol.
Film makers David Parker and Bob Pitt worked with Bristol Archives to select around 100 minutes of film which was projected on a massive screen while the orchestra, conducted by Tim Harrison, performed music from Holst, Vaughan Williams, and Florence Price. Bristol pianist Sandie Middleton also premiered a new composition, specially written for the concert.
