News, events and new titles from Bristol Books this July
Vegan Bristol:
Bristol’s best places for plant-based food
Ben McCabe & Helena Murphy
Now available to order online and from bookshops in Bristol.
Bristol Books have published this fantastic guide that features a curated selection of the best vegan and vegan-friendly establishment's across a range of cuisines and culture – from restaurants and cafes to pubs and pop-ups.
More than 40 locations have been carefully researched and described by former journalist Ben McCabe and illustrated with mouth-watering photographs by Helena Murphy. Whether you are a full-time vegan or enjoy plant-based fare when you can this is a great guide for eating out in Bristol.
Photo: Clara Hillyer
A Child of Science
Have you been to see A Child of Science, which is currently running at the Bristol Old Vic?
For Bristol-based Louise Brown it was a strange experience as she is the baby portrayed at the end of the play.
Tom Felton (known globally as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter) played scientist Bob Edwards, who won the Nobel Prize for bringing Louise into the world and inventing In Vitro Fertilisation.
If you want to know more about the story of IVF and its Bristol connections you can read it in Louise’s paperback biography 40 Years of IVF – My Life as The World’s First Test-tube baby.
Are you a Children’s Book Illustrator?
Bristol Museums are producing a children’s picture book based on the fossil of a pliosaurus (a marine reptile from the Jurassic period) in the museum’s collection. A reconstructed model of the Pliosaur is on display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, suspended from the ceiling above the museum café. The model was named Doris following public consultation.
Bristol Museums want to commission an illustrator to bring Doris and the other animals ‘to life’ in a colourful and accurate series of images. The aims of this storybook is to provide an attractive, engaging and informative book for children aged around 4-7 years. Bristol Books will be the publisher of the book on behalf of Bristol Museums.
New nature publications
Bristol Books have recently helped design and arrange the printing of two nature themed publications. The State of Nature In the West of England 2024 on behalf of Bristol Regional and Environmental Record Centre and A Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles on behalf of the British Entomological & Natural History Society.
Get in touch with us to discuss any publishing, design or printing requirements if you have a book that you’d like Bristol Books to help produce.
