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SUMMARY:David Olusoga: History's Missing Chapters
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be supporting this event at St George’s: \nProfessor David Olusoga OBE\, BAFTA winning film-maker and author returns to St Georges due to popular demand. \nIn a brand-new talk for 2025 David examines some of history’s missing chapters to uncover how and why some events and some people are remembered and others forgotten. Taking examples from the world wars\, the Industrial revolution and other pivotal moments in global history David uncovers history’s missing persons. \n\nDavid is the author or co-author of eight books including Black & British: A Forgotten History (awarded both the Longman-History Today Trustees Award and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize)\, The World’s War\, Black & British: A Short Essential History\, The Kaiser’s Holocaust: Germany’s Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism. \nDavid’s recent television programs include Union with David Olusoga and upcoming in 2025 Empire with David Olusoga. He also writes and presents the long-running BBC history series A House Through Time. Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester\, and a columnist for The Observer\, David also writes for The Guardian\, The New Statesman\, The Voice and BBC History Magazine. \nA recipient of both the British Academy’s President’s Medal and the Norton Medlicott Medal For Services to History David is a Fellow of the British Academy\, The Royal Society of Literature\, The Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Historical Society. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/david-olusoga-historys-missing-chapters-2/
LOCATION:St George’s\, Bristol\, St George’s Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Cécile Tlili: Just a Little Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Heron Books is delighted to welcome Cécile Tlili to celebrate the publication of Just a Little Dinner.\n \nDo join us to meet Cécile\, enjoy a discussion with her publisher\, Richard Village of Foundry Books\, and get your copies signed. \nThe event is free. Please RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk so that we know how many to expect. \nOrder the book here. \nAbout the book:\nIn tired\, hot Paris at the end of August\, a group of friends\, who’d rather still be at the sea\, meet for a dinner in one couple’s apartment. Taking us behind the shutters of the Sixth Arrondissement\, with a cast of characters that both delight and repel\, fractured relationships\, manipulation\, bad behaviour and desperation are all laid bare in this very contemporary take on a Parisian huis clos story. What starts as just a little dinner ends up having monumental consequences for everyone. \nCécile Tlili co-founded an alternative school for neuroatypical children. Just a Little Dinner is her first novel. The book was shortlisted for the 2024 Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman and won the 2023 Prix Littéraire Gisèle Halimi for women’s writing. \nTranslated from French by Katherine Gregor. Katherine is a literary translator from Italian and French. She translates fiction\, non-fiction and plays and recent work includes Ashes in the Snow by de Oriana Ramunno\, Bridges of the World by Giancarlo Ascari and Pia Valentinis\, The Memory of the Air by Caroline Lamarche (winner of an English PEN Translates Award)\, Vanda by Marion Brunet and The Whisperer’s Game by Donato Carrisi. \nThis event is made possible with the support of the Institut Français in the United Kingdom.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/cecile-tlili-just-a-little-dinner/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Franny Moyle: Mrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the publication of Mrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun: The Extraordinary Entwined Lives of Two Eighteenth-Century Painters by Franny Moyle \nWe are delighted to welcome Franny Moyle for a talk on her fascinating new book on Angelica Kauffman and Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. \nIn the spring of 1790 two of the most gifted artists in Europe met in Rome and became fast friends\, sharing their views on art\, visiting the city’s ancient sites and making trips to the opera together over several happy weeks. The Swiss history painter Angelica Kauffman and the French portraitist Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun are no longer household names in the early twenty-first century but were much-fêted celebrities in the late eighteenth. The two had much in common: both had been child prodigies; both were members of the prestigious Academies of their respective countries; both had been celebrated court painters; both had made disastrous marriages that had drained them financially and made them the subject of scandal. \nFranny Moyle uses their meeting in the eternal city as the point of departure for a lavishly illustrated ‘life and times’ biography of two brilliant but neglected women artists whose lives and creative careers straddled the political upheavals of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. \nMrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun allows Moyle to explore an age of political\, aesthetic and social revolution via a web of connections that embraces many of the most intriguing and powerful personalities of the time – to view a whole era of changing ideas and political ferment through the prism of the intertwined tales of two remarkable\, rediscovered female lives. \nThe event is free and unticketed but seats are limited so please do RSVP in advance so that we can ensure you are sitting comfortably and your glass will be full. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/franny-moyle-mrs-kauffman-and-madame-le-brun/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Adam Sisman: The Indefatigable Asa Briggs
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to celebrate the publication of The Indefatigable Asa Briggs by Adam Sisman. \nPlease RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk. \nOrder the book here.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/adam-sisman-the-indefatigable-asa-briggs/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Bristol Talks: Bruce Hood – The Science of Happiness
DESCRIPTION:We will be providing a book stall at this fascinating event organised by Bristol Talks: \nJoin us for what promises to be an enlightening and enriching conversation between Bruce Hood (Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at the University of Bristol) and Andrew Kelly (former Director of Bristol Ideas and visiting professor at the University of the West of England) about happiness. \nIn The Science of Happiness\, Bruce drew on decades of neuroscience and developmental psychology research to show that the key to happiness is not self-care but connection. Bruce and Andrew will be discussing these insights along with many others as they explore the roots of wellbeing in today’s world. It is a conversation that promises lessons for Bristolians of all ages plus practical actions that we can all take to promote collective wellbeing in our local community. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/bristol-talks-bruce-hood-the-science-of-happiness/
LOCATION:Bristol Folk House\, 40a Park St\, Bristol\, BS1 5JG
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Chiara Valerio: The Little I Knew
DESCRIPTION:Heron Books is delighted to welcome Chiara Valerio to celebrate the publication of The Little I Knew.\n \nDo join us to meet Chiara\, hear a discussion about the book and get your copies signed on 18 June\, part of our Independent Bookshop Week partnership with publisher Foundry Editions. \nChiara Valerio was born in Scauri in 1978 and lives in Rome. She has published essays\, novels and short stories\, including: La gioia piccola d’esser quasi salvi (2009)\, Spiaggia libera tutti (2010)\, Il cuore non si vede (2019)\, La matematica è politica (2020)\, Nessuna scuola mi consola (2021)\, Così per sempre (2022)\, La tecnologia è religione (2023) \nThe event is free but please do RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk so that we have an idea of numbers. \nAbout the book:\nIn Scauri\, an end of the line seaside town forty miles or so from Rome\, Vittoria dies unexpectedly in her bath. Whilst the townsfolk meet the event with sad but respectful southern Italian silence\, Lea\, the town lawyer\, wants to investigate. Who was Vittoria\, what were her secrets\, why had she mysteriously arrived in Scauri thirty years earlier? And was her relationship with Lea all that it seemed? \nIn this unforgettable portrait of a small town and the women who live there\, reverberations from the past catch up with present. Through the silences\, Vittoria’s story is revealed and everything – passions\, emotions\, and relationships – changes forever. \nNovelist\, editor\, critic\, cultural commentator and mathematician Chiara Valerio is a sensation in Italy and The Little I Knew is a huge bestseller. It was shortlisted for the 2024 Premio Strega. \nTranslated from Italian by Ailsa Wood:\nAilsa is a translator from Italian and French. Her work on Stafano Benni’s monologues from Le Beatrice was the winner of the prestigious John Dryden Translation Prize in 2022.  Besides her work as a literary translator\, she works across various related sectors including wine and tourism. Ailsa has and M.A. in Literary Translation (with Distinction) from the University of East Anglia and lives in Italy. \nThis event has been made possible with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in London.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/chiara-valerio-the-little-i-knew/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Independent Bookshop Week
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SUMMARY:Writers' Day at the University of Bristol
DESCRIPTION:The University of Bristol is hosting a day of talks\, discussion and workshops for new and established writers. \nWe are thrilled to support the event with a book stall throughout the day. \nFull details and link to register: https://bristol.ac.uk/english/study/part-time/short-courses/writers-day/
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/writers-day-at-the-university-of-bristol/
LOCATION:7 Woodland Road\, 7 Woodland Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1TB
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Rosa Vásquez Espinoza: The Spirit of the Rainforest
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the publication of The Spirit of the Rainforest by Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza with an author talk and signing. \nBefore you step into the jungle\, there are a few things you need to know… Join scientist Dr Rosa Vasquez Espinoza as she uncovers one of the most unexplored regions on the planet. Dr Rosa is no stranger to the Amazon. \nGrowing up with the rainforest as her back garden\, she learnt the lessons of the rainforest from her grandmother\, a native healer in natural medicine. She went on to pursue a classical education in science\, gaining a PhD in the US\, but has always been pulled back to the heart of the Amazon. As a leading biologist in her field\, Rosa continues to explore the region through a unique blend of scientific inquiry and ancient insight. \nDr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza is a Peruvian Amazonian-Andean scientist\, conservationist\, National Geographic Explorer\, and award-winning artist. She blends science with indigenous knowledge to protect biodiversity and culture. \nAs founder of Amazon Research Internacional\, she works with indigenous communities to safeguard the Amazon\, from discovering new microbes in the Boiling River to leading Peru’s first chemical analysis of stingless bee honey. Named the Ashaninka International Ambassador\, her work has earned global recognition\, including BBC’s 100 Women and The Explorers Club’s 50 People Changing the World. \nPre-order the book here. \nThe event is free but please do RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/rosa-vasquez-espinoza-the-spirit-of-the-rainforest/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:David Olusoga: History's Missing Chapters
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to support this event taking place at St George’s Bristol. \nIn a brand-new talk for 2025 David examines some of history’s missing chapters to uncover how and why some events and some people are remembered and others forgotten. Taking examples from the world wars\, the Industrial revolution and other pivotal moments in global history David uncovers history’s missing persons. \nDavid is the author or co-author of eight books including Black & British: A Forgotten History (awarded both the Longman-History Today Trustees Award and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize)\, The World’s War\, Black & British: A Short Essential History\, The Kaiser’s Holocaust: Germany’s Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism. \nDavid’s recent television programs include Union with David Olusoga and upcoming in 2025 Empire with David Olusoga. He also writes and presents the long-running BBC history series A House Through Time. Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester\, and a columnist for The Observer\, David also writes for The Guardian\, The New Statesman\, The Voice and BBC History Magazine. \nA recipient of both the British Academy’s President’s Medal and the Norton Medlicott Medal For Services to History David is a Fellow of the British Academy\, The Royal Society of Literature\, The Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Historical Society. \nHis books will be available on the evening and he will be signing after his talk.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/david-olusoga-historys-missing-chapters/
LOCATION:St George’s\, Bristol\, St George’s Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Andrew Harding: A Small\, Stubborn Town in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Harding will speak about his book\, A Small\, Stubborn Town In Ukraine. \nEvent link: https://foccal.com/event/316 \nAbout the book: \nThe Russians are invading. But the locals have a plan. \nIt’s March 2022 and Russian tanks are roaring across the vast\, snow-dusted fields of Ukraine. Their destination: Voznesensk\, a town with a small bridge that could change the course of the war. The heavily-armed Russians are expecting an easy fight – or no fight at all. \nAfter all\, Voznesensk is a quiet farming town\, full of pensioners. But the locals appear to have other ideas. Svetlana\, a grandmother with arthritis\, reacts in fury when Russian troops turn her cottage into their blood-soaked headquarters. \nValentin\, a quick-talking lawyer\, joins the town’s ‘Dads Army’ defenders\, crouching in a trench with an AK47. Meanwhile\, 21-year-old Sergei grabs a Molotov cocktail and lies in wait for Russian tanks as they push towards Dead Water Bridge. The odds are terrible. \nBut a plan is emerging\, and there’s a chance it could save not just Voznesensk\, but the rest of southern Ukraine. Meanwhile\, inside the tanks\, an inner battle rages. As Russian officer Igor Rudenko prepares to invade\, he has a secret. \nHe is Ukrainian himself. A gripping work of reportage that tells the story of a pivotal moment in Ukraine’s war\, this is a real-life thriller about ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances with resilience\, humour and ingenuity. \nAbout the author: \nAndrew Harding is a British journalist and author. He has been living and working abroad as a foreign correspondent for the past 3 decades. Since 1994 he has been working for BBC News. \nHe began his career in the former Soviet Union\, initially as a freelancer. After a decade living in Moscow and Tbilisi\, he moved to Nairobi\, then Singapore\, Bangkok and now Johannesburg. He is married with three sons. \nAndrew has reported on the breakup of the Soviet Union\, Russia’s parliamentary rebellion\, the Asian tsunami and west Africa’s Ebola outbreak. He has covered many conflicts\, most recently in Ukraine\, but also in Chechnya\, Azerbaijan\, Abkhazia\, Kosovo\, Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Burma\, Darfur\, DR Congo\, Liberia\, Sierra Leone\, Mali\, South Sudan\, Cote D’Ivoire\, CAR\, Burundi\, Uganda\, Libya and elsewhere.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/andrew-harding-a-small-stubborn-town-in-ukraine/
LOCATION:Clifton Library\, 13 Princess Victoria St\, Bristol\, BS8 4BX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Simon Scarrow: A Death in Berlin
DESCRIPTION:A free lunchtime talk with Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author Simon Scarrow in the Reading Room at Bristol Central Library. Simon will be in conversation discussing his new book A Death in Berlin\, the latest in his CI Schenke series. \nAbout the Book \nSPRING 1940. GERMANY IS AT WAR. HITLER PREPARES TO UNLEASH THE BLITZKRIEG\, AND FEAR RULES THE STREETS OF BERLIN. Where the darkness of evil thrives\, no one is safe—not even the criminals. \nBERLIN. MAY 1940. AS HITLER PREPARES TO INVADE WESTERN EUROPE\, THERE IS BLOODSHED CLOSER TO HOME \nCI Horst Schenke is an exceptional investigator with the Kripo unit. Powerless against the consequences of the wider war\, he fights to keep criminals off his patch of Berlin. But with influential men questioning his loyalty to the Nazi regime\, he is walking a tightrope. If his secret relationship with a Jewish woman is exposed\, that would spell the end. \nBerlin’s gangsters run their crime rings with impunity. Decadent senior Nazis are happy to protect them. Schenke is different. He refuses to turn a blind eye when innocent victims are caught in the crossfire between warring gangs. But dangerous enemies know everything about him. They will do whatever it takes to bend him to their will . . . \nFrom the seedy wartime nightlife scene to aristocratic homes frequented by the Führer himself\, against a backdrop of a war spiralling into a greater\, and closer\, conflagration\, A Death in Berlin conveys both the horror and banality of evil. And the terrible danger for those who dare stand against it. \nAbout the Author \nSimon Scarrow is a Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author with several million copies of his books sold worldwide. After a childhood spent travelling the world\, he pursued his great love of history as a teacher\, before becoming a full-time writer. His books – which have sold 6 million copies – include two earlier Berlin thrillers featuring CI Schenke\, BLACKOUT and DEAD OF NIGHT which was a No.2 ebook bestseller. \nSimon Scarrow is also the author of a quartet of novels about the lives of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte\, YOUNG BLOODS\, THE GENERALS\, FIRE AND SWORD and THE FIELDS OF DEATH; a novel about the 1565 Siege of Malta\, SWORD & SCIMITAR; HEARTS OF STONE\, set in Greece during the Second World War; and PLAYING WITH DEATH\, a contemporary thriller written with Lee Francis. He also wrote the novels ARENA and INVADER with T. J. Andrews. His first Berlin thriller\, BLACKOUT\, set in WW2 Berlin and first published in 2021 was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick with DEAD OF NIGHT following to critical acclaim earlier in 2023.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/simon-scarrow-a-death-in-berlin/
LOCATION:Bristol Central Library\, Deanery Road\, Bristol\, BS1 5TL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Are the Introverts Winning? with Marie le Conte
DESCRIPTION:Heron Books is delighted to support this event organised by the Bristol Humanists. \nFull details and tickets: https://www.meetup.com/bristol-humanists/events/305649303/ \nIn our post-pandemic online world are we becoming more and more socially isolated? If so\, what does that mean for us humans\, the most social of all animals? We have evolved and are genetically pre-disposed to live in large social groups. Social interaction and cooperation is key to our ‘success’ and flourishing as a species. In this talk\, based on a recent article in New Humanist\, Marie le Conte will make the case that the pandemic\, and near universal access to the internet\, has just speeded up a fundamental long-term shift in our social patterns\, leading to reduced social interaction. This in turn reduces diversity\, positive ‘friction’ and the myriad benefits of social contact. Did you know for example that social isolation leads to greater loneliness\, and in turn is actually a bigger killer than smoking cigarettes. She will argue that the outside is where the unknowable can take place\, that chance interactions are a precious thing\, and that a life without serendipity is not really worth living. How can we recreate this vital social interaction that is so vital to our wellbeing and survival? \nMarie Le Conte is a French-Moroccan freelance journalist based in London. She previously worked as media and politics correspondent for Buzzfeed and as political diarist for the New Statesman\, as well as co-host of the Polling Politics podcast and presented a documentary for Radio 4 called Club 18-30. She also co-founded and organised two editions of the Words by Women awards. She writes features\, profiles\, essays\, book reviews\, newsletters and columns for a number of publications\, often on politics but also about everything else! She has written 3 books\, the most recent of which is ‘Escape – how a generation shaped\, destroyed and survived the internet’
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/are-the-introverts-winning-with-marie-le-conte/
LOCATION:Unitarian Meeting Hall\, Brunswick Square\, Bristol\, BS2 8PE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Growing up Human with Dr Brenna Hassett
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to support this event organised by the Bristol Humanists. \nTracking deep into our evolutionary history\, anthropological science has begun to unravel one particular feature that sets us apart from the many\, many animals that came before us – our uniquely long childhoods. In the Darwin Day lecture Brenna Hassett will look at how we have diverged from our ancestral roots to stay ‘forever young’ – or at least what seems like forever – and how the evolution of childhood is a critical part of the human story. \nFull details and tickets: https://wegottickets.com/event/643698
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/growing-up-human-with-dr-brenna-hassett/
LOCATION:Bristol Folk House\, 40a Park St\, Bristol\, BS1 5JG
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Poetry and Science with Michael Malay\, Rebecca Nesbit and Bob Walton
DESCRIPTION:Poetry and Science – the unbridgeable divide that doesn’t exist\n  \nfeaturing Michael Malay\, Rebecca Nesbit and Bob Walton\nBristol Humanists and Heron Books invite you to a mid-winter social\, discussion and performance\, with 3 very special guests\, exploring the unbridgeable divide – that doesn’t exist – between poetry and science. \nhttps://wegottickets.com/event/638412 \n– Michael Malay – is the Winner of the 2024 Wainwright Prize for nature writing for his book Late Light; he teaches English and Environmental Humanities at the University of Bristol \n– Rebecca Nesbit – is a biologist and ecologist at Plymouth University; author of popular science books Tickets for the Ark and Is That Fish in Your Tomato? Rebecca is also a poet\, novelist and painter \n– Bob Walton – is a poet and educator; his books include Sax Burglar Blues\, as well as featuring in numerous anthologies; he is currently writing about earthworms\, and runs poetry events in Bristol and online\, including the monthly poetry night Under the Red Guitar \nIncreasingly\, science is seen as the answer to all questions\, problems & woes. But is it really omnicompetent? Poetry is seen as subjective\, but can it can teach us as much about the natural world as the ‘hard’ and objective sciences? \nMichael\, Rebecca & Bob will explore these different views and approaches\, why we hold them\, and the differing ways that science and creativity can share\, express & communicate understandings. \nMichael\, who uses his creative work to explore migration\, belonging and extinction will be in conversation with Rebecca\, who is researching the behaviour of fish communities\, communicating the insights gained with policy-makers and the fishing community\, and with Bob\, whose work encompasses the natural world. \nAll three will be reading from their work\, as well as exploring together the ‘unbridgeable divide’. \nThis promises to be a very special night! \nThis event is jointly promoted by Bristol Humanists and Heron Books. There will be a bookstall run by Heron Books\, with books from all three guests on sale. \nFood & Drink\nThe cafe/bar will be open beforehand from 6.45pm\, throughout the event and afterwards\, and hot food will be available\, if ordered in advance. Please contact Folk House on folkhousecafe@gmail.com to find out what food is on offer and to place your order Soft drinks\, alcohol and hot drinks will be available throughout. The event itself will start at 7.30pm. \nWe are sorry that the Folk House is not fully accessible. For more details check here https://www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk/contact-us#venue
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/poetry-and-science/
LOCATION:Bristol Folk House\, 40a Park St\, Bristol\, BS1 5JG
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Noreen Masud – A Flat Place
DESCRIPTION:Lizzie will be interviewing Noreen Masud as part of Clifton LitFest 2024\, organised by the Friends of the Clifton Centre and Library. \nShortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award 2024\, Noreen Masud’s A Flat Place has been described as raw and radical\, strange and beguiling – a love letter to Britain’s breathtaking flatlands\, from Orford Ness to Orkney\, and a reckoning with the painful\, hidden histories they contain. \nNoreen Masud has always loved flat landscapes – their stark beauty\, their formidable calm\, their refusal to cooperate with the human gaze. They reflect her inner world: the ‘flat place’ she carries inside herself\, emotional numbness and memory loss as symptoms of childhood trauma. Robert MacFarlane called it ‘sharp\, subtle and very moving’. Masud is a Lecturer in 20th Century Literature\, University of Bristol\, and an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker. \nTickets available using the Eventbrite link.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/noreen-masud-a-flat-place/
LOCATION:Clifton Library\, 13 Princess Victoria St\, Bristol\, BS8 4BX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Ultimate Dinosaurs with Ben Garrod
DESCRIPTION:Ultimate Dinosaurs is the hit sold-out stage show starring dinosaur aficionado Professor Ben Garrod. Get ready to go on an exciting pre-historic adventure as Ben talks you through the deadliest predators that ever roamed the planet.  Yes dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex\,  Allosaurus and Spinosaurus would have walked or swam right where you are now! \nPitting the knowledge of unwitting parents against their all-knowing kids\, Professor Ben presents an interactive\, educational and highly entertaining show.  So come and test your knowledge against Professor Ben in this hit live interactive show which is bigger and better than ever. \nHeron Books cannot wait for this brilliant show from local author\, academic\, conservationist and companion of Jack the dog\, Professor Ben Garrod. There are eight shows over half-term at the Tobacco Factory and we will be there with Ben’s books on extinct creatures\, chimpanzees and his rescue of Jack\, the original dog. \n30th October – 2nd November\, 11am and 2pm each day for one hour. \nAimed primarily at Key Stage 1 and 2 (ages 5-12) but suitable for all ages. 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/ultimate-dinosaurs-with-ben-garrod/
LOCATION:Tobacco Factory Theatre\, The Tobacco Factory\, Raleigh Rd\, Bristol\, BS3 1TF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Stage show
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SUMMARY:Brad Evans
DESCRIPTION:How Black Was My Valley : Poverty and Abandonment in a Post-Industrial Heartland\nHeron Books is delighted to support this event with author Brad Evans hosted by the Friends of Clifton Centre and Library \nHow 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. \nIn doing so\, it deals with disaster and resistance; memory and landscapes of despair; the brutal past and the neglected present; hardship and poverty; unemployment and isolation; lack of opportunity and the normalisation of hopelessness; death and suffering; structural violence and everyday subjugation; onto the crises of white male subjectivity and the exponential rise in drug abuse and personal suicide\, whose troubling effects can no longer be easily contained within its mountainous walls. This is not a story of resilience. Instead\, readers are taken on a journey into an open wound\, whose once silent screams can no longer be ignored. \nBar opens: 18.30\nBrad’s talk commences: 19.00\nFollowed by Q&A and book signing\nhttps://foccal.com/event/238
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/brad-evans/
LOCATION:Clifton Library\, 13 Princess Victoria St\, Bristol\, BS8 4BX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Brian Bilston & Henry Normal
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe are delighted to be supporting this event at St George’s\, Bristol. Look forward to seeing you there! \nFull details and tickets here: https://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/whats-on/brian-bilston-henry-normal/
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/brian-bilston-henry-normal/
LOCATION:St George’s\, Bristol\, St George’s Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Jan Carson - University of Bristol
DESCRIPTION: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 \nJan will be giving a reading and a Q&A\, organised by the English department. Not to be missed! \nYou 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.co.uk) to reserve a copy at the event. \nTuesday\, 15 October\, 3-4 p.m.\, 1.H020 Humanities Research Space\, Woodland Road\, BS8 1TB
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/jan-carson-university-of-bristol/
LOCATION:Arts Complex\, University of Bristol\, Arts Complex Woodland Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1UJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Susie Alegre: Human Rights\, Robot Wrongs
DESCRIPTION:Heron Books is delighted to be supporting the Bristol Humanists’ Emma Martin Lecture \nHuman Rights\, Robot Wrongs – being human in the age of AI\nSusie Alegre\, barrister & human rights lawyer\n \nIn her first book\, Freedom to Think\, Susie Alegre explored the history of legal freedoms around what we think. In her new book\, she has now turned her attention to the role of artificial intelligence in our lives. No longer an uncertain technology of the distant future\, artificial intelligence is starting to shape every aspect of our daily lives\, from how we think to who we love. \nSusie 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. \n“Eye-opening… acknowledging the fallibility of machines and the need to hold those responsible for harm to account …” – Marina Wheeler\, New Statesman\n“Alegre’s sharp legal brain conjures up the wicked problems of AI and provides a legal blueprint for humanity’s survival. Utterly brilliant.” ― Baroness Helena Kennedy\n“This is a thought-provoking\, challenging\, and very humane book\, which in an ideal world would be required reading in every Silicon Valley boardroom” ― Michael Wooldridge \nSusie Alegre is a leading international human rights lawyer & barrister who has worked for NGOs like Amnesty International and international organisations\, such as the UN\, around the world. She is currently a Member of the Commission for Control of Interpol’s Files and is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)\, as well as a barrister at Garden Court Chambers. She has been a legal pioneer in the field of digital rights. Susie’s first book\, Freedom to Think\, received wide acclaim\, was chosen as a Book of the Year 2022 by the Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph\, and longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing and shortlisted for the Christopher Bland Prize. She is a patron of Humanists UK. \nEmma Martin was Bristol’s most important freethinker\, feminist and human rights campaigner. In her short life (1812-1851)\, she went from committed Christian to outspoken atheist/freethinker working for the Owenites\, speaking to thousands and publishing pamphlets on the role of the church and on women’s rights. Later on she trained as a midwife and campaigned on reproductive rights. She has a blue plaque dedicated to her in Bridewell Street\, and annually Bristol Humanists celebrate her life with this special talk. \nThis 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.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/susie-alegre-human-rights-robot-wrongs/
LOCATION:Unitarian Meeting Hall\, Brunswick Square\, Bristol\, BS2 8PE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Orla Owen: Christ on a Bike
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Christ On A Bike by Orla Owen\n  \nWe are delighted to host Orla Owen to celebrate her latest novel\, Christ On A Bike. \nCerys receives an unexpected inheritance but there are rules attached. Three simple rules that must be followed. \nAs she settles into her new life\, she begins to feel trapped: the past is ever-present. She convinces herself that the villagers are watching her and\, desperate to control her own future\, she tries to break free… \nOrla 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. \nBefore she was a writer\, Orla was an actress and drama practitioner\, studying Theatre at Bretton Hall College of the Arts\, and from a young age\, she knew she wanted to be a storyteller. \nTickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £5 or free with the purchase of Christ On A Bike.\nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the book on the night.\nBook orders will be available to collect and get signed at the event.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/orla-owen-christ-on-a-bike/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Bristol Humanists: Rebecca Nesbitt
DESCRIPTION:Tickets for the Ark; why conservationists needs philosophy\nScience and ecology communicator Rebecca Nesbitt explores the underlying\, largely invisible\, philosophy and values which sit beneath wildlife conservation. \nA central dilemma of wildlife conservation is setting priorities to inform where limited funds are best spent.\nCan we be guided by science alone? Or do we also need philosophy to help us protect the natural world? \nRebecca 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. \nOf her recent book Tickets for the Ark New Scientist said\, “This is an ambitious and entertaining book\, which foresees a dynamic and creative role for conservation in the future.” \nRebecca will speak about her journey as a wildlife conservationist\, how philosophy and her understanding of colonialism and patriarchy\, both change and redirect her work. \nDr Rebecca Nesbit is author of Tickets for the Ark\, which tackles tough choices in wildlife conservation. Using case studies from around the world\, the book challenges some of our deeply held views about what the natural world should look like. \nRebecca studied butterfly migration for her PhD\, then worked for a start-up company training honeybees to detect explosives. She now works in science communication and her projects have ranged from a citizen science flying ant survey to visiting universities around the world with Nobel Prize Laureates. Her first popular science book Is That Fish in your Tomato? explores the fact and fiction of GM foods. \nAll are welcome\, whether Bristol Humanists member\, or not. The event is FREE if you are a member\, or £3/£1 if not.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/bristol-humanists-rebecca-nesbitt/
LOCATION:Unitarian Meeting Hall\, Brunswick Square\, Bristol\, BS2 8PE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:A Night of Black Queer Literature
DESCRIPTION:The RWA hosts\nTo Read: A night of Black Queer Literature\nOn Thursday 18 July 2024\, 6.30pm\, Heron Books is delighted to support this event.\nAs a farewell celebration\, Kiki Bristol* will present an evening of readings and literature\, with space for people to listen\, reflect and connect. \nLine up: \nTravis Alabanza is an award-winning writer and theatre maker. Their book None of the Above won the Jhalak literary prize\, Somerset Maugham award and was listed in TIME Magazines top 100 books of 2023. \nJackson King is a cultural troublemaker\, writer and journalist. As a Bajan-Jamaican\, a trans man\, a bisexual\, and a BDSM practitioner born in ‘babylon’ (Britain)\, his work aims to build and destroy. Disrupting empire logics\, cisheteropatriarchy and the politics of purity – while nurturing Black\, queer and kink-affirming cultures\, King’s work has appeared across the BBC\, The Guardian\, The iPaper\, PinkNews\, Metro\, Dope Black Queers\, Gender Reveal and more. \nDr Okechukwu Nzelu is a Manchester-based writer. In 2015 he was the recipient of a Northern Writers’ Award. His debut novel\, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney\, won a Betty Trask Award. His second novel\, Here Again Now\, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Encore Award\, the Polari Prize\, the Jhalak Prize and the Diverse Book Awards. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Lancaster University. \nThe 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. \nYou 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. \nLimited places available – book now to avoid disappointment! \nThis project has been supported by Bristol Pride Community Fund. \n* Kiki Bristol was founded in 2017\, as a community organisation providing space for QTIBPOC (Queer\, Trans\, Intersex\, Black People & People of Colour) and our friends/family to meet. \nPhoto credits: Alex Douglas & Griff Townsend \nhttps://www.rwa.org.uk/collections/events/products/to-read-a-night-of-black-queer-literature
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/a-night-of-black-queer-literature/
LOCATION:RWA\, Royal West of England Academy\, Queen's Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1PX
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Jo Leevers: The Last Time I Saw You
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of The Last Time I Saw You \nby Jo Leevers\n  \nWe are delighted to host Jo Leevers to celebrate the publication of her second novel\, The Last Time I Saw You. \nShe’s waiting to become a mother – but first she has to find her own.  \nWeeks away from the birth of her first child\, Georgie should be enjoying the peace of her new life in the country\, but boredom has settled in and nerves are running high. A viral news story about the rescue of a missing child warms her heart until she sees the photo: the woman who found the child is her own mother\, Nancy\, who disappeared twenty years ago. \nHow could Nancy have abandoned her own children? Georgie needs to know before becoming a mother herself\, even if it means calling on her estranged brother Dan for support. As the siblings set off on a road trip towards the Scottish island where Nancy was last seen\, they don’t yet know that her side of the story has just as much heartache as their own. Caught between her new life and old secrets\, Georgie must make peace with the past. \nCan she and Dan unite to uncover the truth? And can piecing together Nancy’s story fix their broken family—or are some wounds too deep to heal? \nJo 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. \nTickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £4 or free with the purchase of The Last Time I Saw You.\nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the The Last Time I Saw You on the night.\nBook orders will be available to collect and get signed at the event.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/jo-leevers-the-last-time-i-saw-you/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Amy Jeffs
DESCRIPTION:In conversation with Amy Jeffs\, best-selling author and illustrator of Storyland and Wild\nBristol Centre for Medieval Studies are thrilled to host an interview with Sunday Times Bestselling Author Amy Jeffs. \nWe at Heron Books are huge fans of Amy Jeffs’ books are so excited to attend this event with stacks of her books for sale. \nDr 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. It was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Waterstones Book of the Month\, as well as being shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain was published in 2022. Its audiobook\, illustrated with 7 original songs\, was named Audiobook of the Week by the Guardian and the Times. \nThe interview will conclude with an audience-led Q&A\, with the opportunity to purchase copies of Storyland and Wild to be signed by Amy. \nFind Amy on Twitter as @amy_historia and on Instagram as @amyjeffs_author and you can listen to her perform songs she has composed inspired by medieval myths on Spotify.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/amy-jeffs/
LOCATION:St James’ Priory\, 1 Whitson Street\, Bristol\, BS1 3NZ
CATEGORIES:Author Talk
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Writers at the University of Bristol
DESCRIPTION:Writers’ Day:\nA full-day writers’ conference. Best-selling authors\, signings\, talks\, workshops\, manuscript help\, and mind-blowing speakers. \nHeron Books will be there with books to sell from many of our favourite local authors.  \nJoin us on Saturday 22 Jun 2024 at 10am for a day filled with creativity and inspiration. This event will take place at 7 Woodland Rd.  \nWriters 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. \nYou’ll hear from best-selling and emerging authors\, take part in workshops to increase your skill and stimulate your imagination\, hear speakers talk about the latest issues and ideas in writing\, and listen to those in the know discuss what they think about the future for publishing new work. There will also be a chance to be the first to hear the newest writing coming from our programmes\, to have feedback on your own writing given by our successful team of instructors and to attend the anthology launch from the Bristol Short Story Prize. \nParticipants include:\nJennie Godfrey\, author of The List of Suspicious Things\nNoreen Masud\, author of A Flat Place\nAsh Bond\, author of Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm\nJessica Moor\, author of Keeper\, discussing her latest novel Hold Back the Night\nCarrie Etter\, reading from her latest poetry collection\, Grief’s Alphabet\nAnd more…
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/a-celebration-of-writers-at-the-university-of-bristol/
LOCATION:7 Woodland Road\, 7 Woodland Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1TB
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Julian Baggini Faces The Music
DESCRIPTION:Heron Books is delighted to support the Bristol Humanists’ summer solstice fundraiser and social. \nThe forces of Julian Baggini\, philosopher and writer\, combine with the musical talent of Inivisible Apples. \nCome 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. \nInvisible Apples are a jazz duo\, comprising legendary Bristol pianist JOHN BAGGOTT\, best-known for his work with the likes of Portishead\, Massive Attack\, and most recently Robert Plant\, and PETE JUDGE on flugelhorn. Pete will be familiar from a host of leftfield contexts\, such as the mighty Get the Blessing and acoustic multi-instrumentalists Three Cane Whale. Together\, they have developed a unique rapport as an acoustic jazz duo\, with an approach that is spiritual\, passionate\, exploratory and meditative. The dexterity of John’s piano playing finds its perfect foil in Pete’s unmistakable plangency. They will play music from their album ‘The Golden Threads and Mystic Lights of Duka’\, and some other favourites too. \nJULIAN BAGGINI has written on various philosophical subjects including rationality\, identity\, food and atheism. He has written numerous books\, and regularly writes for magazines and newspapers including\, Prospect\, the Guardian\, the FT and the Wall Street Journal. At St Georges\, Bristol he hosts a regular public philosophy session ‘Philosophical Times’. He is a patron of Humanists UK. Julian has an abiding interest in creativity\, and has explored with musicians and others how they go about creating their art and what it means. Julian will be in conversation with Pete & John about their collaboration\, how they create their work\, and maybe even\, why humans create music & what the point of it is! \nWe will provide a bookstall selling Julian’s books. Invisible Apples CD will be on sale too. \nAll proceeds will go to Faith to Faithless* helpline and UNICEF Gaza Appeal. All presenters have waived their fees. \n* Faith to Faithless Helpline\, recently launched by Humanists UK supports people leaving high-control religions \nBuy your tickets from: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/616767
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/julian-baggini-faces-the-music/
LOCATION:Bristol Folk House\, 40a Park St\, Bristol\, BS1 5JG
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Music
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SUMMARY:Dave Mountjoy: Being With Cows
DESCRIPTION:How Nature Can Heal\n  \nJoin us for the launch of Being With Cows by Dave Mountjoy\n  \nBeing 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. It was a healing so deep and complete\, that he realised others would benefit from his experience and the idea for the ‘Being with Cows’ retreats was born; a retreat where everyone can benefit from ‘cowfulness’ and the quiet journey to a simpler way of being. \nAn 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. \nDave Mountjoy was born in rural Worcestershire in the UK and spent most of his childhood on his mum’s family farm. After leaving school\, he developed a passion for travel\, taking him to Israel\, Uganda and on explorations around the British Isles. Working as a volunteer for the RSPB\, his love and gratitude for the sheer majesty of the natural world was deepened by stays on nature reserves in England\, Scotland and Wales. He lives on a farm in the French Pyrenees with his partner Diana and their two boys. \nThe event will be chaired by Gill Farrer-Halls of The Literary Consultancy. \nTickets are free; please book to reserve your place below. \nYou can preorder the book here.\nBooks will be available for collection and signing at the event. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/dave-mountjoy-being-with-cows/
LOCATION:Sparks\, Bristol\, 78 Broadmead\, Bristol\, BS1 3DS
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Phoebe Stuckes and Rose Ruane – Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to launch Birding by Rose Ruane and Dead Animals by Phoebe Stuckes\n18.30\, Friday 10 May\, in the Clifton Arcade \nHeron 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.\nPhoebe and Rose will be in conversation with Ash Bond\, author of Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm. \nDead Animals by Phoebe Stuckes \nThere is something creeping at the edge of your vision\, lingering somewhere just out of focus. All it would take is to let your mind wander\, to let it come into view. A young woman wakes after a house party with scratches and bruises – and a gap in her memory. \nAs the violent truth comes back to her – a series of events she struggles to name – her anger grows. Solace comes in the form of enigmatic\, captivating Helene\, who knows what the man at the party did\, has suffered at his hands too. An act of violence demands one in return and Helene is planning revenge. \nBut who can afford to ask for justice\, when the cost is murderously high? \nBirding by Rose Ruane \nIn a small seaside town\, autumn is edging into winter\, gulls ride winds over the waves\, and two women pass each other on the promenade\, as yet unaware of each other’s existence. In the nineties Lydia was a teen pop star\, posed half naked on billboards everywhere with a lollipop between her lips and no idea how to live\, letting the world happen to her. Now\, three decades later\, Lydia is less and less sure that what happened to her was in the least bit okay. The news cycle runs hot with #MeToo stories\, and a famous former lover has emerged with a self-serving apology\, asking her to forgive him. Suddenly\, the past is full of trapdoors she is desperately trying not to fall through. \nJoyce\, in middle age\, has never left home.She still lives with her mother Betty. With their matching dresses\, identical hairdos and makeup\, they are the local oddballs. Theirs is a life of unerring routine: the shops\, biscuits served on bone china plates\, dressing up for a gin and tonic on Saturday. Nice things. One misstep from Joyce can ruin Betty’s day; so Joyce treads carefully. She has never let herself think about a different kind of life. \nWith mordant wit and lyrical prose\, Birding asks if we can ever see ourselves clearly or if we are always the unreliable narrators of our own experiences. It is a story about the difference between responsibility and obligation\, unhealthy relationships and abusive ones\, third acts and last chances\, and two women trying to take flight on clipped wings. \nTickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £5 or free with the purchase of Birding and/or Dead Animals.\nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.\nBook orders will be available to collect and get signed on the night.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/phoebe-stuckes-and-rose-ruane/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Alice Oswald and guests - Lyra Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:Heron 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. \nAlice 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. \nRachel 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. \nCaroline 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.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/alice-oswald-and-guests-lyra-festival/
LOCATION:St George’s\, Bristol\, St George’s Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Poetry
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