Bookhaus
Well-curated independent bookshop in Whapping Wharf.
Bookhaus is Bristol's best bookshop bar none - offering a quality selection of new editions from glossy coffee table tomes to paperbacks on politics, gender, race, the environment, self-help, plus an amazingly diverse fiction section. With frequent book launches and talks, it's become a vital hub for Bristol's casual readers and literati alike.
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Dominic Hinde and Marianna Dudley join Bookhaus to discuss their new books on energy and climate. Hinde’s Drifting North blends memoir, travel, and history to explore Scotland’s role in fossil capitalism and the search for a sustainable future, while Dudley’s Electric Wind traces Britain’s relationship to eolic energy, and how nature, politics, and technology shape society.
Reaping the Whirlwind: Britain's energy transition at Bookhaus.
Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason discusses her book To Be Young, Gifted and Black, reflecting on raising seven exceptionally talented children within a culture of racial prejudice. Through personal stories, she explores the challenges of online abuse, systemic bias and belonging – while offering insights into nurturing creativity and resilience in a world that often questions Black artists' right to exist.
To Be Young, Gifted and Black with Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason at Bookhaus.
Bookhaus hosts historian Paula Akpan, whose debut When We Ruled uncovers the stories of powerful African queens and their vast reigns, still largely hidden from history. Akpan explores their leadership, love, and feuds – revealing a rich tapestry of matriarchal power, and how its influence remains today.
When We Ruled with Paula Akpan
Free entry! One of the leading contemporary scholar of Black British Studies, Dhanveer Singh Brar comes to Bookhaus as part of En Masse’s abundant community and arts programming. Catch him discussing the sonic ecologies of Black electronic music as laid out in ‘Teklife, Ghettoville, Eski’, and giving a sneak preview of his new work on Gil Scott Heron.
Dhanveer Singh Brar presents "I’m Gone: Small Talk with DJ Rashad, Gil Scott-Heron and Esther Philips"
CSI: Climate Crisis! Criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw discusses her new book Green Crime, which profiles the cartels, corporations, and kleptocrats wrecking the world’s ecosystems - and the experts working to stop them. If you’re curious how the twisted minds behind oil spills and wildlife trafficking work, this one’s essential.
Green Crime: Inside the Minds of the People Destroying the Planet, and How to Stop Them launch with Julie Shaw