Bookhaus

Part of Independent Bookshop Week: Bookhaus and Bristol University Press invite you to an evening of radical common sense. The launch of a book that deep-dives into the concept of universal basic income: potentially a keystone policy as we advance into a late-capitalist hellscape. £6 secures your seat, a glass of wine or a soft drink, and £2 off the book. Basic Income: The Policy That Changes Everything at Bookhaus.

A pertinent family memoir exploring identity, grief and an Italian and Palestinian love story, Bookhaus celebrates the launch of Sabrin Hasbun’s striking new book Crossing, hosting the author in conversation with anti-colonial academic and writer Sunny Singh. Crossing launch with Sabrin Hasbun at Bookhaus.

Alison Donnell, head of Humanities at UoB, launches Lost and Found: a reevaluation of historically disregarded writers of Caribbean literature. Lauded as a landscape-shifting academic text, her book spotlights the overlooked female figures of the region’s literary Golden Age. Lost and Found launch with Alison Donnell at Bookhaus.

Sell out warning! Calling all historical drama nerds: actor Jason Salkey brings you an intimate peek behind the scenes at the infamously misfortune-riddled filming of beloved BBC series 'Sharpe' in early 90s Crimea. He’s at Bookhaus in discussion with fellow chosen man (and original Sharpe!) Paul McGann. Now that’s soldiering! From Crimea with Love with Jason Salkey at Bookhaus.

Researcher and author Dave O’Brien joins Bookhaus and Rising Arts Agency to discuss newly revised work ‘Culture Is Bad For You’: a sobering analysis of the deep-rooted inequalities shaping the creative industries, and how race, gender and class dictate access to culture’s creation and consumption. Essential. Culture is bad for you Inequality in the cultural and creative industries launch with Dave O'Brien