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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If language is the terrain of power, how do we re-map it? From protest slogans to sacred texts to Tarot decks, So Mayer turns a forensic eye on the politics of speech and unpacks their own multilingual upbringing in this manifesto-cum-memoir launch at Bookhaus.
Bad Language launch with So Mayer at Bookhaus.
Attention all ye homebrewers, picklers, and lockdown-birthed sourdough devotees: chemist and Fermenters Guild founder Robin Sherriff heads to Bookhaus to discuss The Science of Fermentation, an effervescent dive into microbial transformation that’s packed with tips, troubleshooting and recipes. Live taste testing included!
The Science of Fermentation launch with Robin Sherriff at Bookhaus.
Romanian master of style Mircea Cărtărescu discusses the new English translation of his 1996 cult novel Blinding – part of an ongoing effort to bring his visionary catalogue to light. Giant butterflies convulse beneath ice, conspiracies whisper from crystal halls, and bodies swell into music in an ecstatic study of adolescence, obsession, and imagination itself.
Blinding: The Left Wing launch with Mircea Cărtărescu at Bookhaus.
Dan Hicks' new work tears through the polished facades of museums and monuments to expose a grimy world of colonial loot, skull collections, and academic gatekeeping. Alongside ancient historian Mai Musié, he discusses how we frame – and how we can reframe – our material culture and heritage.
Every Monument Will Fall with Dan Hicks and Mai Musié
Leah Gordon and Stephen Ellcock’s visual project digs into England’s vanishing commons – once 50% of the land, now barely 3%. Through Gordon’s photography, art, and folk traditions, they trace centuries of enclosure and fierce resistance, from Levellers to rave protesters to modern land rights movements.
Common People launch with Leah Gordon