This event has been cancelled; Story Saturday with Clare Reddaway

Clifton Library 13 Princess Victoria St, Bristol, Clifton, United Kingdom

Due to illness Story Saturday with Clare Reddaway has been cancelled Due to illness Story Saturday has been cancelled. CLARE REDDAWAYClare  is a Bath-based writer of short stories and plays. Her stories have been published online and in print, recorded and broadcast on the radio and on podcasts and have won and been shortlisted for many national […]

£5.00

FOCCAL Monthly Book Group

Clifton Library 13 Princess Victoria St, Bristol, Clifton, United Kingdom

FOCCAL Monthly Book Group; Patrick Gale - NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION This is the second meet of our regular book club session. The first session was very well attended with plenty of enthusiasm. However don't worry if you couldn't make the first session - come along to the second. The book to read for our […]

Film Friday; Parallel Mothers

Clifton Library 13 Princess Victoria St, Bristol, Clifton, United Kingdom

Film Friday; Parallel Mothers “Janice is a photographer in Madrid, the kind of middle class, liberal type who wears “We Should All Be Feminists” T-shirts. After an affair with a married archaeologist (Israel Elejalde’s Arturo), she gives birth to a girl she names Cecilia. Her roommate in the hospital is a forlorn-looking teenager named Ana […]

£5.00

After the Revolution

Clifton Library 13 Princess Victoria St, Bristol, Clifton, United Kingdom

After the Revolution; Can Bristol's new approach to governance be made to work? Can Bristol’s new approach to governance be made to work? In May 2024 the mayor will leave office and a new system of running the city will begin; one consisting of committees and leaders chosen by Council. Will this be more effective? […]

MICHAEL BUERK

Christ Church Clifton Clifton Down Road, Clifton, Bristol, United Kingdom

MICHAEL BUERK We are delighted that Michael Buerk will be the opening speaker of this year's LitFest. He knows Bristol well, launching his career as a broadcast journalist in the city in 1973. Michael will be in conversation with David Parker. Since then he has gone on to win a host of awards including the […]

£15.00

Cancelled: Amanda Prowse; ‘Women Like Us’

Clifton Library 13 Princess Victoria St, Bristol, Clifton, United Kingdom

This event has been cancelled: AMANDA PROWSE; 'Women Like Us' Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has had to be cancelled. Amanda Prowse is an International Bestselling author of thirty books that have been published in dozens of languages around the world.  The most prolific writer of bestselling contemporary fiction in the UK today; […]

£10.00

James Bailey; ‘The Way Back to You’

Clifton Library 13 Princess Victoria St, Bristol, Clifton, United Kingdom

JAMES BAILEY; 'The Way Back to You' The funny and heart-warming story of long lost love and second chances. When Simon Brown reconnects on Facebook with his first love Sylvie - the French pen pal he never actually met - he is determined that this time, things will be different. Adamant that he can't let […]

£5.00

Julian Baggini; Truth, Trust and Character

Christ Church Clifton Clifton Down Road, Clifton, Bristol, United Kingdom

JULIAN BAGGINI - Truth, Trust and Character In today’s world truth is disputed, denied, hidden and distorted. The very possibility of objective truth is dismissed, replaced with the idea that things can only be “true for you” or “true for me”. Yet people still go to court or take to streets to defend the truth. […]

£10.00

Jonathan Bradley & Yealand Kalfayan; ‘A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies’

The Crypt, Christ Church, Clifton Down Road, Clifton, Bristol, United Kingdom

JONATHAN BRADLEY & YEALAND KALFAYAN; 'A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies' Like many wild creatures in Britain butterflies are threatened by damage to their habitats and climate change. Jonathan Bradley will talk about the inspiration for the book and why butterflies matter in the lives of human beings and recount some of the stories that lie behind […]

£10.00

SOLD OUT – Clare Reddaway; Clifton Story Walk

Clifton Library 13 Princess Victoria St, Bristol, Clifton, United Kingdom

This event is SOLD OUT - CLARE REDDAWAY; CLIFTON STORY WALK The Story Walk begins at Clifton Library. The Walk is easy and mainly level. Running time is approx 1hr 30 mins. Meet in the courtyard of the library. Join Clare on a walk through Clifton. Listen to snippets of history and slices of fiction […]

£10.00