Friends of Clifton Centre and Library
Support your library space and bring along any stories you have from your own stories and anecdotes of Bristol Zoo. A hour’s session led by a local producer of plays/entertainments written from oral histories. The rest of the evening is dedicated to meeting your neighbours, old and new. There will be a bar.
Minari France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day, to paint her secretly.
Martin Wells cordially invites you to his book launch. "This is a story about a strange encounter on the golf course with someone who, on the face of it, knows nothing about golf but who ends up teaching the author about the inner game and questioning his approach to golf and to life itself. It's […]
Painted out of History - The Story of Ellen and Rolinda Sharples By Hazel Gower The book was inspired by a 1996 film starring the legendary Toyah Willcox. Rolinda is transported from the Georgian era to the present day to discover the fate of her paintings. She tells the story of her remarkable mother and […]
Eat Share Love - Our Cherished Recipes and the Stories Behind Them By Kalpna Woolf A unique collection of 91 beautiful recipes and the compelling personal stories behind them. This timely cook book features mouth-watering dishes from often under-represented cuisines, including berbere-spiced Eritrean stews, fragrant Iranian saffron rice, fresh Sudanese salads, celebratory sweet pancakes made […]
Only Hummingbirds Fly Backwards by Rosie Parker Twins Ronnie and Jake have their lives dramatically changed following an accident that leaves Jake brain injured. With secrets from their past beginning to resurface and the strain on Ronnie's relationship with her sister-in-law and her own marriage, the novel is a celebration of love and the human […]
The Flip Side By James Bailey To coin a phrase, Josh is suffering a quarter-life crisis. He just broke up with his long-term girlfriend, lost his job, and moved back home with his parents (shudder). Welcome to rock bottom in Bristol. As Josh starts questioning all his life choices, he has a mad thought: Maybe […]
Clare Reddaway's Clifton Story Walk Join Clare Reddaway on a story walk around the backstreets and green spaces of Clifton,pausing to listen to freshly minted short fictions springing from the stones beneath yourfeet. Clare’s recent story walk in Bath was described as: "Thoroughly entertaining…Insightful, educational, funny" Clare Reddaway is an award-winning short story writer-performer who […]
Music by Ruth Hammond Ruth Hammond is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who embraces her jazz roots with her own soulful sound. She has performed all over the UK as a multi-instrumentalist and singer, on the stages of the Albert Hall, Ronnie Scott’s and the Jazz Cafe. She recorded and toured internationally with trip-hop band Morcheeba, and through her involvement […]
Minari A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home. Tickets can be purchased here online or on the door. *This event […]