Come and hear award winning Bristol author and producer talk about her love of nature. Mary walked 500 miles across Ireland & the UK to find out more about the decline of the much loved curlew. ‘Curlew Moon’ is her account of this journey. In 2017 she undertook the 220 mile long John Muir Trail […]
Story Saturday returns to Clifton Library! Writer-performer Clare Reddaway of A Word In Your Ear teams up with fellow authors Doc and Natalie Watson to bring you a medley of stories full of vim, vigour and wit performed in a warm cabaret style atmosphere. Story Saturdays is an offshoot of popular Bath event, Story Fridays. […]
‘Heading for Extinction: and what to do about it’ Friday April 26th 7.30pm (bar open from 7pm) FREE - tickets from the library and eventbrite Fi Radford explains the ideas behind the Extinction Rebellion movement and why she is prepared to be arrested to protect the planet. Phil Kingston, founder of ‘Grandparents for a Safe […]
Friday May 3rd at 6pm Tickets £3 (from library & eventbrite) Suitable for 8-12 year olds “ through all the poems in ‘Hear Here’ runs Trevor Parsons' love and mastery of language” Julia Donaldson (Children’s Laureate) “I don’t generally go in for poem reading but there was something about these poems that really gripped me” […]
Story Saturday returns to Clifton Library! Writer-performer Clare Reddaway of A Word In Your Ear teams up with fellow authors Elaine Miles and Julie Green to bring you a medley of stories full of vim, vigour and wit performed in a warm cabaret style atmosphere. Story Saturdays is an offshoot of popular Bath event, Story […]
David Leffman, travel writer and photographer, will give a fascinating illustrated talk about the extraordinary life of William Mesny (1842-1919), the British adventurer, smuggler, arms dealer and plant collector who became a decorated general in 19th century China. www.davidleffman.com Tickets are available in the library and on eventbrite!
Bristol was the first city in Europe to state that we have a climate emergency and we have now set a goal to be carbon neutral by 2030. But what does 'carbon neutrality' mean, and how will we do this? What are the implications for our transport, heating and power? What about food and waste […]
A recent UN report showed that half of our greenhouse gas emissions come from resource extraction. Reducing, reusing and recycling are therefore critical to combating climate change. How can we be more effective at 'the three Rs'? What is the 'waste hierarchy'? Where does our waste go? Libby Watts is a waste professional working with Terracycle […]