Bristol —there's no way a city of this size could support so many incredible bookshops if it didn't. Whether you're after Lee Child-like crime thrillers or romance novels, the Next Literary Big Thing™ or a cheap copy o...
Avid readers and book nerds are well-positioned in Bristol. Countless , little everywhere you turn (from Harry Potter to Sherlock Holmes), makes Bristol a bibliophile’s dream destination. But if anywhere can vie for ou...
Are we in Stokes Croft? Are we on Stokes Croft? What even is it and where does it begin? Whether you’re visiting for the first time, or have lived here all your life, you’ve no doubt heard of it. Most Bristol stereotype...
The tales of Peter Rabbit™ have been a fixture on children's bookshelves for over 100 years. The adventures of the mischievous titular rabbit, and his friends Tom Kitten, Mrs Tiggy-winkle, and Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-t...
As we celebrate Pride Month this year, it’s time to revisit exactly why this month exists, and to appreciate the importance of the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights, yesterday, today and tomorrow. You don’t have to pour throug...
It's safe to say we smashed our reading target this year. Not only have our waistlines grown this year, but our bookshelves have too - with most of us turning to the world of fiction as a form of escapism during the UK...
There are now more than two dozen little libraries in the city. Lockdown has seen many of us take up reading during our spare time, and even sometimes devour books quicker than the amount of time it takes for that even...
This month is fully booked. Bristol bookshops Storysmith and Max Minerva’s are among the independent businesses to sign up to new online platform Bookshop. More than 130 bookstores across the UK have signed up to the o...
From a life of face-palming to one of actual palm trees. Fed up of the wet, dark and gloomy evenings and the constant new lockdown rules coming into force? Well, why not be paid to escape to paradise? Sounds too good t...