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...
We might have some writer’s bias here, but we think bookshops are simply the best places in the world. Often cosy and warm – full of knowledge about our world and stories of worlds beyond – they offer...
Avid readers and book nerds are well-positioned in Bristol. Countless bookshops, little nods to literature everywhere you turn (from Harry Potter to Sherlock Holmes), makes Bristol a bibliophile’s dream destination. But...
Now that summer is in full-swing, we well and truly have the festival itch. Unfortunately not many are as child-friendly as we’d like them to be. In fact most hardly cater for family-based fun, so we’ve had to swerve ou...
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 Co...
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 du...
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 eveni...
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 on...
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 to...