Books & Literature in Bristol

John Robb

Edge Street Live presents a thrilling and dangerous evening with John RobbJohn Robb talks about a life in music, his best selling art of darkness book, being th…

Bristol Folk House, Bristol

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An Evening with David Sedaris

You may have heard him on the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 series Meet David Sedaris or you might be one of the millions worldwide who have read one of his many b…

Bristol Beacon, Bristol

John Cooper Clarke

Literary phenomenon John Cooper Clarke is a British cult hero. Known as the “Godfather of Punk Poetry” and the original people’s poet, John’s cultural influence…

Bristol Beacon, Bristol

Brian Bilston & Henry Normal

Brian Bilston and Henry Normal appear together for the first time in a show which one critic has described as “two people reading some poems”.Along the way, the…

St George's Bristol, Bristol

John Hegley's Biscuit of Destiny

John Hegley's Biscuit of Destiny at The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol

The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol

Words Alive in Libraries: Emerson's Green Library - Jacqueline Crooks Author Talk

Join us for an author talk with Jacqueline Crooks at Emerson's Green Library.Jacqueline Crooks is a Jamaican-born British writer and community development pract…

Emersons Green Library, Bristol

National Poetry Day: Simon Armitage, Karen Solie, & Rachel Bower

Come along to a very special event for National Poetry Day with the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Forward Poetry Prize winner Karen Solie, and the excellent poe…

St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

St George's Bristol, Bristol