13-21 October 2012 in venues citywide
In venues across Bristol from 13-21 October 2012.
Box Office is not yet open. Tickets will be online, by phone and on the door.
The 2012 programme will be out around August. Last year is available via link below.
We did it! What an amazing ten days it was. 1,600 people of all ages and backgrounds came along. A huge round of applause goes out to all our authors, venues and volunteers, and of course to those who bought tickets and came along. Together we created a different kind of book festival celebrating writers [...]
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A UK first! Children’s author Elen Caldecott is just one of today’s great writers. A whole day of Bristol writing and performances for just £5 – think of a festival wristband! We have Poetry Central, Launch Pad and Children’s Book Club, with fantastic authors and performers and our innovative Human Juke Box to perform your [...]
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When I first read The Seige, I felt hungry for a week. I couldn’t even look at a kitchen cupboard or a wooden chair the same way again. The Orange Prize winning novelist’s The Betrayal, on the other hand, made me shudder at the thought of how powerless we can be, in the face of [...]
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This book is a viral hit, for sure. Now first off, I was told they were 10 second sermons. Then I heard it was 30. MJ’s dragging them out, I thought. Dinner’s gonna burn at this rate. But the King of the One Liner went to Greenbelt 2011 where I saw for myself in the [...]
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Our Tuesday is definitely NOT missing! Unless you miss it. So don’t. They do say of the ffenomenon that is Jasper Fforde: “Don’t ask. Just read.” (The Times) But why settle for just one option? Meet and interrogate the heir to Douglas Adams and George Orwell, the Brothers Grimm and Sam Spade. Ok, Sam Spade’s [...]
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One of the very best books, and writers, you could discover this year! In his astonishing tour de force, Lazarus Is Dead, the experimental writer Richard Beard who is described as “one of the UK’s most resourceful and entertaining novelists” (Philip Henscher) turns detective, asking: Was Lazarus really resurrected? And actually, is there any reason [...]
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We are crackingly proud to present four-time Academy Award winning film director Nick Park, with collaborator and film composer Martin Kizsko, to demonstrate what makes a great story – how to surprise and delight your audience. Book now! Sat 15 Oct, 2.30-3.30pm, Hamilton House, Stokes Croft (£6). Under 16′s £3.
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Our very own, bona fide, cult novelist at the Festival! I couldn’t be prouder to present and absolutely URGE you to meet Chris Paling. I read ‘A Town By The Sea’ in Brighton some years ago, and felt as if I’d woken up in a new dimension – the masterful ‘Nimrod’s Shadow’ is in our [...]
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With a glass of wine and FareShare ‘landfill’ canapes at our wonderful charity cabaret evening, sit back and soak up the atmosphere. Live performances by Miles Chambers (MShed Official Poet / BBC Radio 4 / Ujima FM), G P Taylor (‘legendary’ teens author), and Chris Paling (bona fide cult novelist, see below) plus Bristol guests. [...]
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The first of New York Times bestseller GP Taylor’s novels I read was Wormwood. As a big fan of William Blake’s era – that ol’ renegade poet and self publisher – when thoughts ran free and non-conformism meant a snowstorm of pamphlets and ideas, I loved GP Taylor’s gothic twist on the time when apothecaries, [...]
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We have so much talent in our city: Nick Park, Helen Dunmore, MR Hall and Mike Manson are just a few of the amazing writers bringing great stories and big questions to Bristol this October 14 – 23. Topping up our city’s pool of talent are: Jasper Fforde, Milton Jones, Juliet McKenna, Sophie Hannah and [...]
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Whether you read a lot, or hardly at all, there’s something for everyone in Unputdownable. 60 writers, in 50 events, for 9 days, across 8 main venues, with 1 whole city writing and reading together. That’s the shape of Unputdownable, the brand new Bristol Festival of Literature. We’ll be releasing our programme for October 14 [...]
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