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A man in a suit gestures expressively with arms outstretched, accompanied by a quote about community spaces.

A professional-looking man in a blazer stands against a light backdrop, accompanied by a quote about his experiences with Watershed.

Dr Edson Burton, writer and artist first came to Bristol in 1994 and found connection and a community at Watershed.

Help us continue to build culture through community. Donate today as part of the @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Challenge: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #ChristmasChallenge

We are going to be closing at 6pm rather than 8 this evening, as we are hosting a gathering of all of our reading groups. Normal hours will resume tomorrow. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Last night @bookhaus.bsky.social was soooooooo good! BDSM, pencils, crisps, shut the f*ck up Friday: all the important topics were addressed.

BRISTOL!!! See you in 3 days @bookhaus.bsky.social! For books! And some chat about linguistic anarchism & c.

A delicious crisp, sunny morning meeting Emma from @bookhaus.bsky.social, signing copies of Sculling and popping satisfying little stickers on the cover.

Bookhaus is such a beacon in Bristol’s bookish community and tirelessly champions local, radical writing. 🌞

#shopindie #booksky #scullingbook

Pitching What We Publish We’re interested in original ideas and clear, compelling writing that breaks down complex subjects for an engaged but non-expert audience. The best guide to what we might like is to…

Submissions for ISSUE #3 – AIRBORNE, are now open!

We are accepting pitches exploring the importance of air in the climate and ecological crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet.

More details 👇

Paperback of the week:  Blinding by Mircea Cărtărescu | The Observer

Very excited to be welcoming the great Mircea Cărtărescu for a launch event tomorrow evening for this book observer.co.uk/culture/book...

We're now open for pitches for Issue #3 of @the-breakdown.bsky.social, AIRBORNE, on the importance of air in the climate crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet.

If you have ideas for a piece, send them our way www.break-down.org/pitching/

Arts & culture highlights of the week: interviewing the inspiring & talented @danhicks.bsky.social
again but this time in Bristol @bookhaus.bsky.social . @ncace.bsky.social work visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum (cannot believe this was my first visit!!). So much to celebrate & fight for!

They're all signed

A book stall with all of Richard Ayoade's books for sale

We're all set up and ready to go for the Richard Ayoade event at @stgeorgesbris.bsky.social this evening, so come by for signed books!

A sign that says LAUNCH for BAD LANGUAGE in the gold-on-blue deli font of Zohran Mamdani's campaign comms.

#GOTB (get out [for] the book)

BAD LANGUAGE launches coming up SOON! Come speak dragon to power...

London: Weds 12 Nov, 6.30 at @burleyfisher.bsky.social
Belfast: Tues 18 Nov, 6.15 at No Alibis
Bristol: Weds 26 Nov, 6 at @bookhaus.bsky.social

Deets👇🏻
www.somayer.net/2025/09/18/n...

A shelf in a bookshop with a sign above it that reads: weird.

Four books laid out on a desk: By Horror Haunted by Celia Fremlin; Unquiet Guests edited by Dan Cox on; Spores Of Doom, A collection of spooky stories from the British Library series, edited by Aaron Worth; and a collection of stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Delighted to see that @bookhaus.bsky.social now has a substantial section called just ‘Weird’. Bought a few bits.

Authors Dominic Hinde and Marianna Dudley sit next to a table displaying their books at Bookhaus Bristol. Behind them is a wall of bookshelves.

Authors Dominic Hinde and Marianna Dudley stand with a friend for a picture at their Bookhaus Bristol event.

Author Marianna Dudley signs a copy of her new book Electric Wind for an attendee at the Bookhaus Bristol event.

📸 Pictured: a wonderful event at @bookhaus.bsky.social last night, where our authors @dominicmhinde.bsky.social and @dudleymarianna.bsky.social chatted all things climate, energy and sustainability🍃

Huge thanks to all who attended!

Drifting North and Electric Wind are out now📚

Reaping the Whirlwind: Britain's energy transition - Manchester University Press Join Marianna Dudley and Dominic Hinde to discuss their new books, Electric Wind and Drifting North.

Tomorrow!📆

Join Marianna Dudley and Dominic Hinde at @bookhaus.bsky.social to discuss their new books and Britain's great energy transition📕🍃

Tickets still available. Find out more on our website: www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/reaping-the-whirlwind-britains-energy-transition/

:events – bookhaus: Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm

📕TODAY📕

Join @bookhaus.bsky.social and @thelrm.bsky.social for a walk and talk about The Feminist Art of Walking

🗓️Sun, Oct 26
⏰5 pm
📍@bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e138...

A Sunday evening wander in Bristol talking about #TheFeministArtOfWalking? Yes please. Join me? Tickets from @bookhaus.bsky.social see below.

Here's the full tour: www.plutobooks.com/the-feminist...

This Wednesday @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social Manchester
Thursday George St Books, Glossop
Saturday Towner, Eastbourne
Sunday @bookhaus.bsky.social Bristol

:events – bookhaus: Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm

📕BOOK EVENT📕

Join @bookhaus.bsky.social and @thelrm.bsky.social for a walk and talk about The Feminist Art of Walking

🗓️Sun, Oct 26
⏰5 pm
📍@bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e138...

@bristolgreenparty.bsky.social bring this here

It sure is! Thanks to everyone who helped me make this book. I'm reminiscing today about field trips to Orkney, Shetland & the Outer Hebrides, islands which swept me up in their windy history, and offered new perspectives on 'national' narratives & global challenges. (And plotting ways to return!)

Promotional image for Electric Wind book launch events. Purple background with an image of rolling green hills and a blue sky with wind turbines dotting the hills. MUP logo in top left corner. Photograph of Marianna Dudley next to her book cover in top right corner. Event details read: 20th October, Book Talk Online; 29th October, Britain's Energy Transition with Dominic Hinde at Bookhaus Bristol.

Promotional image for Electric wind. Purple background with an image of rolling hills and a blue sky, wind turbines dot the hills. Book cover sits in centre of image. Text reads: How has energy shaped a nation? Electric Wind Out Now.

It's Electric Wind publication day!💨

Join @dudleymarianna.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, online and at @bookhaus.bsky.social.

Details on the MUP Events page🎟️👇

A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present.

Electric Wind is out now💡

Cover of Bad Language by So Mayer, featuring a hand-drawn large letter B in the style of a medieval manuscript illuminated. The B is composed of a dragon coiled around a tree, and looking at the reader with one red eye. The dragon is grey on a deep blue background.

Bristol pals! I am coming to talk about language, power & dragons to launch BAD LANGUAGE @bookhaus.bsky.social. I'll be talking to the amazing @noreenmasud.bsky.social so it will be AWESOME.

Weds 26 Nov, 6pm
Book your tickets here👇

www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e139...

:events – bookhaus: Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm

📕BOOK EVENT📕

Join @bookhaus.bsky.social and @thelrm.bsky.social for a walk and talk about The Feminist Art of Walking

🗓️Sun, Oct 26
⏰5 pm
📍@bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e138...

I'll also be chatting to Marianna in Bristol at the end of the month at @bookhaus.bsky.social

Photo right hand corner of author Sarah Hagger-Holt. Under which is written the title of her book “The Fights That Make Us” and then “WINNER”. Left side is the book cover and, above that, a confetti shower.

🥳🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉🥳

We are delighted to announce that the Winner of the 2025 Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction is @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social for The Fights That Make Us, published by Usborne.

Congratulations, Sarah! Our first ever double champion!!
#KidLitUK

The Break Down magazine on our counter

Just received our delivery of the 2nd edition of Eco socialist magazine @the-breakdown.bsky.social ! This is our politics. Come and check it out

Two of our co-directors, @kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop, will be at @bookhaus.bsky.social tonight for the Bristol launch of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future (published by @plutopress.bsky.social).

Give us a shout out if you’re going to be there!

:events – bookhaus: Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm

🌱BOOK EVENT🌱

@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance

🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...

:events – bookhaus: Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm

🌱BOOK EVENT🌱

@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance

🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...