News, events and new titles from Bristol Books this August
A History of the Bristol & District Cricket Association
Trevor Crouch and Edwin Morris
“An essential read for anyone interested in the history of club cricket in the Bristol area - a painstaking piece of research into what has become one of the biggest cricket leagues in the country.” Steve Hill
As a sport, Cricket has a reputation for sometimes being slow to embrace change and this seems to be true of the early years of local Bristol cricket.
With evidence of matches being played in 1752, the movement towards some form of organisation progressed somewhat sedately. It took another 140 years before the Bristol & District Cricket Association was formed by a group of local clubs, many of whom are still in existence today.
This book attempts to chart the BDCA through from its formation to the inception of league cricket in 1973. Along the way we acknowledge the support of many clubs and the efforts of so many outstanding individuals, without whose efforts the Association as we know it would be so much poorer.
Price: £24
Days Out Around Bristol, Bath & Somerset
Including South Wales & South Cotswolds
Where shall we go today? Crook Peak, the Avalon Marshes, the Wye Valley? Or perhaps Bruton, Glastonbury or Clevedon? This book is packed with ideas for great days out within around an hour or so’s drive, with suggestions to suit your mood, schedule and starting point. From the Mendip Hills and Somerset Levels, to South Wales, the southern Cotswolds, the Coast and its resorts. Quirky facts and background information provide context, while divided into micro-regions, maps provide orientation.
Pre-order only: Estimated availability from 6 August. Books will be posted to customers as soon as we receive stock.
Price: £14.99
We’re proud to support Darran’s bookhaus Crowdfunding Campaign
Bristol Books are proud to be supporting Darran McLaughlin in his crowdfunding campaign to become the new owner of bookhaus when the current owners retire.
Darran says, “Since we opened four years ago bookhaus has always ensured that we stock a wide range of books on Bristol from local authors and publishers like Bristol Books. We are part of the cultural fabric of the city, and we want to continue to be so for years to come. Please support our Crowdfunder to allow us to continue to serve the local community, and thanks very much to Bristol Books CIC for their support.”
Darran has managed bookhaus since the beginning but lacks the funds to enable him to buy the bookshop. He says, “I am determined to do this, but I lack the money to buy it. I am a working class, black man who grew up in a single parent household on a council estate, so I am not able to ask my family for money, and banks aren't keen to fund independent bookshops.”
Louise Brown special edition for Mexico
Bristol Books have produced a special edition of our Louise Brown biography "My Life as the World's First IVF Baby" for those attending the 61st Congress of the Mexican Association for of Reproductive Medicine in Tulum, Mexico. The book was updated and designed by Bristol Books with the support of South American fertility sector sponsors and printed in Mexico. Louise attended the congress spending many hours signing books with doctors, embryologists and professors queueing to meet her and pick up their copy.
