January Highlights
News and events from Bristol Books this January
Meet the author: Jackie Strachan
We speak to guidebook author, Jackie Strachan, about her new book Days Out Around Bristol, Bath & Somerset. Find out more about her inspiration for writing the book and some of the surprising places she discovered when she did her research for it.
Bristol’s top 10 vegan places
Where are the best vegan and vegan-friendly places in Bristol? To celebrate Veganuary we’ve shared our list of the top 10 vegan spots, chosen by the experts behind the Vegan Bristol book, to showcase the best vegan places the city has to offer.
What Bristol Book would you like to read?
Is there a person, place, theme, event or subject in Bristol’s past or present that you think deserves a book being published about it? We’re keen to know more about what new local book you’d like to see Bristol Books publishing in 2026. Please get in touch with your suggestions.
And the winner is…
Congratulations to Peter and Ann Lisle-Taylor from Tetbury who were the lucky winners of our competition to win a £50 Bristol Books voucher. Thanks to everyone who took part in the competition and a big welcome to all of our new subscribers who signed up to our mailing list.
PICTURE THIS…
Unexploded Satan bomb, Knowle
Unexploded Satan bomb being removed from outside 7 Beckington Road, Knowle. During 1940-41 Bristol suffered some of the most concentrated air raids in Britain. It experienced more the 30 bombing attacks with 1,299 civilians killed and 3,305 injured. This image is taken from Manson’s Bristol Miscellany: Volume 2.