May Highlights
News and events from Bristol Books this May
20% OFF BRISTOL IDEAS BOOK OF WALKS
Bristol Walk Fest Offer
To celebrate the Bristol Walk Fest (1-31 May) we are offering a special 20% discount off the Bristol Ideas Book of Walks with the code WALKFEST20 (valid until May 31, 2026).
Follow in the footsteps of the Romantic poets and Brunel. Learn about Bristol’s council housing, commerce and public life. Discover the myths people tell about the city. Experience arts, music history and nature. And see how different the city might have looked if some projects had gone ahead. This book brings together a series of walks created and commissioned by Bristol Ideas.
Praise for Bristol & District Cricket Association book in The Cricketer magazine
As the cricket season gets underway we’re pleased to see that our History of the Bristol & District Cricket Association book has been praised in the world's oldest cricket magazine, The Cricketer.
The book charts the BDCA through from its formation to the inception of league cricket in 1973. In “this tidily-produced work… famous names share pages with local stalwarts”, says Richard Hobson, who gave the book a 4/5 star rating.
Festival of Nature Film Premiere
“The Buzzard Man of Belmont”
Tues 9th June, 6.30pm – 8:30pm
Belmont Estate, Watercress Farm
Join us for the first viewing of Pete Brownlee’s film, ‘Robin Prytherch – The Buzzard Man’ at the regenerative Belmont Estate as part of Festival of Nature.
The film celebrates Robin Prytherch’s lifelong devotion to buzzards. For over four decades, Robin ventured into the Gordano Valley woods to study these remarkable birds. A respected member of the BBC Natural History Unit and a gifted bird artist, he was known for sending friends his own hand‑designed Christmas cards, each featuring one or more of “his” buzzards. These artworks appear in Lyndon Roberts’ book, which will be available at the event alongside a display of Robin’s sketches and beautifully detailed field notebooks.
Why we don’t publish Generative-AI books
At Bristol Books our purpose is to publish books of real value and invest in genuine and original content. As a community-interest-company we exist to share knowledge, stories and perspectives about the people, history and culture of our community.
Our policy is to publish original work from authors, contributors and illustrators that hasn’t been created by Generative-AI (including text and images). Although we do accept the use of AI tools for the purposes of conducting preliminary research, brainstorming, copy editing and for editing and enhancing images, we don’t believe in publishing Generative-AI books. The key difference is between using AI as an assistive tool versus using AI as a generative tool. Read more about our policy on AI in publishing here.
PICTURE THIS… Ashley Hill in the early 1920s
Looking towards Old Ashley Hill, Bristol (branching left further up). The row of shops on the left includes a bakery and a grocer’s, either side of the junction with Lower Cheltenham Place. There’s a newsagent’s on the right. All these shops have since gone. (Photo: Bristol Archives 43207/9/21/84).
Image from Saints, Crooks and Slavers by Peter Cullimore, the history of a Bristol house and its people.