Throughout 2023, Bristol Ideas is running Bristol 650, a project which marks the 650th anniversary of Bristol becoming an independent city and county. Bristol Ideas wishes to commission a locally based artist to create an illustration for the cover of the book. 

Bristol Stanza Group and Lyra Festival present 'Walking Words'. Both a book and a digital walking trail, accessible through a mobile app where spoken versions of the poems are triggered on your mobile phone as a participant walks past the specific poem sites. The book, published by Bristol Books is based on the poems and is on sale throughout the Lyra annual Bristol Poetry Festival, which this year runs from April 22 to May 1.

Author Martin J. Powell will be talking about “Maid of the Haystack” at Heron Books in The Clifton Arcade on Saturday May 20.

The archive room of the ss Great Britain was packed for the launch of our latest publication Ship’s Log, a collection of poems by David Punter.

You’re invited to the launch of Ship's Log, a book of poetry by David Punter, inspired by the 19th-century steamship SS Great Britain. Thursday, 19 January 2023, 18:00 – 20:00, Brunel's SS Great Britain