Bookhaus

Bookhaus

Well-curated independent bookshop in Whapping Wharf.


Bookhaus is Bristol's best bookshop bar none - offering a quality selection of new editions from glossy coffee table tomes to paperbacks on politics, gender, race, the environment, self-help, plus an amazingly diverse fiction section. With frequent book launches and talks, it's become a vital hub for Bristol's casual readers and literati alike.

What's On At Bookhaus

Robert Wedderburn launch with Ryan Hanley at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
Hollywood Blackout launch with Ben Arogundade at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
Hermit launch with Chris McQueer at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
An evening of Apollinaire and Khlebnikov at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
BRING DOWN THE HAUS at Bookhaus
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spoken word poetry talks
Motherdom launch with Alex Bollen at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
Shaping for Mediocrity with David Harvie at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
The Edges with Angelo Tijssens at Bookhaus
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lgbtq+ spoken word talks workshops & classes
Culture is bad for you launch with Dave O'Brien at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
The Alienation Effect launch with Owen Hatherley at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
Nova Scotia House launch with Charlie Porter at Bookhaus
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lgbtq+ spoken word talks workshops & classes
We Are Not Anonymous launch with Stephen Oram at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
Carrion Crow launch with Heather Parry at Bookhaus
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lgbtq+ spoken word talks workshops & classes
The Expanded Earth launch with Mikey Please at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over Anne de Marcke at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
The Strangers with Ekow Eshun at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes

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Our recent recommendations for Bookhaus

Not motherhood, but radical motherdom! Author and researcher Alex Bollen is in-Haus to discuss her powerful debut book, an exhaustively researched takedown of the bogus science and media misrepresentations behind insidious mothering mythologies. Motherdom launch with Alex Bollen at Bookhaus.

A dazzling meeting of avant-gardiste poetry titans. Prize-winning translator of Russian and French literature Robert Chandler joins Bookhaus to discuss his new collection uniting Apollinaire and Khlebnikov, whose radical innovations with form and language were a profound influence on 20th century Modernism. An evening of Apollinaire and Khlebnikov at Bookhaus.

Decolonise Hollywood! Eye-opening Bookhaus launch & discussion with author Ben Arogundade, whose new work turns the spotlight on the Black actors and filmmakers erased from cinema history. A forensic and far-reaching look at discrimination, resistance and the journey to industry recognition. Hollywood Blackout launch with Ben Arogundade at Bookhaus.

Activist and social movements researcher Jacob Stringer takes a timely look at the world’s emerging housing unions and the conditions that gave rise to them. Combining razor-sharp analysis, personal insights and practical strategies, 'Renters Unite’ is a powerful rallying cry against housing injustice. Tenant solidarity forever! Renters Unite How Tenants Unions Are Fighting the Housing Crisis launch with Jacob Stringer

Armed with decades of organising experience, activist-authors Jane Holgate and John Page join Bookhaus to light a fire in the bellies of a new generation of agitators: ‘Changemakers’ is collective action 101, blending theory and practice to equip communities with power-building, injustice-battling know-how. Changemakers Radical Strategies for Social Movement Organising with Jane Holgate and John Page