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

Around the Table with Alva Gotby at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
The Burnout Doctor launch at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
The Secret Painter with Joe Tucker at Bookhaus
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No & Other Love Stories launch with Kirsty Logan at Bookhaus
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Changemakers launch with Jane Holgate & John Page at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
Renters Unite launch with Jacob Stringer at Bookhaus
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Robert Wedderburn launch with Ryan Hanley at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes
Hermit launch with Chris McQueer at Bookhaus
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An evening of Apollinaire and Khlebnikov at Bookhaus
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Motherdom launch with Alex Bollen at Bookhaus
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Shaping for Mediocrity with David Harvie at Bookhaus
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Culture is bad for you launch with Dave O'Brien at Bookhaus
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The Strangers with Ekow Eshun at Bookhaus
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spoken word talks workshops & classes

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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 launch with Jacob Stringer at Bookhaus.

Margeret Renn joins Bookhaus to launch a new biography of “tormentor of the powerful” Paul Foot. Foot’s decades of tenacious reporting exposed miscarriages of justice across the country - from the Birmingham Six to Met Police corruption to the financial misdeeds of New Labour. Expect incisive reflections on his life and legacy, and a vital reminder of journalism's role in holding power to account. Paul Foot: A Life in Politics with Margaret Renn and John Foot

For a while now goblins have infiltrated the cultural zeitgeist, from goblin mode to feral aesthetics. Now writer Jen Calleja is taking this one step further with a full immersion into Goblinhood. Intrigued? Get yourself down to the launch of her new book exploring goblin theory in all its playful mischief. Book launch for Jen Calleja's latest book Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode

A “vision of radical hope” for the future: social philosopher Roman Krznaric combs the revolutionary past - from communal parenting projects and medical research crowdfunders to slave revolts and medieval water tribunals - for indispensable lessons in how we can confront global challenges to come. History for Tomorrow launch with Roman Krznaric in conversation with Extinction Rebellion co-founder Gail Bradbrook

Sell out warning! Journalist Jodie Hare launches powerful new work ‘Autism Is Not A Disease’, arguing the importance of politicising neurodiversity and its place within wider liberation movements. A shrewd and eloquent rallying cry for genuine inclusivity over assimilation. Autism Is Not A Disease: The Politics of Neurodiversity launch with Jodie Hare