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  • On the Calculation of Volume Party

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Time is a tricky thing. The year seems to be running away with us and yet Tara Selter is still stuck in 18th November. If you too are obsessed with Solvej Balle's On the Calculation of Volume and have read the first three books, please join us as we have a drink and discuss what we might expect from the next in the series. Volume IV comes out on 9th April (the day before the event) and will be for sale. BUT NO SPOILERS. This is for those who have reached level 3 and need to share their thoughts urgently before opening the next one. Space is limited (even if time is not?). Please email read@heronbooks.live if you would like to come.

  • Dear Historian – Accidental Graphic Novel Book Club meets again

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Despite claims that we cannot possibly add to our five book clubs per month, we seem to be doing so… On Monday 18th May we will meet to discuss Dear Historian by Joff Winterheart. If you’d like to sign up please get in touch: read@heronbooks.live. Space is limited. We ask that you buy the book from us or a different book if you already own this one.

  • A Discussion of Sabrina by Nick Drnaso

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Our occasional graphic novel book club meets in the shop to discuss the wild, mysterious, thought-provoking work of art that is Nick Drnaso's Sabrina. 

    To sign up we ask that you buy the book from us or something else if you already own it.

    Space is limited. Do send us a message if you would like to come and we will put a copy of the book aside for you. Email: read@heronbooks.live

    We'll provide a drink. You are welcome to bring something along too.

  • The Woolf of Regent Street

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Sunday Sessions in The Heronry Join us on the first Sunday of the month in September, October and November to discuss Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and a A Room of One's Own. We will meet in the shop, 4.30-5.45 to discuss two of Woolf's novels and her argument about the barriers to women writing. Whether you have read them before or never read anything by Virginia Woolf, we are curious to hear your thoughts and share our experiences of reading her work. 6 September: Mrs Dalloway 4 October: To the Lighthouse 1 November: A Room of One's Own In order to sign up we ask that you buy the three books from us or a £30 Heron Books voucher. Spaces are limited and we ask that you only sign up if you can make all three discussions.

  • Irmina: Accidental Graphic Novel Book Club meets again

    Heron Books 7a Regent Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Our occasional graphic novel book club meets to discuss Irmina by Barbara Yelin. In the mid-1930s, Irmina, an ambitious young German, moves to London. At a cocktail party, she meets Howard Green, one of the first Black students at Oxford, who, like Irmina, is working towards an independent existence. However, their relationship comes to an abrupt end when Irmina, constrained by the political situation in Hitler's Germany, is forced to return home. As war approaches and her contact with Howard is broken, it becomes clear to Irminathat prosperity will only be possible through the betrayal of her ideals. In the award-winning Irmina, Barbara Yelin presents a troubling drama about the tension between integrity and social advancement. Based on a true story, this moving and perceptive graphic novel perfectly conjures the oppressive atmosphere of wartime Germany, reflecting on the complicity that results from the choice, conscious or otherwise, to look away. If you’d like to sign up please get in touch: read@heronbooks.live. Space is limited. We ask that you buy the book from us or a different book if you already own this one.