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October 2018
Out-Spoken Press | Live in Bristol 2018
UK publisher of poetry, Out-Spoken Press, brings its national tour to Bristol this Autumn, featuring performances from acclaimed poets Joelle Taylor and Anthony Anaxagorou, as well as newly published writers Harry Giles and Ollie O'Neill. Out-Spoken Press is an independent publisher of poetry and critical writing founded in 2013. All collections will be available for sale and signing on the night. http://www.outspokenldn.com/press/
Find out more »September 2019
The Bristol Cable present: Chav Solidarity with author D Hunter
The Bristol Cable welcomes author D Hunter to present his book "Chav Solidarity" – "part autobiography, part meditation on trauma, class and identity, part one finger salute into the face of respectability politics, but mostly an articulation of the contradictory heart of Chavvy sh*t heads across the U.K". Hunter will read excerpts from the book, as well as discussing it's origins and surrounding issues. This will be followed by a question and answer session and open discussion regarding the issues raised in the book.
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Book reading: Voices of Bristol: Gentrification & Us
Henry Palmer grew up in the ward of Easton between 1998-2010. Back then, the European Commission classed it one of the most deprived wards in the south west of England. When returning to Bristol in 2016, however, Henry was shocked to hear his old area being described as 'up-and-coming'. Exploring why and what this meant led him to write a book on the gentrification of Bristol. The book explores its financial and cultural consequences, points to real culprits deserving of our focus, and puts forth solutions in the form of Central government policy change and the need for understanding.
Find out more »December 2019
Seamus Fox – author of No Homeless Problem – Showcase
Free entry, free refreshments, cakes, snacks - everyone welcomed. This event will feature the work of Seamus Fox. Fox came to understand the social and human injustices that result in so many people finding themselves living in the streets. His work is to be heeded and embraced at this illuminating event.
Find out more »January 2020
Steal As Much As You Can: Bristol Launch w/ Nathalie Olah
Tory austerity has created suffering for millions, as well a generation beset with financial insecurity and crisis. Yet our TV, film, music, art and literature have never looked so rich, or so posh. During a period of immense struggle, the experiences of the majority have been pushed to the margins of our collective culture by the legacy media and its satellite industries – making it hard, if not impossible, to challenge those in power. Steal as Much as You Can is the story of how this happened, exploring the rise of affluence in mainstream storytelling, and the corrosive effects of neoliberal and postmodern culture.
Find out more »September 2020
The People’s Art Fair
The People's Art Fair is back! Head on down to The Space at PRSC to sample art of all flavours from a wide range of local artists.
Find out more »April 2021
‘Class Power on Zero-Hours’ book presentation by Angry Workers
Join Angry Workers, a small political collective from London, to talk about finding new ways of building class power in tough times. What next for working class politics and revolutionary strategy? Part of the School of Activism 2.0 curriculum.
Find out more »May 2022
Bestselling author, Lucy Jones — Why Our Minds Need The Wild
Today many of us live indoor lives - but what happens when we lose our bond with the natural world? Lucy, author of Why Our Minds Need The Wild, talks about the scientific evidence emerging to confirm nature's place at the heart of our psychological wellbeing.
Find out more »October 2022
Artificial Islands: Book Launch with Owen Hatherley
Bristol Transformed are very pleased to have the wonderful Owen Hatherley back in Bristol for a chat and Q+A to launch his new book, Artificial Islands: Adventures in the Dominions. Great Britain has just left one Union. But might the island’s future lie in another Union altogether, with its former colonial “kith and kin” in a trans-oceanic super-state with Canada, Australia and New Zealand? Welcome to the strange world of the “CANZUK Union”, the name for a quixotic but apparently serious plan to reunify the white-majority “Dominions” of the British Empire under the flag of low taxes, strong borders and climate change denialism.
Find out more »November 2022
Workers Can Win – Book tour & workshop
Join Bristol Transformed for an afternoon with Ian Allinson, who’s been taking his new book “Workers Can Win” up and down the country to inspire new organisers and give them the tools they need to win working-class power. Following the conversation with Ian, you’ll take part in a workshop that will give you a taste of some of the ideas and techniques from the book and get you thinking about how you can take them forwards into your own workplace.
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