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14/05/2012

Sofia looks at the tradition of afternoon tea, at home and in London's many elegant tea rooms.

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07/05/2012

Author Richard Beard, Director of the National Academy of Writing, explains how the popularity of eBooks is making video an essential component.

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Cabot Circus, Bristol Back to Our Bookstores »

Cabot Circus, Bristol

Foyles, 6 Quakers Friars, Cabot Circus, Bristol, BS1 3BU

Tel: 0117 376 3975

Email: CabotCircus@foyles.co.uk

Opening hours
Monday-Saturday10.00am - 8.00pm
Sunday11.00am-5.00pm
Bank Holidays 10.00am - 6.00pm
EasterEaster Friday, 10am - 6pm, Easter Sunday, Closed

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This just in --- Foyles Bristol selected in the Independent's Top 50 UK Bookshops 'Its glass front and modern design lure customers in and make the browsing experience a pleasure'.

We've settled into our new home in Quakers Friars, Cabot Circus and, as always, are offering the widest possible range of books over two floors. Whether you're looking for the latest bestseller, books for children or something a little more unusual, our expert, local staff will be able to help. Pop in to browse, find something new, or sit down with a good book, plus see below for an updated list of author events and exhibitions in our new gallery space.

Foyles Bristol bookstore external viewStore Departments:

Art, Bestsellers & New Titles, Biography, Business, Children's, Cookery, Fiction, Film & Drama, Gardening & Natural History, Gifts & Stationery, Health & Lifestyle, History & Politics, Humanities, Languages, Local history & writers, Mind, Body & Spirit, Music, Popular Science, Reference, Sport, Travel

 

In Our Bookstore Now

UPSTAIRS IS NOW OPEN! Come on up and discover new sections and new displays - including a great range of DVDs
- Join us every Sunday morning at 11.30am for Children's Storytime.

 

*NEW PROMOTIONS IN STORE:*

- Best of British: Our pick of the books that have defined British literature over the last 60 years.

- For the Jubilee, we have installed a great selection of gifts and stationery for your celebrations! From a waving Solar-powered queen solar-powered queen, to union jack mugs and coasters! Not to mention the beautiful tea towels, badges and great bunting for those street parties.

- We're giving grown ups all kinds of feelings of nostalgia with our Kids Retro fiction promotion in store. How lovely it would be to be able to give them as gifts for children of the new generations. Also on 3 for 2, with lovely covers!

- In our front of store, we have a new selection of incredible titles from the Penguin English Library collection, with beautiful covers, all at only £5.99 and on 3 for 2!

- We've got some wonderful non-fiction titles on 'Mindfulness', for your peace of mind this summer!

- There are so many 3-for-2s in store, you might have trouble choosing between them. Included are some beautiful new editions of some older titles, courtesy of Picador's 40th Anniversary, among others.

- If we do say so ourselves, our staff are quite good at theming displays, and we want to share with you our themes for this month:

*Dave has taken the Victorian era to another level, by combining it with incredible and beautiful works of technology and dress style. Steampunk is his theme.

*Jon has put together a Comic Books theme, with hilarious titles (for adults and kids) and audio books to make you chuckle.

*Laura finds that book to movie adaptations can either enhance a book, or destroy it. This month she's picked out some titles of all genres that she'd like to see turned into a movie.

*Sally has selected some of the best of the Australian writers and brought together some interesting titles for your reading pleasure.

- Our Vintage Half Price Classic this month is Eleven Kinds of Loneliness by Richard Yates. You'll find it at our till point.

- For the grown ups, we've rearranged our Fiction Table to suit the needs of those who prefer beautiful, quirky and downright fabulous novels.

- In addition to all of these great offers and promotions, we have a great selection of new titles in our front of store and staff picks hand chosen by us, at Foyles Cabot Circus.

- Our book club meets on the last Monday of every month. For May, we have Jeffrey Eugenides 'The Marriage Plot', Marriage Plot coverand if you buy from us in store, you can receive £2 off this title! Find the book club on our first floor, from 6:15pm to 7:30pm.

- Don't forget to check out our store Top 10 at the front of store, which changes weekly to show our most popular titles.

FREE monthly magazine, Venue, for your guide to what's on in Bristol.

All of this, and much more instore!

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Cynan Jones and Rachel Seiffert - Granta 119: Britain Cynan Jones and Rachel Seiffert - Granta 119: Britain
17th May 2012 6pm - 7pm | Bristol Literary Event, Free Event More Info and Tickets »

As part of the launch of Granta 119: Britain, contributors Cynan Jones and Rachel Seiffert provide an evening of readings and conversation.

Stephen Cave and Havi Carel  - Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization Stephen Cave and Havi Carel - Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization
29th May 2012 6pm - 7pm | Bristol Literary Event, Free Event More Info and Tickets »

Stephen Cave's book Immortality shows how the quest to live forever has driven the development of human civilisation, and how that quest is now coming to a climax through modern science. Tonight, he is in discussion with philosophy writer Julian Baggini and Havi Carel, author of Illness.

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10th January 2012 - 12am Laura Crosby

This year Laura from our Bristol Branch resolves to extend her reading horizons.

3rd November 2011 - 12am Laura Crosby

Laura finds that she's not alone in having quirky habits when it comes to reading books.

8th August 2011 - 12am Laura Crosby

A few weeks ago, we asked you what makes a bookshop - any bookshop - special for you. Now Laura rounds up the results.

17th May 2011 - 12am Laura Crosby

There are plenty of guides for aspiring writers out there, but which of them are really worth having on your bookshelves?

7th April 2011 - 12am Laura Crosby

Foyles has been celebrating opening its doors to the readers of Bristol with the help of some talented local entertainers

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Best First Novel Award 2012 Shortlist discussion Best First Novel Award 2012 Shortlist discussion 16th May Charing Cross Road

Come and meet the authors shortlisted for this year's Authors Club debut novel prize....

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Authors at Foyles
Hilary Mantel Hilary Mantel

In this exclusive interview for Foyles to celebrate the publication of Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary talks about her fascination with Thomas Cromwell and the corrupting effects of power.

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Book Awards
The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

WINNER ANNOUNCED! 80-year-old Aharon Appelfeld wins for Blooms of Darkness: while his fellow Jews are being rounded up, a young boy escapes the concentration camps by sheltering with a prostitute.

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Happy Families Carlos Fuentes

A dramatic portrait of contemporary Latin America from the author, essayist and playwright whose death at the age of 83 has just been announced.

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