With Carolyne Willow. Carolyne Willow began her career as a child protection social worker in Nottinghamshire in the late 80s, leaving to take up specialist roles promoting and protecting the rights of children in care amid revelations of widespread abuse in children’s homes.

With Paul Ainsworth (CAMRA). Paul Ainsworth will be talking about his new guidebook, Real Heritage Pubs of the Midlands. Paul will lead us to pubs throughout the Midlands that have interiors and internal features of historical significance, ranging from rural ‘time-warp’ pubs to ornate ‘drinking palaces’.

Norma Gregory will be talking about her recently published book Jamaicans in Nottingham: Narratives and Reflections (Hansib). Norma Gregory is a photojournalist, media producer and historian of the African diaspora in Britain, in relation to literature and media production. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Refreshments available.

Harry Paterson takes a balanced and reasoned look at one of the major political figures of our time and the party that backs him. Having weighed up the pros and cons, applying ever dispassionate bone in his body, Harry decided that, on balance, he has some disagreements with UKIP. He would, when it comes down to it, really prefer if people did not vote for them.

Themed around critiques of & alternatives to elections, voting & democracy. Stalls, workshops/meetings, vegan cafe, kids space, quiet/support space, outdoor Soap Box, permaculture garden activities & outdoor green space for socialising. 11am - 6pm.
Access details - fully accessible: level access to ground floor, lift to 1st floor. Disabled toilets on both floors.
Disabled parking spaces.

BOOK LAUNCH with Edward Thomas, Thomas Mawan Muortat and Liz Hodgkin
South Sudan: A Slow Liberation tries to explain how South Sudan's first years as an independent country have been marred by violence. Come along for a panel discussion led by three of South Sudan’s most thoughtful analysts.

Owen Jones will be discussing his new book ‘The Establishment’ (Penguin, 2014) FULLY BOOKED.

With Andrew Fisher (economist, working at PCS) and Nottingham City Councillor Steve Battlemuch (speaking in a personal capacity). In association with East Midlands Labour Representation Committee.

With John Constable. John Constable reads from his hallucinatory, Blakesque poetry collection, which draws much inspiration from London settings.

With John Healy and Tony Murray. Our guests discuss the Irish migrant experience of the capital as conveyed in literature, with Healey discussing his celebrated autobiography ‘The Grass Arena’.

With Robert Kingham. Launch event for new edition of Arthur Machen’s long out-of-print ‘The London Adventure’, a classic of psychogeographical writing.

With Julie Bindel.
Julie Bindel tracks the changes in the gay community over the last forty years, and asks whether fighting for the right to marry has achieved genuine progress, or whether the new legal rights have neutered a once-radical social movement.

Book event with Chris Bambery.
Chris Bambery, a leading figure in the Scottish Independence campaign, will speak about his new book A People's History of Scotland, which delves into the real and oft-forgotten history of Scotland.

Graphic novel booklaunch, with John Stuart Clark (AKA Brick)

Further details to follow.

With John Harvey.
Most well-known for his Nottingham Resnick series of crime books, John Harvey has had a parallel career, if in a minor key, as a poet and for several years published other poets under his Slow Dancer imprint. With his third and final collection, Out of Silence: new and selected poems he signs off by revisiting his poetry over the decades and reading new material for the first time. John Harvey will be introduced and in discussion with his publisher, Peter Sansom, from Smith/Doorstop, editor of The North.

With Tansy Hoskins.
Tansy Hoskins dissects fashion’s vampiric relationship with the planet and our bodies. Why does ‘size zero’ exist? Why do most big retailers go for the cheapest garment workers in the developing world? Moving between Karl Lagerfeld and Karl Marx, Tansy dissects the fashion industry. She also asks whether ‘green fashion’ is the way ahead. Is there more to the industry than consumerism, sexism and exploitation. This is about the clothes on our back. 7.00-8.30pm – note earlier time.

With Joanne Limburg. Joanne Limburg thinks things she doesn’t want to think, and does things she doesn’t want to do. As a young woman, obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours had come to completely dominate her life. She knew that something was wrong, but it would take many painful years of searching to find someone who could explain her symptoms. The Woman Who Thought Too Much is a vividly honest, beautifully told and darkly witty memoir about the quest to understand and manage a life with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Joanne will be reading from her memoir, and discussing OCD.

The Bristol Bookfair brings you the ideas to spark change - with 60 tables of stalls from campaign groups, publishers and distros; plus 30 meetings in 6 rooms including a Radical History Zone; and an outdoors permaculture zone. All-day vegan cafe, and kids space.
All welcome

Accessibility: level access to ground floor and gardens; lift to first floor; accessible/adapted toilets for wheelchair users

Representations of LGBTQ Characters in Children's and YA Literature' with B.J. Epstein, Mark Jennett and Letterbox Library.

Refreshments from around the world included. 7.30pm-9.00pm.