Welcome
Heron Books took flight earlier in 2025 from our original home in The Clifton Arcade.
Find us in our new(ish) heronry at 7a Regent Street, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 4HW.
The shop stocks a range of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books, 4000 of them in a carefully planned cosy space. Heron Books offers personal recommendations and the creation of bespoke gift lists for special occasions, and runs events, including a monthly poetry series and several book groups. Where not already on the shelves, books can be ordered for home delivery by Royal Mail and, if you live really nearby, staff can exceptionally cycle over to deliver them personally.
The shop is a welcoming space. We like nothing more than talking about books; if the book in question features a heron, all the better.
Opening Hours
Monday-Saturday: 9.30am-5.30pm
Sunday: 11am-4pm
7a Regent Street
Clifton, Bristol
BS8 4HW
0117 401 1717
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News
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Going to the Dogs – 31 July 2026
Had you told me that I would find all that’s good in humanity at the racetracks in January in nineties County Durham, I may have been a little doubtful. But Louise Powell’s novel Underdogs offers just that. Admittedly there are a fair number of fights, dirty dealings and no small element of tragedy yet the…
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The Homeric Hero(n) – 24 July 2026
Thanks for asking but no, I won’t be watching Christopher Nolan’s new film. Really I have nothing against Matt Damon running around shouting at other men, beset by irresistible women whose sole purpose is him, and occasionally mumbling something about his wife. But I’m reading Emily Wilson’s book about translating ancient literature (into English, rather…
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We Are Definitely Herons, I Mean Humans – 17 July 2026
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who stand before an active volcano and think, Blimey, a volcano and those who stand before an active volcano and think, I should move here. Helena Attlee is in the latter camp. After years of visiting Sicily, she decided to settle on the slopes of…
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How to Grow Readers – 10 July 2026
Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an absurdly busy man. When he finds time and peace enough to write his excellent children’s books baffles me. He is constantly visiting schools, libraries, playgroups and young offender institutions, supporting charities and individuals in any way he can and researching children’s development, not to mention reading stories to his beloved grandchild.…
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Strawberry Tartarus – 3 July 2026
A library so large its dimensions cannot be expressed in number. Countless books. Plenty of time to explore. Snacks supplied. This must be heaven, right? Wrong. Steven L. Peck’s A Short Stay in Hell will ruin you. Soren is welcomed to hell by a charming Demon – yes, he quite understands that it is a…
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Villa Spinster – 26 June 2026
There are a lot of rules at Villa Coco: it is not pesto if it is not from Genova; no cheese with fish – NEVER; you must go to Naples as soon as possible, you must be accompanied by a Neapolitan and you must have the sfogliatella in midafternoon. Our young man, the protagonist of…