Hydra Bookshop

Hydra Bookshop The Hydra is a radical community bookshop, community venue, and meeting place in central Bristol. It is a space for exchanging ideas and finding those books.

Having left our old home in Old Market, we've sprouted a new head in Cafe Kino on Stoke's Croft. We stock radical literature on a wide range of issues; politics, history, feminism, animal rights, environmentalism that it may be difficult to track down in the usual high-street bookshops (if you can find one!)

The bookshop provides an outlet for independent non commercial publishers and authors to

make their books and ideas accessible to the wider community. Run by local people as a volunteer workers co-operative, the shop grew out of Bristol Radical History group and similar networks across the city. "Bristol's best bookshop for political debate, community networking and coffee. Hydra fulfils the long tradition of a bookshop as a place to share, discuss and challenge ideas." - Woolf Magazine.

09/12/2024

This is a petition asking BCC and Avon pension fund to divest £18million of its pension fund out of Israel. the deadline is tomorrow. if we get 3500 signatures they have to legally discuss it. please share around!

A demo has been called to counter the far-right in Bristol this weekend (3/8/24) so keep safe out there
01/08/2024

A demo has been called to counter the far-right in Bristol this weekend (3/8/24) so keep safe out there

We were passed this from some of our friends. We're sharing it here as it is an important call. 💙💜♡💜...
11/06/2022

We were passed this from some of our friends. We're sharing it here as it is an important call.

💙💜♡💜💙
🏳️‍⚧️ BRISTOL SAYS TRANS RIGHTS 🏳️‍⚧️

We were passed this from some of our friends. We're sharing it here as it is an important call. No racists on the street...
25/03/2022

We were passed this from some of our friends. We're sharing it here as it is an important call.

No racists on the streets of Bristol !

The police have quietly stated they lied about injuries to officers at clashes outside the police station.
25/03/2021

The police have quietly stated they lied about injuries to officers at clashes outside the police station.

Yesterday, Avon and Somerset police quietly admitted that no officers suffered broken bones during Sunday’s Kill The Bill protest. In a statement posted to their website, the force said: & #82…

24/03/2021

Hydra support this sentiment from our comrades at solfed

The police are a violent institution that can not be reformed for the better.
24/03/2021

The police are a violent institution that can not be reformed for the better.

"Never seen anything like it. We were charged at down the street by multiple charging horses and police with dogs. Continuous beatings from the cops, extreme violence. They were literally punching pe

22/03/2021

It's easy to get a sense of deja-vu when you get home and start reading press reports and twitter accounts from a demonstration. For that reason, whilst I'll be writing about the events in Bristol th

26/02/2020

Silver Tongues is happening now and it's the bees knees! Come down anytime this eve! :D

Address

34 Old Market Street
Bristol
BS20EZ

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 6pm
Wednesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 6pm
Saturday 12pm - 6pm

Telephone

+441173297401

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