{"id":63384,"date":"2025-08-13T06:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/63384\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T06:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:20:06","slug":"the-informal-space-to-discuss-books-and-spark-new-friendships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/63384\/","title":{"rendered":"the informal space to discuss books and spark new friendships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bristolgirlnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bristol Girl<\/a> is part of the now UK-wide <a href=\"https:\/\/citygirlnetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">City Girl Network<\/a> established by Pippa Moyle, who set up the first group in Brighton back in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Designed to inspire and connect women and girls with new friends, companions, housemates, business links and things to do, the group lists a raft of upcoming events from \u2018walk &amp; talks\u2019, to marble painting, co-working clubs, jewellery making, speed networking and a even a doughnut crawl.<\/p>\n<p>One such regular meetup is the monthly Bristol Girl Book Club at<a href=\"https:\/\/thelounges.co.uk\/ritorno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Ritorno Lounge<\/a>, which brings enthusiastic readers together in an informal and supportive space, sparking new friendships in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Independent journalism<br \/>is needed now More than ever<\/p>\n<p>\n                                   Keep our city&#8217;s journalism independent. Become a supporter member today.\n                                <\/p>\n<p>Following July\u2019s discussion of The Survivors by Jane Harper, the August meetup centres on The Cotton Candy Massacre by Christopher Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts \u2013 Amy and Maria \u2013 are keen to point out that there is no pressure to have read or finished the book in advance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpect to have an amazing evening with a group of great Bristol Girls, having lots of fun discussing the chosen book\u201d, they enthuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that coming to an event can be daunting if you haven\u2019t been to one before (or sometimes even if you have!). We really want you all to know that absolutely everyone on the Bristol Girl group is welcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a group of kind, supportive and inclusive girls who are all here with the same thing in mind \u2013 to create some strong connections and quality friendships. So please don\u2019t worry if you\u2019re feeling anxious as those anxieties will certainly fade once you\u2019ve met us!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bristol Girl Book Club is at Ritorno Lounge on August 18 at 6.30-9.30pm, and on a monthly basis. Tickets are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citygirlnetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">www.citygirlnetwork.com<\/a>, where all upcoming Bristol Girl events are also listed.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo: Bristol Girl Network<\/p>\n<p>Read next:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bristol Girl is part of the now UK-wide City Girl Network established by Pippa Moyle, who set up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[457,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-63384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}