Gavin Francis – The Bridge Between Worlds

It's a pleasure to be hosting a launch with Dr Gavin Francis for his new book, The Bridge Between Worlds: A Brief History of Connection. From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a fascinating meditation on bridges around the world, exploring how these structures can improve human connection. He will be in conversation with his editor, Francis Bickmore.

This event will take place in the bookshop with an in-person audience. There will be a signing after the event.

Vouchers can be redeemed on the night of the event against a single copy of The Bridge Between Worlds – we will have a list of attendees with vouchers to be redeemed. Please note that only one voucher can be redeemed per book.

About The Bridge Between Worlds:

In a world increasingly preoccupied by borders, bridges celebrate the possibility of connection, allowing the flow of goods, people and ideas. Bridges are among our grandest physical structures with the power of transforming lives and economies, but we also stand (or fall) upon the simple arch of bones in our feet. Text is a bridge between writer and reader, and conversation builds bridges of understanding between minds.

Dr Gavin Francis has spent his life fascinated by the power of bridges to improve human connection. In The Bridge Between Worlds he examines bridges both actual and metaphorical, on a journey through more than twenty countries, across four decades of travel.

From Rome’s Ponte Sant’Angelo to Brooklyn, Victoria Falls to London, Singapore to Siberia, this thought-provoking book reflects on connections between nations and between individuals. Francis demonstrates what the building of bridges has meant to our civilisation, how crossings can enrich our lives, and the price we pay when we tear them down.