There are two books for each young person a written guide and comic style of book about the history of Bristol. Roy Harvey and Maureen Waller represented the Brunel District at the launch, see photo.

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For 2008 a 200 page graphic-style history of the city has been specially commissioned from local author Eugene Byrne with illustrations by Simon Gurr. Eugene and Simon created a highly acclaimed graphic biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel as part of the Brunel 200 celebrations in 2006.

Thousands of copies of The Bristol Story are being distributed free of charge, while stocks last, to schools and colleges, libraries, reading groups, the business community and members of the public including 2,400 books have been supplied to the Brunel Scout District.

The Great Reading Adventure started in 2003 with a citywide reading of Treasure Island. The project is now a well established part of Bristol's cultural calendar. Each year's book is either set in Bristol, is by a Bristol author or is about issues that are of interest to people in Bristol.

The Great Reading Adventure aims to:

- Develop standards of literacy through the promotion of reading.

- Stimulate new forms of creativity inspired by the reading experience.

- Use reading to facilitate learning about the past.

- Bring diverse communities together through the act of reading and thereby foster a sense of shared identity

More Details from http://www.bristolreads.com/