THIS YEAR’S STROUD BOOK FESTIVAL WILL BE ONLINE AND FREE!
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We launched a fundraising campaign to raise £10,000 to make the Festival free and accessible to all - and we did it!
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ABOUT STROUD BOOK FESTIVAL
Stroud Book Festival celebrates all things books. Headed up by a team of local authors, literary and cultural professionals, and with Ian McEwan as patron, the festival presents a creative programme of high-quality, entertaining and thought-provoking events to engage this vibrant local community. Stroud Book Festival contributes to the town’s thriving cultural landscape, making sure books are fully represented.
ALL AROUND STROUD
This year, Stroud Book Festival will be online only.
We look forward to working with our fabulous venues in 2021.
LATEST NEWS & UPDATES
We did it! £10,000 raised to make the 2020 Festival free and accessible to all
We are overjoyed to announce that we have raised over £10,000 to meet the target of our crowdfunding campaign. Our fundraising campaign, which ran for 6 weeks over the summer and ended on 31st August, was launched to help make the 2020 online programme of events free and accessible to everyone, whatever their means, location…
Update on our Crowdfunder: Incredible news!
We’ve received incredible news! With just a few days left of our Crowdfunding Campaign to make Stroud Book Festival 2020 free, the Laura Kinsella Foundation has offered to match all donations until we reach our target of £10,000! Our Crowdfunder ends on Monday 31st August at 11am. So if you haven’t yet donated, or know…
SO NEAR…AND YET STILL A LITTLE WAY OFF!
An update on our fundraising campaign for Stroud Book Festival 2020
Festival Illustration announced, 16 July 2020
This year’s Stroud Book Festival will be ONLINE! Please watch this space for news on our crowdfunder, launching end of July 2020.
Stroud Book Festival ONLINE this year
This year’s Stroud Book Festival (4th-8th November) will take place ONLINE.
Arts Council England Grant
We are very grateful to announce that we’ve received a grant from the Arts Council England, which means we are able to confirm that Stroud Book Festival 2020 will take place, and will be ONLINE!