Dear Festival Friends

We’re delighted to announce that our 2023 Stroud Book Festival printed brochure is out now. Containing full details of all this year’s events taking place from 8^th – 12^th November, and with a striking cover design by our 2023 illustrator, Hannah Dyson, it is available to pick up from Stroud Bookshop, Stroud Sub Rooms, Stroud Library and other venues around the Five Valleys.

You can also browse all our events via the digital brochure on our website at stroudbookfestival.org.uk and then purchase your tickets online from thesubrooms.co.uk. You can also book by calling 01453 796880, or in-person at the box office at the Sub Rooms (Tuesday-Saturday, 9-4pm).

EVENT FOCUS

This week’s featured event is:

“The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir” by Victoria Belim

Saturday 11^th November, 7.30-8.30pm at Lansdown Hall

A “Wild Swans” for Ukraine, “The Rooster House” was one of the most talked-about books at London Book Fair 2022. Published in May 2023 by Virago, it was Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. An enthralling, richly layered story, told across four generations, it powerfully illuminates the context of the current conflict in Ukraine, but also goes beyond it to reflect on culture and art, geography and language, and how they influence the complexities of who we are. Don’t miss this enthralling and incredibly topical event.

You can read an interview with Victoria Belim here.

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With love from

The Stroud Book Festival team x