2025 marked ten glorious years of Stroud Book Festival. In 2016, renowned children's writer and long-time Stroud resident Jamila Gavin organised the first ever Stroud Book Festival, and just look what she started!

In a packed programme, we celebrated with sold-out events from Lyse Doucet, Robert Macfarlane, Roger McGough, Elif Shafak, Ian McEwan and Julia Donaldson. Below is a selection of photographs from the festival. Please click on a thumbnail to see a larger version.

Huge thanks to TammyLynn for the photographs - you can see more of her work here: https://tammylynn.co.uk/(opens in new tab)

Many thanks to all of you who attended and we hope to see you next year!