More Event Videos Now Streaming
Dear Festival Friends
Spring has well and truly sprung across the Five Valleys. And our 10th anniversary Stroud Book Festival programme is already blossoming into something exciting – we can’t wait to tell you more in early summer.
Meanwhile…
NEW EVENT VIDEOS NOW STREAMING
A reminder that you can support future festivals by enjoying some of our most popular past events online via our Stroud Book Festival video player.
A single donation of £10 buys you access to a whole array of videos for the rest of 2025, including footage of some of our most popular events from the 2024 Festival.
New releases for April are:
The Lie of the Land with Guy Shrubsole (2024)
Sisters in Fiction with Rachel Joyce & Emily Howes (2024)
Delving Into Discworld with Rhianna Pratchett & Gabrielle Kent (2024)
Highlights already available to watch include:
Led By Donkeys (2024)
Raising Hare with Chloe Dalton (2024)
The Siege with Ben Macintyre (2024)
Everything is Everything with Clive Myrie (2023)
Pub Kitchen with Tom Kerridge (2023)
Dweller in Shadows: The Life, Words and Music of Ivor Gurney with Kate Kennedy & Dame Sarah Connolly (2021)
It’s a great opportunity to enjoy video footage of past events you didn’t manage to attend, or would like to enjoy again.
To view the events on offer, please visit our website, stroudbookfestival.org.uk/videos
THE LAURIE LEE PRIZE 2025: OPEN FOR ENTRIES.
We’re delighted to say that entries for the 2025 Laurie Lee Prize for Writing are now open in both age categories.
The theme for this year’s Prize is ‘Journeys’, and the entry criteria have now been widened to include anyone who works or goes to school or university in Gloucestershire or South Gloucestershire, as well as those who live here full time or were born in the county.
The close date is 31 July 2025…so what are you waiting for?
For more information please go to stroudbookfestival.org.uk/about-the-laurie-lee-prize
APRIL OFFER! Writing, Editing & Publishing Your Novel
Hawkwood Tutored Writing Courses
Our friends at Hawkwood are offering an exclusive 50% discount on their next creative writing course.
Whether you’ve finished a draft or you’ve just started brainstorming, this transformative five-day course will help you immerse yourself in brainstorming, writing, and editing your novel. Running from 14th – 18th April and guided by award-nominated novelist Ally Wilkes, and Cat Camacho, an editor with over 10 years’ experience, you will learn specific writing techniques to craft your story. With one-to-one sessions, targeted writing exercises and a fully catered retreat setting, you’ll have the space and support to develop your novel and deepen your craft.
Hawkwood are offering 50% off a residential or non-residential place for this course to readers of our newsletter. Please call 01453 758034 to make your booking and quote the code SBF50 to receive your discount.
More information about the course can be found here. www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/our-programmes/programme/27749-writing-editing-and-publishing-your-novel
Finally, don’t forget to follow us on social media for the latest Stroud Book Festival news:
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With love from
The Stroud Book Festival team x
4 April 2025