Dear Festival Friends, Drum roll! We’re absolutely delighted to reveal some of the authors who will be appearing at our tenth annual festival, which this year takes place from 5-9 November. And we are equally delighted to unveil our glorious design for the 2025 Festival, created by Katie Beard of Stroud’s Rooksmoor Press. To headline…

Dear Festival Friends In just over six weeks’ time we’ll be announcing the first events to look forward to at our 10thStroud Book Festival from 5-9 November. Compiling the programme is a bit like doing a complex jigsaw puzzle –challenging at times but immensely satisfying once all the pieces are in place!   NEW EVENT…

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…

Dear Festival Friends   NEW EVENT VIDEOS NOW STREAMING As we start to scent spring in the air, plans for the 10th annual Stroud Book Festival are well underway and we much look forward to celebrating this landmark anniversary with you from 5-9 November 2025. In the meantime, a reminder that you can now watch…

Dear Festival Friends Happy February! We hope you’re keeping warm and enjoying some excellent winter reading time. Plans for the next Stroud Book Festival are already under way and we very much look forward to celebrating our 10th anniversary with you from 5-9 November 2025. To keep the festival spirit alive in the meantime, why…

Dear Festival Friends, Almost a year in the planning, Stroud Book Festival 2024 is now less than one week away. If you’re planning to be in Stroud town centre on the morning of Saturday 2nd November, come and say hello to the Festival team. We’ll be outside Stroud Bookshop, giving out brochures to anyone who…

Dear Festival Friends The anticipation is building! With Stroud Book Festival 2024 now less than two weeks away, we’d like to thank everyone who has bought tickets so far. Lots of people have been kind enough to tell us how much they are looking forward to this year’s Festival: we’re very much looking forward to…

Dear Festival Friends With the start of Stroud Book Festival 2024 a little under three weeks’ away, some events in our programme have now sold out. Although there is still time to book tickets for most events, we encourage you to buy soon to avoid disappointment. Copies of our printed brochure are available from venues…

Dear Festival Friends We hope by now you’ve had a chance to browse through our fabulous 2024 Stroud Book Festival brochure either in printed form or at stroudbookfestival.org.uk, and are looking forward to being part of our annual celebration of stories, ideas and community, starting in a little under four weeks’ time. If you’re still…

Stroud Book Festival is delighted to announce the two shortlists for the third annual Laurie Lee Prize for Writing. The winner in each category will be announced on Sunday 10th November at a free event on the final day of Stroud Book Festival 2024; reserve your place here. Their winning entries will also be published…