Dear Festival Friends

Two weeks on and we’re still coming down to earth after Stroud Book Festival 2025.

We know that many of you were disappointed not to be able to attend some of our most popular events this year because they sold out so quickly. Thanks to our fabulous tech team led by Rob, we now have excellent quality video footage of these events. So we’re delighted to be able to offer you the chance to watch (or re-watch) our events with Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak and Lyse Doucet.

Access to these events via our website – stroudbookfestival.org.uk – costs £10, with all proceeds going towards staging our future festivals. This one-off payment buys you access to all the videos on our website for a whole year until the end of October 2026. This includes events dating back to our 2022 Festival, and we’ll be adding more from our 2025 programme over the coming weeks.

To sign up, just click on the red Watch Previous Events button at the top of our website home page.

And finally, a reminder that next year’s Stroud Book Festival will take place from 4-8 November 2026. Mark your calendars now!

With love from

The Stroud Book Festival team x