TICKETS, priced at £12, for the 29th Stroud Short Stories event, Keep on Movin' on the theme of journeys are now on sale from the Cotswold Playhouse website Keep on Movin' takes place at the Cotswold Playhouse in Stroud on Sunday 11 May at 7.30. Doors are at 7.00. There is an interval and a bar. The […]
River Witch, by Forest of Dean author Cheryl Burman, has been awarded a gold medal in the 2024 Wishing Shelf Awards. This is the second award for the book, and Cheryl was particularly pleased with this latest as submissions are judged by plain old readers to the long list stage. River Witch is Book One in The […]
Poetry Together is a National Initiative which aims to bring children, 5-16, and older people together to share the pleasure of poetry. In the last two years Frank McMahon has worked with two Primary Schools to create poems on the themes of Happiness and then Friendship and then share them with audiences of older people. […]
Saturday 31 May and Sunday 1 June, 9.30 am - 5 pm Mornings 9.30am-10.30am - sketching quick figures and faces out and about in cafes/park. 11am - Meet at The Strand Pub, upstairs studio To book jacky@jackypearson.co.nz
Crumps Barn are planning a new anthology on the theme of rail travel to celebrate 200 years since the first steam-hauled train carried passengers and are inviting short stories, memoir and poetry. The submission deadline is 29 May. More information on their website
The University of Bristol Theatre Collection is delighted to announce that we are now welcoming applications for the Kevin Elyot Award 2025, created in memory of the acclaimed actor and writer. The Kevin Elyot Award is an annual award of £3,000 given to support a writer-in-residence based at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection. It is made in memory […]
Cathie is a Cheltenham-based writer and is involved in local writers' groups WordMaids and Unapologetics (Severn Playwrights). Her play, In Veritas, was recently announced as the 2025 winner of The Three Counties Talent Hub scriptwriting competition. The play is supported by Malvern Theatres and the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, and will be performed at Malvern Theatres on Wednesday, April 30, and Thursday, May 1 and at The Everyman Cheltenham […]
The Laurie Lee Prize 2025 is open for entries. Theme: Journeys For anyone who lives, was born, or works/goes to school/university in Glos/S Glos/. Closing date: 31 July. More info here
You are invited to the re-launch of the University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing Open Mic on Saturday 12th April from 7-9pm at Smokey Joe's, Cheltenham. You can come to read your own work, or simply to enjoy some brilliant 'spoken word' across a number of genres, enjoy the company of other writers and creative people, and […]
The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch is the much-anticipated book bringing together voices from The Red Dress global collaborative embroidery project created by British artist Kirstie Macleod and contributed to by 380 individuals from 51 countries over 14 years from 2009–2023. It features poignant hand-selected embroiderer stories, thought-provoking and illuminating commissioned essays on themes The Red […]
Submissions for the 29th Stroud Short Stories event Keep on Movin' on the theme of journeys closed on Sunday 30 March at 23.59. Huge thanks to everyone who has submitted stories. The Long Listed and Short Listed titles will be shared with the writers who submitted stories for this event. The ten stories selected, together with the names of their authors who […]
Lindsey Erith has written two historical romance novels set during the English Civil War. She is currently promoting the audiobook release of her second novel, Wanton Troopers, which has been read by British actor, Clive Hayward. Following a very successful launch event in London on 25th March Lindsey will be at Cirencester Library on 10th April, […]
