News & Reviews

The Cleeve Bookshop, Bishop's Cleeve, will be hosting a Christmas Drinks Party at 6 - 8 pm on 7th December.  Rachel Marks will be signing copies of her festive novel 'One December Day'. Please RSVP to Will Williams if you wish to come along here

Kathryn Alderman’s idea for a platform for global ecopoets has been made possible with the help of the development team and the University of Gloucestershire. Together they have launched the ecopoetry website Ecopoetikon, which aims to democratise the editorial process by offering equal voice to ecopoets from the Global North and Global South. You can… Continue reading Ecopoetikon - a new ecopoetry website

Time to Choose,  the 4th in the Cotswold Time-slip Series by Jan Turk Petrie is now available to buy as a paperback or Kindle ebook on Amazon. Currently it's #3 in Amazon UK’s  ‘Hot New Releases’ chart in Time Travel Science Fiction.

The New Bohemians Christmas Party will feature music from Geoff March and David Butcher, poetry from Juliette Morton and Philip Rush reading from their collections, as well as David Clarke's 'Devilishly Difficult' Christmas Quiz.  There will also be Open Mic readings. Entry £5 to include party fare at deepspaceworks, 11 Hamilton Street, Charlton Kings, GL53… Continue reading New Bohemians@CharltonKings Christmas Party - 7. 30 pm, 8 December

An exciting new prize will launch at the end of November. From November 30 submissions to The Paul Cave Prize for Children's Literature will open to writers and poets from around the world. "Writing an engaging children's story that grips the reader is difficult," says one of the judges, Tim Saunders. "It's a great opportunity… Continue reading New Children's Literature Prize

Raggedy Man Press in association with Dreamwave Productions present live music from Weeping Sons, Saint Senara and spoken word from Rosie with Words and Jack Pascoe at The Bottle of Sauce, Ambrose Street, Cheltenham, GL50 3HL at 8 pm on Wednesday, 6th December Tickets here £8 in advance, £10 on the door

13 More Short Stories is the result of a collaborative partnership between Cheltenham and Göttingen in Germany who last year celebrated 70 years of twinning. The 13 stories are in both English and German, translated by Christiane Christen, and beautifully illustrated by members of the Göttingen Kreis 34 Art Club. You can read more about… Continue reading 13 More Short Stories by William Lewis

Thursday 30th November 7.30 for 8  (Close shortly after 9) Free Entry & All Welcome Refreshments • Good company • Books available for sale With readings from Mark Bardsley, Kate Potts and Philip Rush Bloom Town, the new pamphlet by Mark Bardsley, explores the back-lanes of Shropshire, bringing to life the county's distinctiveness in landscape and… Continue reading Poetry at the Museum in The Park, Stroud

'Little Murmur' is about dyslexia, based on Aakash's own experiences. School was very challenging for him. He spelt his name wrongly until he was 21. It wasn’t until he “found the missing ‘A’” in his name that he felt he belonged. Dance has been his way to express himself. Watch bodies and words fly like… Continue reading Little Murmur

All Seats Taken + The Ten Authors Reading After only a week and a half of ticket sales, the 26th Stroud Short Stories event 'Love is Strange' has SOLD OUT, making it the 17th out of the last 18 SSS events to sell out. 106 stories were received this time. The following ten authors will read… Continue reading STROUD SHORT STORIES

The short lists for the 2023 Laurie Lee prize have been announced here The winners will be announced at The Poetry of Laurie Lee:  a Celebration event at the Stroud Book Festival, details here

Take your verse to the next level – is a five-month in-person course beginning on 2 February through to 15 June. Tutors Kate Potts, Philip Rush and Jonathan Davidson – all published poets and experienced teachers – will each offer two in-person afternoon sessions with themes including - Origins: Finding Your Voice, Rhyme, Rhythm &… Continue reading Stroud Poetry Course 2024