Stroud Short Stories
Stroud Short Stories
Stroud Short Stories
"Possibly the best short story event in the South West" (Cheltenham LitFest), Stroud Short Stories is a short story live lit event held twice-yearly in Stroud. Our aim is to encourage and promote contemporary Gloucestershire writing. In the podcast, some of our favourite authors from previous events read their stories.
Steve Wheeler
We're back for Series 2, in the run up the November's event on Sunday 10 November at the Cotswold Playhouse in Parliament Street, Stroud. In this episode, Burning the Stubble by Steve Wheeler from the May 2019 event Incendiary!
Oct 31, 2019
9 min
Joanna Campbell
We're back for Series 2, in the run up the November's event on Sunday 10 November at the Cotswold Playhouse in Parliament Street, Stroud. Why not come along to the event and hear ten Gloucestershire authors reading their stories? Tickets, priced at £8, are on sale from the Cotswold Playhouse website from Friday 11 October. In this episode, The Journey to Everywhere by Joanna Campbell from the May 2018 event On Pulling Newts from Ponds & Other Stories.
Oct 20, 2019
12 min
Alwin Wiederhold
We're back for Series 2, in the run up the November's event on Sunday 10 November at the Cotswold Playhouse in Parliament Street, Stroud. Why not come along to the event and hear ten Gloucestershire authors reading their stories? Tickets, priced at £8, are on sale from the Cotswold Playhouse website from Friday 11 October. In this episode, Echoes by Alwin Wiederhold from the May 2019 event Incendiary!
Oct 17, 2019
6 min
Alex Clark
We're back for Series 2, in the run up the November's event on Sunday 10 November at the Cotswold Playhouse in Parliament Street, Stroud. Why not come along to the event and hear ten Gloucestershire authors reading their stories? Tickets, priced at £8, are on sale from the Cotswold Playhouse website from Friday 11 October. In this episode, Alex Clark reads her story The Thief, from the October 2016 event Apocalypse Alphabet & Other Stories.
Oct 10, 2019
8 min
Jason Jackson
We're back for Series 2, in the run up the November's event on Sunday 10 November at the Cotswold Playhouse in Parliament Street, Stroud. Why not come along to the event and hear ten Gloucestershire authors reading their stories? Tickets, priced at £8, are on sale from the Cotswold Playhouse website from Friday 11 October. In this episode, Jason Jackson reads his story Fat Man in Neon, from the May 2019 event, Incendiary!
Oct 3, 2019
10 min
The Apocalypse Alphabet by Nastasya Parker
From Stroud Short Stories, here's Nastasya Parker reading her story 'The Apocalypse Alphabet' from the October 2016 event. To find out more about Stroud Short Stories, visit our website stroudshortstories.blogspot.com or follow us on Twitter @StroudStories. You can follow Nastasya on Twitter @NastasyaParker, or find her on her blog, nastasyaparker.com.
May 16, 2019
7 min
Show Me What You're Made Of by Chloe Turner
From Stroud Short Stories, here's Chloe Turner reading her story 'Show Me What You're Made Of' from the November 2017 event. To find out more about Stroud Short Stories, visit our website stroudshortstories.blogspot.com or follow us on Twitter @StroudStories. You can follow Chloe on Twitter @turnerpen2paper. Her short story collection, Witches Sail in Eggshells, will be released in June 2019.
May 10, 2019
10 min
The Acorn and The Oak by Geoff Mead
From Stroud Short Stories, here's Geoff Mead reading his story 'The Acorn and The Oak' from the October 2016 event. To find out more about Stroud Short Stories, including details of the next event, visit our website stroudshortstories.blogspot.com or follow us on Twitter @StroudStories. You can read Geoff's blog here, www.cominghometostory.com.
May 3, 2019
12 min
Still for Sale by Emma Kernahan
From Stroud Short Stories, here's Emma Kernahan reading her story 'Still for Sale' from the November 2017 event. To find out more about Stroud Short Stories, including details of the next event, visit our website stroudshortstories.blogspot.com or follow us on Twitter @StroudStories. You can follow Emma on Twitter @EmmaKernahan or @CrappyLiving.
Apr 25, 2019
8 min
The Dress by Katie Witcombe
From Stroud Short Stories, here's Katie Witcombe reading her story 'The Dress' from the November 2018 event. To find out more about Stroud Short Stories, including details of the next event, visit our website stroudshortstories.blogspot.com or follow us on Twitter @StroudStories. You can hear Katie read another of her short stories at the Hawkesbury Upton LitFest on the 27th April 2019.
Apr 18, 2019
12 min
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