List News
Winner Announced in our Essay Competition
Date: 18/04/2013Find out who's won a Kindle Fire and a week's work experience at Moving On Magazine
Tea and Danger: Win Tickets to Our Extreme Adventurers
Date: 18/04/2013With afternoon tea at The Fourteas Tea Room before the event
Jon Snow steps into the breach
Date: 11/04/2013The Channel 4 news presenter and award-winning journalist steps in to replace Tony Benn who is unwell.
Winners of our Writing Competition Announced
Date: 09/04/2013And here they are from a huge number of entries
Take a Peek at our Winning Book Jacket
Date: 03/04/2013Here's the winning design by Stratford College Student Edward Funge
Win tickets to see Michael Palin and an overnight stay!
Date: 28/03/2013Enter now to win an overnight at the four star Menzies Welcombe Hotel. with afternoon tea and two tickets to see Michael Palin
Festival Speakers sent to Prison
Date: 26/03/2013Mark Billingham and John Connolly to visit Long Lartin as part of World Book Night during the festibal
Proceeds from Tony Hawks event to charity
Date: 13/03/2013The comedian will be donating the proceeds of his event at the festival to his Moldovan children's Charity.
Michael Palin Event Sells Out!
Date: 11/03/2013Only a few single tickets left...
Tickets on sale today, 15th February
Date: 15/02/2013Tickets go on sale today for the 2013 festival.
Radio 4's Bookclub recording at the 2013 Festival
Date: 04/02/2013Come and meet award-winning author Jim Crace at a BBC Radio 4 Bookclub recording on 24th April
Even more great names signed up
Date: 30/01/2013Bill Turnbull, William Nicholson, Charlie Higson, Kate Humble all confirmed for 2013.
Just confirmed: the Fabulous Baker Brothers
Date: 24/01/2013The brilliant Cotswold boys will join us on Wed 24th April
Waterstones are our 2013 Bookseller
Date: 27/11/2012We are delighted to confirm that Waterstones Stratford store will be the bookseller for the 2013 festival.
Bus Stop Reads
Date: 18/04/2012All aboard! Spot us on Sunday 22nd April as we launch the Festival with our inpromptu reads all over town!
Win 2 tickets to see Sue Townsend
Date: 18/04/2012and celebrate 30 years of Adrian Mole
Festival works with Notes from the Underground
Date: 12/04/2012A short story inspired by a picture of the Avon and commissioned just for the Stratford Festival
Tom Wins the Book Cover Comp!
Date: 28/03/2012Stratford College Student, Tom Morris, wins the competition to design a book jacket for our poetry book.
Last few days to get your poems in!
Date: 13/03/2012Submit a poem and you could win £50.
Full programme out now
Date: 29/02/2012The Souvenir Programme with all the event details in full (and some new ones added)is ready to download.
Sue Townsend just added to line-up!
Date: 27/02/2012Celebrate 30 years of Adrian Mole with the best-selling author.
Festival launches its book App Competition
Date: 27/02/2012Today the Stratford Festival launches its competition to find a children's story to develop into an App for iPad
Festival launches it Book App Competition
Date: 27/02/2012Win the chance to have your work published as an interactive children's book for iPad!
Festival launches it Book App Competition
Date: 27/02/2012Win the chance to have your work published as an interactive book for children!
An Evening with Maureen Lipman
Date: 19/09/2011Meet the actress and writer on 30th September 2011
Family Fun Day
Date: 01/05/2011All-day fun at Compton Verney with Philip Ardagh, Axel Scheffler and many more.
Colin Dexter opens the Festival
Date: 27/04/2011Inspector Morse creator Colin Dexter opens this year's Festival with a twinkle in his eye
Harriet Walter joins the Line-Up
Date: 12/04/2011Actress Harriet Walter joins the Festival line-up on Wed, 27th April with Katie Fforde and Mavis Cheek
Poetry Competition Winners
Date: 10/04/2011We had hundreds of entries and here are the winners and runners-up
Our online story
Date: 07/03/2011STOP PRESS: Our online story - the first line written by bestseller Ian Rankin is up and running!
Our Media Partner
Date: 01/01/2011The 2011 Stratford upon Avon Literary Festival is working in partnership with THE WEEK magazine.
news
Winner Announced in our Essay Competition
Find out who's won a Kindle Fire and a week's work experience at Moving On Magazine
Tea and Danger: Win Tickets to Our Extreme Adventurers
With afternoon tea at The Fourteas Tea Room before the event
Jon Snow steps into the breach
The Channel 4 news presenter and award-winning journalist steps in to replace Tony Benn who is unwell.
