Impact Report 2025
A Year of Outstanding Impact
2025 has been a landmark year for the Stratford Literary Festival, with record-breaking ticket sales across both seasonal programmes and a rapidly growing demand for our community and outreach initiatives.
Inspiring a Lifelong Love of Reading
Our year-round Schools Programme continues to flourish. Author visits are consistently oversubscribed, as schools embrace the opportunity to bring writers into the classroom and ignite a lasting passion for reading among their pupils.
Transformative Work in Prisons
Our Bedtime Story writing workshops, delivered in prisons across the UK, remain in exceptional demand. We are now regularly invited back to establishments we’ve previously visited, while also reaching new prisons eager to offer this powerful, family-connecting experience to their residents.
Building Community Through Books
This year, Books with Friends celebrated its 10th anniversary—marking a decade of conversation, connection, and community. Membership is now at full capacity, reflecting its continued value to everyone who takes part.
Thank you for supporting our work and helping us deliver meaningful literary outreach to thousands of people each year.