STROUD SHORT STORIES 'The Heat Is On'

STROUD SHORT STORIES  

‘THE HEAT IS ON’ 

Lansdown Hall 

Sunday 8 November 7.30pm – 10.00 (doors 7.00pm)  

Tickets £12 

Once again, the Lansdown Hall is the venue for the award-winning Stroud Short Stories. The theme this time is HOT/HEAT, and SSS will bring you extraordinary stories, written and performed by Gloucestershire authors.  

SSS’s considerable reputation is based on the unfailingly high quality of the stories read at its events, which are selected from the hundred or so submitted each time. 

The brand new 300 page SSS anthology, Stroud Short Stories Volume Four 2022-2025, featuring 60 stories by 40 Gloucestershire authors, will be available to buy on the night. 

The event part of the 2026 Stroud Book Festival and will be hosted by Stroud Short Stories editor and organiser, John Holland, who will co-judge submissions with award-winning short story author and novelist Joanna Campbell. 

The SSS autumn event always sells out in advance, so you should book early to avoid disappointment. There will be an interval and a bar serving alcoholic and soft drinks, tea and coffee. 

More information from the SSS website – stroudshortstories.blogspot.com 

KEY DATES 

Submissions, which are free, open on Sunday 16 August and close on Sunday 27 September 

TICKETS will go on sale from the Lansdown Hall website from Friday 9 October 

– lansdownhall.org