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In conversation with...

Join us on the First Thursday of the

month at The Painswick Centre

when we interview local authors

and writers from further afield. 

Come along, enjoy a glass of

wine, meet the author, have

your book signed and

meet fellow book lovers.

Announcing our Spring Season 2025

Hello Everyone, we hope that you have had a happy and peaceful Christmas time and may we wish you all the very best for the New Year.  Thank you for all your support in attending First Thursday events during our autumn season.  We had a fab time and many of you were kind enough to say how much you enjoyed the evenings, which we love to hear.  We are a not for profit enterprise.  Our aim is to build community through love of books, and we use any surplus to support writerly activities in our local area. Last year we were able to make a donation to both Stroud Book Festival and to Voices Gloucester.  Your attendance makes this possible.

 We are excited to announce a fabulous Spring Season, and hope that you will find something here to spark your interest.  This newsletter is our first announcement of the spring season and so, by being a subscriber, you have the chance to get your tickets before anyone else.  First Thursday Painswick events regularly sell out, so don’t delay if there is something here that you would like to come to.  Also, if you want to get ahead with your reading all the books for the coming season are available to buy at Handmade In on Bisley Street, Painswick.

Thanks for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

 

Dates for your Diary​

6th Feb 2025 Elisa Lodato - Ghost Story (Doors open at 7pm)

​6th March 2025 Manni and Reuben Coe - brother. Do. You. Love. Me (Doors open at 7pm)

​3rd April 2025 Mark Cummings – Glorious Gloucestershire (Doors open at 7pm)

May 15th 2025 Arthur Snell -  Confused and concerned by world affairs? (Doors open at 7pm)

  • Mark Cummings - Glorious Gloucestershire
    Mark Cummings - Glorious Gloucestershire
    Mark Cummings - Glorious Gloucestershire
    Thu, 03 Apr
    The Painswick Centre
    Did you know that Sir Peter Scott was named after Peter Pan; a Stroud man invented instant custard; and a Cotswold manor house is designed to look exactly like the Palace of Westminster?
  • Confused and concerned by world affairs?
    Confused and concerned by world affairs?
    Confused and concerned by world affairs?
    Thu, 15 May
    The Painswick Centre
    World events are in turmoil with old alliances crumbling. How can we make sense of it all and what might the future look like? Local author Arthur Snell, a former diplomat will be in conversation with Madeleine Bunting.
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