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First events announced for Stroud Book Festival

Where: Various venues in Stroud

When: November 7-11

The directors of Stroud Book Festival are delighted to announce the first authors set to appear at the 2018 festival.

Mary Portas, the retail guru renowned for her starring role in such TV series as Mary, Queen of Shops and What Britain Buys will be in conversation about her new book Work Like a Woman, a bold manifesto for women in business which aims to redefine what we mean by success in a future world of work.

Will McCallum, head of oceans at Greenpeace, will be appearing to tell us how to give up plastic, and present the evidence for why we all should do so, as explained in his essential new guide, How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time.

Acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Patrick Gale will be talking about his resonant new novel, Take Nothing With You about a young boy whose life is transformed when his mother signs him up for cello lessons.

Also on a musical note, former Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson will join us to riff on his latest memoir In My Life about the music which has inspired him, including his lifelong devotion to The Beatles.

And in the 70th birthday year of the NHS, Christie Watson, author of The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story, recently a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, will discuss what it means to devote your life to care for your fellow human beings with Sam Guglani, Cheltenham oncologist and author of short story collection, Histories.

For younger readers, we are delighted to say that acclaimed and award-winning illustrators Tony Ross and Michael Foreman will be joining us for a very special event to make the centenary of the First World War Armistice.

For the first time ever Stroud Book Festival is staging a designated Schools Day on Thursday, November 8, with a programme of events aimed at primary schoolchildren across the Five Valleys.

Stroud Book Festival's artistic director Caroline Sanderson said: "Our ambition with this year's programme is not only to include events for all types of reader, but also to reflect the diverse range of interests which makes Stroud such a lively, creative and stimulating place in which to live.

"A huge thank you to the authors and sponsors who have lent their support so far to our still young festival."

The five-day Festival will be held at venues across Stroud from 7 until 11 November 2018. Tickets will be on sale in early autumn.

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