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Spring Season 2026
We are delighted to announce our 2026 Spring Season with a remarkable line up of exceptional
writers. As ever, the authors we have invited cover a huge range of subjects from animals, to
parental relationships, from autism and Nazism to geopolitics. We are exceptionally lucky to be
able to welcome to Painswick some of the country’s finest writers. There is something here for everyone.
Book early to avoid disappointment and help spread the word.
All events are at the Painswick Centre, Bisley Street, Painswick.
All profits to literary charities.
Thu 12 MarThe Painswick CentreKeggie Carew won the Costa Book Prize for this stunning memoir of her enigmatic father. An undercover guerrilla agent during the Second World War in occupied France and Burma, in peacetime he lived off his wits and dazzling charm, but these were never enough to sustain a family.
Thu 07 MayThe Painswick CentreLocal author Alice Jolly’s new novel is a stunningly ambitious novel telling the story of a young girl’s battle for survival and the search for truth in Nazi Vienna.
Thu 04 JunThe Painswick CentreThe first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change by Arthur Snell.
Who We Support
First Thursday Painswick is a not for profit organisation. Our mission, which is ‘to build community through a love of books’, is realised in part through the donation of funds to local literary charities. To date we have been glad to support, Stroud Book Festival, https://stroudbookfestival.org.uk Voices Gloucester https://voicesgloucester.org.uk
and Read for Good https://readforgood.org/ This has been made possible through your continued support for First Thursday Painswick through your enthusiasm and consistent attendance, we are very grateful.
