Welcome To Our Festival
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17-25 October 2025
Welcome to the Wells Festival of Literature, set up in 1992 to celebrate the written word and to encourage the love of books.
Wells Festival of Literature
Celebrating its 33rd Year in 2025
Wells Festival of Literature is a registered charity entirely run by a committee of volunteers, funded by ticket sales, competition entries and generous local sponsors and Friends.
VISITORS A YEAR
DISTRIBUTED IN 2024
IN 2024
“It was a joy to be part of the Festival.
I was so impressed by the engagement of the audience and by the knowledge and passion of this year’s
interviewers and speakers.”Susie Dent – 2024
News for 2025
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2019 Festival: Sneak Preview
Even before this year’s Festival events are all confirmed, we can guarantee that it will feature a fantastic finale –…
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2019 Competitions: Our Judge Chosen as Poet Laureate!
Congratulations to this year’s poetry judge for his recent elevation: It was announced on 10 May 2019 that Her Majesty…
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Exclusive: Our First 2019 Event
On Monday 15 July local writer and historian Ben Kane will be speaking at Cedars Hall at a very special…
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2019 Competitions: It’s Time to Enter
Spring is here – and so are the Festival’s hugely popular International Competitions. This year once again we are running…
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