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.
2025 Speakers
News for 2025
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The 2024 Wells Festival of Literature starts here!
With only a few months left until this year’s Festival gets under way, activity behind the scenes is already evident….
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2023 Festival Highlights
The 31st Wells Festival of Literature is now over but it has left us some wonderful memories, every one of…
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The numbers say it all
As a Festival of Literature our chief passion, obviously, is for words! But there are occasions when figures speak louder…
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Enjoy a prize Festival
Tania Branigan has now been shortlisted for two of the most prestigious prizes in the business: the Baillie Gifford Prize…
Thank you to all our 2025 Sponsors
Principal Sponsor
Amba Wells
Basil Powell Shoes
Charlie Bigham’s
Chris & Rosie Inge
Clair Watson
Eleanor Decamp
Golden Bottle Trust
John Jackson
Justin Ash
Lodestone Property
Millfield School
Priory Dental
Rathbones
Roby Littman Foundation
Wells Cathedral School
Westholme Publishing
Thank you also to our patrons: The Rt. Hon. Lord Waldegrave of North Hill and Lady Waldegrave and
Festival Associates: James Coomarasamy, Sarah LeFanu, David Lister, Andrew Miller, Stephen Moss and Julia Samuel.
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
