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Wells Festival of Literature is held every autumn in the beautiful venue, Cedars Hall, Wells, Somerset.

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For general enquires: admin@wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk
For competitions: competitions@wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk
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Wells Festival of Literature Ltd
A company limited by guarantee registered in England with number 2827744
Registered address: Tregantle, Milton Lane, Wells, Somerset. BA5 2QT
Registered Charity number 1045654.

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If your contact details have changed please email admin@wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk with your old and new details so that we can update your records accordingly.

On Friday 16 October online tickets sales will stop at 4pm for the day’s events and all that weekend’s talks. You can still buy tickets online for all other events taking place from Monday 19 to Saturday 24 October.
Each week day, online sales for the day will be available until 4pm. On Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October the online sales will also stop at 4pm on Friday.
Tickets will be on sale on the door at Cedars Hall throughout the Festival.

Buying tickets for multiple events means multiple browser windows will be opened. This document will help you understand which tab to use to view your entire basket. Click here to view helpsheet.

There is no mobile signal in Cedars Hall but mobile to mobile calls can be made via What’s App through the WiFi that is available to visitors of the Festival.

You can sign up for a Single or Joint Membership. The membership lasts for the whole year giving Festival ticket benefits and an invitation to the Friends only event in July. Find our more here.

Standard tickets are £12.50 each, student tickets are £6 each with a £1 booking fee. Become a Friend of the Festival and purchase tickets for £10 plus £1 booking fee. To find out more click here.

The quiz tickets are £8 each. The quiz will be held in the foyer of Cedars Hall on Sunday 18 October. Teams of 6 are preferred.

A selection of drinks and snacks will be available in the foyer of Cedars Hall.  The bar will be open half an hour before each event every day. Soup will be available on the first Saturday and Sunday and the final Saturday 24 October of the Festival. In the evenings the bar will close when the last event starts. 
Hidden Pizza will be serving authentic wood-fired pizzas, and they will also selling be a selection of chips, Italian street food and Churros, delicious fried Spanish pastries served with cinammon sugar and chocolate dipping sauce. Hidden Pizza will be at the Festival for much of the first weekend and then at selected times through the week. Look out for times and menus on their board.

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