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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2020 Festival: From a Speaker’s Perspective
Professor Helen Taylor was a speaker and an interviewer in Wells this year. She describes the experience: As I struggled…
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2020 Festival: In England’s Smallest City Life goes on
Iain Dale, opening our 28th Festival on Friday 16 October, related how delighted he was to be in Wells –…
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2020 Festival: The Latest on Gina Miller’s Event
We are very sad to report that, in view of the new Covid restrictions announced for London, Gina Miller has decided…
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2020 Festival: There’s a Change to the Crime!
The countdown to the first event of the Festival has begun and with it a last-minute change to the programme…
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