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.
Tickets now on sale!
2025 Speakers
News for 2025
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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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2019 Festival: Dates Confirmed
After the success of our 2018 Festival, our audiences can rest assured that our 27th festival will not disappoint. It…
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
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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
