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Wells Festival of Literature
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Royal Revelations

12 August 202512 August 2025

Searing revelations about Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson have stirred up a storm of interest in biographer Andrew…

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A strange journey into history

A strange journey into history

8 August 2025

Sophy Roberts, a speaker at this year’s Festival, is on the shortlist of the 2025 Wainwright prize for conservation writing…

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Festival supports Wells Ecoweek

Festival supports Wells Ecoweek

4 August 20254 August 2025

Health, climate change and conservation are all hot topics, and not only is the Festival hosting three speakers on relevant…

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Andrew Miller

Congratulations to Booker Prize nominee

31 July 20254 August 2025

Award-winning novelist Andrew Miller’s latest book The Land in Winter has been longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 and has…

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Prof Danielle Schreve

Friends Event Success!

21 July 202521 July 2025

Remnants of woolly rhinos, hyenas, bears, wolves, aurochs and other species long extinct in the UK are among the fossilised…

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Regency Romance

Regency Romance

24 June 202524 June 2025

Regency romance is in the air and Jane Austen fans are in for a treat at this year’s Wells Festival…

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Recipes for success

Recipes for success

16 June 202516 June 2025

Women whose lives have been successful in wildly differing ways are just some of the highlights of this year’s Festival….

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Winning story

Winning story

13 June 202513 June 2025

A speaker at last year’s Wells Festival of Literature has been awarded this year’s Women’s prize for nonfiction for her…

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Survival, spies and justice

Survival, spies and justice

20 May 202520 May 2025

Wells Festival of Literature this year plays its part in commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second…

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A taste of things to Come

A taste of things to Come

8 May 2025

Fermented foods, late love and an elephant trek are just some of the intriguing range of topics that mark the…

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