Sir John Major joins our 30th Anniversary celebration
The event is open exclusively to Friends and Sponsors of the Festival. To find out more about supporting the work…
2021 International Competition Results
Our 2021 International Competitions attracted more entries than ever before with our poetry competitions alone bringing in more than 1000…
2021 Festival
All photos by Jo Shepherd 2021 Speakers
It’s Over!
The 29th Wells Festival of Literature has now ended and the team of volunteers who put it together are pausing…
Remember, remember…
… it ends in November! Although the 2021 Festival officially ended on 23 October, it is still being watched online…
Still available to enjoy
Our annual Festival of Literature has ended in Cedars Hall, but it continues in homes up and down the country –…
Your chance to peek behind the curtains
Sneaking behind the scenes of public life is one of the chief delights of attending the Wells Festival of Literature….
Event Cancellation
We very much regret that Emma Young, who was scheduled to talk about Super Senses: The Science of Your 32 Senses…
Welcome to Wells – wherever you are
The Festival gets off to a tremendous start this Friday when we welcome the arrival of Our Friends in Beijing, brought to…
Talking about the Arctic… from the Arctic!
Jemma Wadham, scheduled to appear in Wells on the Cedars Hall stage on Saturday 23 October at 2pm, will now be…