• Happy Days!

    Looking back on the 2024 Festival, it’s almost impossible to decide who enjoyed it most. Was it the speakers themselves?…

  • Changes to the Festival programme

    As often happens, speakers change their plans after our brochure has been printed. Luckily, however, we are almost always able…

  • A Game Changer

    Not long until the 2024 Festival kicks off but as we warm up for the starting line there has been…

  • Getting ahead of ourselves!

    The 2024 Festival starts on Friday 18 October but if you were in Cedars Hall on 11 July, you might…

  • The 2024 Wells Festival of Literature starts here!

    With only a few months left until this year’s Festival gets under way, activity behind the scenes is already evident….

  • 2023 Festival Highlights

    The 31st Wells Festival of Literature is now over but it has left us some wonderful memories, every one of…

  • The numbers say it all

    As a Festival of Literature our chief passion, obviously, is for words! But there are occasions when figures speak louder…

  • Enjoy a prize Festival

    Tania Branigan has now been shortlisted for two of the most prestigious prizes in the business: the Baillie Gifford Prize…

  • Caught out by the former Governor of Hong Kong!

    When the speakers were announced a few months ago the Festival seemed a long way off. Even when tickets went…

  • Watch this space

    The programme is confirmed and made public; the brochure has appeared and can be picked up almost anywhere; ticket sales have…