Welcome ...

to the Wells Festival of Literature Website.  Last year's Festival of Literature (October 2011) was a great success - new competitions - more for children - open mike events to read your own poems - locally made films at the Film Centre - new lunch menus at the Bishop's Palace - and of course wonderful speakers! 

We are pleased to say that over the past two years we have doubled our sales.  Many of this year's talks sold out, so to avoid disappointment we hope you'll join our emailing list for 2012 (12-20 October) if you're not already on it.

We are already booking speakers for this year's programme and will be delighted to welcome Matthew Parris together with (among others) Jonathan Dimbleby, Antonia Fraser, Andrew Miller, Adam Nicholson, Sarah Raven, and Claire Tomalin.Please note that this new web site is currently under development and will change, sometimes from day to day.  It may at present contain errors, which we shall correct. UntilUn

Competitions in 2011: It wasn't just Poetry and Short Story Competitions, but also a new Crime Novel competition.  We had a wonderful entry and results are on the Competitions page of the website. 

The 2012 Festival will run from Friday 12th to Saturday 20th October 2012.  Wells is England's smallest city and all Festival events take place within walking distance of the Cathedral and the Bishop's Palace.  You can hear talks on fiction, politics, travel, history, biography, science, philosophy ... and much more. 

Tickets go on sale in early July. Please email us  to go on our mailing list and receive early notification.  

Web page last updated: 24th April 2012, 12.17 PM