2020 Festival
The 2020 Festival has now finished. More than 6,000 people watched 33 events, either live at Cedars Hall in Wells or online. The Wells Festival of Literature will be back 15 – 23 October 2021.
2020 Speakers
| Event | Speaker/s | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Talk | Iain Dale | Why Can't We All Just Get Along: Shout Less. Listen More. |
| Discussion | Gina Miller | Rise: Life Lessons in Speaking Out, Standing Tall and Leading the Way |
| Talk | Jeremy Vine | The Diver and the Lover |
| Talk | Paul Lay | Providence Lost: The Rise & Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate |
| Discussion | Julia Samuel In conversation with Viv Groskop | This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings |
| Talk | Sophy Roberts | The Lost Pianos of Siberia |
| Discussion | Chris Atkins In conversation with David Lister | A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner |
| Talk | Michael Wood | The Story of China: A Portrait Of A Civilisation And Its People |
| Discussion | Alice Vincent and Stephen Moss and Mya-Rose Craig | A joint event with Somerset Wildlife Trust |
| Book Club Event | Max Porter | Lanny |
| Talk | Elly Griffiths | The Postscript Murders |
| Talk | Tom Bradby | Double Agent |
| Discussion | Olivia Williams In conversation with Mark McCrum | The Secret Life of the Savoy |
| Talk | Adam Kucharski | The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop |
| Discussion | David Omand In conversation with Lea Sellers | How Spies Think: 10 Lessons in Intelligence |
| Talk | Michael Bond | Wayfinding: The Art and Science of How We Find and Lose Our Way |
| Discussion | Pragya Agarwal In conversation with Helen Taylor | SWAY: Unravelling Unconscious Bias |
| Talk | Professor David Nutt | Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health |
| Talk | Hugo Vickers | Cecil Beaton: The Authorised Biography |
| Discussion | Michael Eavis In conversation with Chris Salmon | Glastonbury 50 |
| Talk | Robert Winder | Soft Power: The New Great Game |
| Talk | Charles Spencer | The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I's Dream |
| Talk | Simon Armitage | Magnetic Field: The Marsden Poems |
| Discussion | Janice Hadlow In conversation with Helen Taylor | The Other Bennet Sister |
| Talk | Carolyn Steel | Sitopia: How Food Can Save the World |
| Talk | A.C. Grayling | The Good State: On the Principles of Democracy |
| Discussion | Charles Moore with Kate Ehrman | Margaret Thatcher: A Whodunnit |
| Discussion | Olia Hercules In conversation with Caroline Waldegrave | Summer Kitchens: Recipes and Reminiscences from Every Corner of Ukraine |
| Talk | Alexander Watson | The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl |
| Talk | Helen Taylor | Why Women Read Fiction |
| Talk | Hashi Mohamed | People Like Us: What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain |
| Discussion | Rachel Clarke In conversation with Julia Samuel | Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss |
| Discussion | Rachel Johnson In conversation with Julia Samuel | Rake's Progress: My Political Midlife Crisis |
2020 Festival
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