Congratulations to ‘Cake Lady’ Kath Ryan, who gave a fabulously entertaining talk to those lucky enough to hear it at Raphael’s Restaurant’s Good Friday’s Charity event. For more than ten years and after setting up her charity Cakes4Casualties, Kath has been baking every week for injured troops in Selly Oak Hospital, continuing when they leave […]
We are thrilled to present our fabulous and colourful Evesham Festival of Words Brochure 2025 , packed full of wide ranging events for our main weekend which runs from 27th to 29th June and throughout the year! You can pick up a copy at locations in Evesham, Pershore and surrounding villages and towns – […]
Sadly, and due to a clash in her schedule for 2025, Miranda Krestovnikoff is no longer able to feature in this year’s programme. However, we are thrilled to welcome in her place Emmy and Bafta award winning wildlife filmer and photographer Doug Allan! Doug has been filming wildlife for over 40 years. He’s contributed memorable […]
A former winner of our short story competition, Richard Hooton, is to have his debut novel The Margaret Code published on 10th April by Sphere, an imprint of Little Brown. It’s available to pre-order from Amazon or any bookshop. The voice-led whodunnit follows eighty-nine-year-old Margaret whose failing memory holds the key to the murder investigation […]
Exciting News: Our New Website Has Launched! Based in the heart of Evesham, the Festival of Words celebrates the magic of literature, creativity, and storytelling. Our new online platform makes it easier than ever for you to engage with the festival and secure your place at our exciting events. What’s New? Online Booking System: […]
Richmond Villages Wood Norton to sponsor Festival event. We’re delighted that Richmond Villages Wood Norton have linked up with the Festival and will be hosting and sponsoring a Festival event for the first time. Wednesday 10th September, 2.30 pm at Richmond Villages, retired TV producer, Robert Arley, will be talking about Producing the BBC’s Antiques […]
Festival Patron Alistair McGowan releases his first ever book of poetry, Not What We Were Expecting. He credits his teachers at Evesham High School for “instilling a love of poetry and language” but the book contains a lovely credit to “Sue Ablett at Evesham Festival of Words – for unwittingly helping me rediscover the love […]
