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Jersey Festival of Words
Jersey Festival of Words is celebrating its tenth birthday as a festival, celebrating the power of storytelling, language, and imagination that brings together authors, poets, performers, and readers for a vibrant programme of 65 events (over half of which are free entry) across the beautiful Channel Island of Jersey.
- Seasonal opening
- Booking needed
Friday 19 September
David Munro | A Saviour From the Grave
Mark Brocklesby | British Newspaper Archive (workshop)
Saturday 20 September 2025
Book Launch | La Carpéleuse Hardi Affanmée – The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Carole Jordas | Lipreading and Managing Hearing Loss (Workshop)
Emilie Epperlein | Wine and Write
Sophie Cousens | Scriptwriting Workshop
Storytime | Help! We Need a Story
Sunday 21 September 2025
Vicky Woodings and Mark Chapman | The Adventures of Sid of the Sand Dunes
Monday 22 September 2025
Gillian Anderson & Andrew O’Hagan | Getting into Character – Online Video from the British Library
Jèrriais Teaching Service | The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Kelly Frost | The Kings Head
Marianne Adams | From Planning to Publishing (workshop)
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Jane Eyre | Gothic Rebel – Online Video from the British Library
Marianne Adams | A Lesson in Perfection
Sarah Underwood | Gentlest of Wild Things
Wednesday 24 September 2025
Brian Bilston | An Evening With…
Colin Butfield | Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness
Dr Setara Pracha | Freaks and Fairytales (Workshop)
Mark Bridgeman | Trial By Jury
Multilingual Storytelling | Stories in the Park
Tia Fisher | Crossing the Line
Thursday 25 September 2025
Helen Rutter | The Boy With Big Decisions
Lee Durrell | Myself and Other Animals
Mark Bridgeman | Jersey’s Only Unsolved Murder
Patrick Kane | Human 2.0 – A Celebration of Human Bionics
Peter James & Elly Griffiths | An Audience With…
Resisting Self Censorship | Online Video from the British Library
Sandra Noel | Into the Under – Poetry Reading and Chat
Friday 26 September 2025
Aurelie Boas | A Beginner’s Guide to Dying
Jane Creaton | A World of Books: The Story of Thesaurus Bookshop
Jean Treleven | The Journal of Jean Chevalier
Kate Pankhurst | We Are All Inventors
Kenji Morimoto | Fermentation Workshop & Lunch
Mêli-Mêlo | Jèrriais Singing Workshop with Mêli-Mêlo
Mick Herron & Will Smith | Slow Horses to Clown Town
Tom Vaughan | Hercules: Hero to Zero
Saturday 27 September 2025
Adam Hart | Operation Pimento: My Great-Grandfather’s Great Escape
Axel Scheffler | Drawing & Storytelling with Axel Scheffler
Christian Foley | The Oddsocktopus
Dr Annie Gray | The Bookshop, the Draper, the Candlestick Maker
Duncan Minshull | Globetrotting: Writers Walk the World (A Walking Event)
Helen Lederer | Not That I’m Bitter
Kathryn Harkup | V is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death
Katie Piper OBE | Still Beautiful
Kenji Morimoto | Fermentation Demonstration
Mark Bostridge | In Pursuit of Love – The Search for Victor Hugo’s Daughter
Mat Ricardo | The Magic in You
Michael Sheridan | The Red Emperor
Panel Event | Beyond the Binary
Paul Darroch | Illustrated Tales of Jersey
Penny Byrne | Charlie and Spud and the Occupation
Peter Conrad | Dickens the Enchanter
REAL | REAL in the Park
Storytime | Help! We Need a Story
Tea on Mars and Guests | Poetry Meets Improv Jazz
Tom Phillips | A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World
Wendy Jenkins | Cultivating A Creative Life: A Hands-on Workshop
Sunday 28 September 2025
Christine Buckland | ‘Time to Write’ Workshop
Deborah Alma | Poetry Prescription
Dreena Collins | Perotine – On the Trail of the Guernsey Martyrs
Geraint Jennings | Bouqu’tées d’bliues bênacl’yes bilieuses!
John Harris | Maybe I’m Amazed
Katie Bastiman | Michelangelo and Machiavelli: The Lesser-Known Works
Nanette Regan | Mini Illustrated Book Workshop
Valentine Low | Power and the Palace
More Information
Set across a variety of local venues our ten day festival features inspiring talks, lively discussions, creative workshops, and unforgettable performances. We have an extensive schools programme offering free events to the island’s children, offer competitions to encourage local creatives, and work hard with all manner of local stakeholders and agencies to ensure an inclusive festival that can be enjoyed by all the community.
Our ethos has always been three-pronged; to attract top quality authors and performers to Jersey to provide an event that locals and visitors can treasure, to provide an encouraging and celebratory platform for local literary talent, and to foster a love of words and reading in younger generations.
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19th September 2025
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20th September 2025
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21st September 2025
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22nd September 2025
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23rd September 2025
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24th September 2025
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25th September 2025
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26th September 2025
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27th September 2025
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28th September 2025
We are open:
September
- Indoor
- Family friendly
- Wheelchair access
- Hearing loop
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