Get Your Tickets for the Guernsey Literary Festival 2025 on from April-May
by Karen Rollins Apr 7, 2025
The 2025 Guernsey Literary Festival is once again ready to welcome a wide range of local and international authors for two weeks of stimulating discussions from 25 April-4 May.
This year’s packed programme features presentations and talks with several well-known personalities including fashion designer and Great British Sewing Bee TV presenter Patrick Grant, and human rights campaigner Baroness Shami Chakrabarti.
Some of the other major speakers are Michelin star chef and television presenter Tom Kerridge, garden designer Adam Frost, award-winning novelist and memoirist Kit de Waal and singer-songwriter and author Roxanne de Bastion.
Attendees can expect thought-provoking interactions with new and experienced writers covering entertainment, music, art, food, fiction, poetry, history, politics, and sport. There will also be debates on artificial intelligence and smart phones and a gardeners’ question time.
In a press release, the festival’s director Clare Allen, revealed that the 2025 Guernsey Literary Festival will feature 52 public events as well as 15 education programme activities and five outreach and community events.
Ms Allen stated: “I really think there is something for everybody. As well as our many main speakers, we have a selection of local author events and writing workshops, an international poetry competition, and outreach activities in care homes and the prison.
“We are excited to offer a variety of family events, a schools programme and a writing competition for local students.”
Visit the official Guernsey Literary Festival website to see the full schedule.
Background:
The Guernsey Literary Festival is a not-for-profit event planned, organised, and run by a team of volunteers.
Since its inception the festival has established itself as one of the biggest annual arts events in the Channel Islands. It takes place over two weeks in May and attracts a diverse selection of presenters, personalities, and writers.
A series of workshops, tea parties, and themed events aimed at children is also held parallel to the festival.
