Join our quarter-centennial birthday celebrations as we welcome old friends and first-time guests to our fantastic festival ran throughout May 2025.

Featuring Dr John Cooper Clarke, Irvine Welsh, Joelle Taylor, Salenda Godden, The Singh Twins, Skinnyman, Armando Iannucci, Levi Tafari, Kit De Waal, Jackie Kay, Michael Rosen, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Gary Younge and many more.

WoWFEST unleashes the power of radical storytelling with a series of top-class events including TheMan who Photobombed de Gaulle, Against All Odds: Class and Resistance in the Arts, From Spellowto Southport… with Love, and The Resilience of Refaat: Honouring a Voice of Gaza.

Madeline Heneghan and Mike Morris, Co-Directors of Writing on the Wall said:

“For our 25th anniversary year our accomplishments are also a powerful reminder of the work still tobe done. Together, we continue to write, we continue to fight, and we continue to build a better world.We are, once again, proud to present our festival programme to launch our year of celebrations. Here’s to the next 25 years of Writing on the Wall.”

For more information about the festival and tickets for each event, please visit www.writingonthewall.org.uk

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