The Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival 2025
Plans are underway to curate a fabulous lineup of authors and speakers for the Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival 2025 – to be held over the weekend of 15 & 16 November, and into the Monday 17 November for a special ‘Festival Schools Day’.
We are anticipating exciting author talks in Dulverton Town Hall on the topics of crime, romance, birds, conservation, the atomic bomb, Margaret Thatcher, Cornwall… and many more, including a celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th Anniversary!
Top name authors are again been invited to join us for this fun, friendly event – watch this space for more information. The popular ‘Meet the Author’ session will again be repeated in Dulverton Library and we’re planning more Children’s Story Corner readings in the Bridge Inn and more Writing Discussion Groups in other venues around the town.
Feedback from the 2024 Festival

Entrepreneur and ‘Dragon‘ Deborah Meaden and Financial Times finance guru Claer Barrett with copies of their books at the 2024 Festival
Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival Children’s Writing Competition 2025
The theme for the 2024 Literary Festival Children’s Writing Competition (for children aged 13 and under) was ‘Magical Exmoor’ and a phenomenal 65 entries were received from across Exmoor, Devon, Somerset and even Kent!

The ‘Book Club’ talk authors of 2024 (L to R) Jennie Godfrey, Jessica Moor, Kate Lord Brown and Vanessa de Haan. With winning Children’s Writing Competition contestants (L to R) Toby Vigurs (winner) and runners up Jack Richards and Isla Elliott-Boyle
Competition Judge and Historical Novelist Kate Lord Brown had a very difficult task choosing the winners, but was delighted to present the prizes on the Festival Sunday to Winner – Toby Vigurs, Year 5/6 from Bampton Primary School – and Runners Up – Isla Elliott-Boyle, age 6 from Cullompton and Jack Richards, age 7 from Wiveliscombe. Congratulations to them all!
Here is Toby’s winning entry – “Magnificent Exmoor” – which was read out to a rapt audience by Kate Lord Brown.
Toby Vigurs – Magnificent Exmoor – Bampton Primary School
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Become a Friend of the Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival 2025
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This new initiative began in 2024 and was formed to bring together all those who enjoy reading all year round and to encourage a richer and wider development of the event. By becoming a Friend you will give vital support to the Festival organisers in attracting writers of excellence to Dulverton – of both fiction and non fiction. You will also help support our outreach programme which encourages reading and writing across our local schools via workshops and through our annual Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival Children’s Writing Competition.
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Our Generous Festival Sponsors
Would you like to become one of the Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival’s much-loved sponsors for 2025? If so, please contact Festival Director, Ali Pegrum at hello@visitdulverton.com.
The Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival is supported by Dulverton Town Council and was generously sponsored in 2024 by the following local businesses, without whom the event could not have taken place. Amicus Law Solicitors, the Dulverton Development Programme, Tozers Solicitors, Knight Frank Exeter, Mr and Mrs Prebensen of Dulverton, Risdons Solicitors, Exmoor Magazine, Stockham Farm Exmoor, Jeff Pegrum Landscaping, Exmoor News, Ware Construction, The Bridge Inn, Dulverton, Osteo & Physio Tiverton, Rothwell & Dunworth Antiquarian Books, Winsbere House B&B, Somerset Life Magazine, Waterstones Barnstaple, Paul Hardy Antiques and Exmoor Character Cottages.
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Previous Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festivals…
Take a look back at the authors and speakers that appeared at the 2023 Festival and at the 2022 Festival.