Wordy Weekend 2025!

A celebration of all things wordy in Burnley 15th – 18th May 2025

Bring your tall tales, your long reads, the lyrics of that song that plays on repeat in your head and that book you just can’t put down… Burnley Words Festival covers it all.

Here you will find all our latest opportunities for local writers, readers and word smiths, alongside news about our current projects, and of course all our upcoming events.

Our full programme for the 2025 Festival will be released at the beginning of April, in the mean time be sure to keep an eye on our news page for the latest call outs, and our Instagram account for all things wordy in Burnley.