2025 Festival

A truth universally acknowledged

Friday 28 February - Sunday 2 March 2025

Thank Yous

Thank you to the wonderful organising teams, sponsors, supporters, caterers, volunteers and our fantastic speakers – and of course to you, for buying tickets, attending, and supporting the event – and helping us make Winchester the new home for the Church Times Festival of Faith & Literature. We hope to return in 2027.

A particular thank you to our founder and president, Sir Tony Baldry, whose bright idea this festival was

 

Announcement Message

Join us in Winchester this February to celebrate the very best new fiction and non-fiction with a faith perspective.

Come for one event, one day, or the whole weekend.

Hear from inspiring speakers, including Malcom Guite, Chine Mcdonald and Francis Spufford, see the UK’s flagship female voice ensemble Papagena in concert, and explore Winchester Cathedral on a literary tour.

See the programme >

Plan your visit >

Purchase tickets >

 

Livestream 

Livestreaming tickets now available for a selection of sessions. Purchase yours here.

 

Festival Brochure

Follow either link below to view a digital format brochure for festival attendees:

Festival Brochure - Digital Copy >

Festival Brochure - PDF to download and print >

 

Bookstall

Church House Bookshop is proud to be the official bookshop at this forthcoming event in Winchester.

We are also offering an online bookstall. View books by our festival speakers and relevant titles below, all at 10% off

Church House Bookshop>

 

Session Resources

This Woman's Work

Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe

Whose Truth, Universally Acknowledged?

A Witness for the One Truth: Gladstone

Take Up The Tale: Winchester, The Round Table, and a New Telling of the Arthur Story

Church Going

 

 

CORRECTION: Tickets to This Woman’s Work: a Concert by Papagena

 Please note that some ticketholders may have received the incorrect time printed on their tickets for this concert. The concert begins at 18:00

Apologies for any confusion and thank you for your understanding.

 

Speakers

Michael Wheeler
Rachel Mann
Paula Hollingsworth
Jem Bloomfield
Elizabeth Oldfield
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