Jersey Literary Festival Association runs an annual ten-day festival - Jersey Festival of Words - at the end of September.

Jersey Festival of Words has been running since 2015 and has a strong reputation as being an incredibly friendly festival that takes pride in attention to detail and looks after speakers very well. We're passionate about bringing thoughtful and challenging voices to our programme as well as commercial, household names. The programme comprises of a combination of acclaimed UK authors and a showcase of local talent, across all genres – celebrating words in all forms. Known for the diversity of its programming, in addition to literary events, this festival includes spoken word, drama, film, music, and visual arts, always with words at its heart.

Our free schools programme is at the heart of our festival and provides students with an exciting opportunity to see favourite authors perform in a theatre setting - a great way to excite interest and encourage reading. FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A BOOK FOR THEIR CHILD WE AIM TO PROVIDE A FREE ONE SO THAT, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, THEY CAN TAKE A BOOK HOME TO KEEP THE MEMORY ALIVE AND SHARE IT WITH THEIR FAMILY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP US TO EXTEND THIS SCHEME PLEASE MAKE A DONATION. THANK YOU.