Featuring author and poet visits, performances, events, workshops, exhibitions, a trail and other fringe events, the Swadlincote Festival of Words is curated to be as engaging as possible to audiences of all ages.

The not-for-profit event is supported by a team of volunteers that help to organise and execute the festival and its fringe events. The team for 2025 includes:

Attie Lime - Content Creator, Festival Manager & Poet

Debbie Davies - Stories of Swad, Scribes Aloud

Felicity Towns, Rosliston Forestry Centre - Family Fun Day @ Rosliston

Hannah Wood, People Express - Swad's 'Reet Good' Art Exhibition & Trail

Ingrid van der Weide - Content Creator, Designer & Festival Manager

John Delaney - Author & Workshop Presenter

Sam Holmes, Holmes at Home English Tuition - Children's Story Competition

The Swadlincote Festival of Words is supported by South Derbyshire District Council through the Government's Levelling Up Fund and by the National Forest. The Festival also works closely with venues in and around Swadlincote including: Swadlincote Library, Sharpe's Pottery Museum, Rosliston Forestry Centre, and Oakland Village.

We are grateful for the assistance of our volunteers, funding partners and venues.