Brontë Women's Writing Festival 2025

Friday 26 – Sunday 28 September

The Brontë Women’s Writing Festival is back for its fifteenth year, celebrating women writers across fiction, non-fiction and scripts. Inspired by the Brontës’ evocative northern home, this year’s focus is on writers from and based in the North, and on stories that centre around northern landscapes and Brontë influence. 

We’re delighted to be joined by internationally best-selling authors Tracy Chevalier and Holly Ringland, who’ve both found inspiration in the Brontë story. We’re also thrilled to welcome Oscar-winning writer and actress Emerald Fennell, who’ll be discussing her hotly-anticipated Wuthering Heights adaptation, coming to cinemas next year! 

Over the weekend, we look forward to hearing from a host of established and new writers, including Jennie Godfrey (List of Suspicious Things) and Rachel Bower (It Comes from the River), as well as Penny Batchelor, Anna Chilvers, Colette Snowden, Amanda Smyth, Rozie Kelly, Sairish Hussain, Ellie Keel and SJ Bradley. 

Alongside the festival, we’re hosting local writer Linda Green (best-selling author of twelve novels) to deliver in-person and online novel-writing courses, for writers feeling moved by the Brontës and the Yorkshire landscape. 

Last year saw over 500 people join us against the backdrop of Haworth’s cobbled streets and sweeping moorland. We hope you can join us for another incredible festival celebrating women’s writing!