October 2025 saw the launch of Wells Young Writers’ group – a workshop run by author Patrick Barkham that meets about once a month somewhere in the landscape around Wells to notice and imagine. The young people – who are aged 12 and on upwards – then return to Wells Maltings to write and discuss their ideas.

Wells is a rural town, a long way from centres of culture like Norwich and Cambridge, and many of the arts and voices we hear tend to spring from urban communities who describe the landscape and nature as something outside of what they know day-to-day or have grown up with.

Please take a look at our page about Wells Young Writers for more information if you would like to support us or join the group.