Dorchester Literary Festival ticket giveaway
Four pairs of tickets to give away...
This year, we’re supporting Dorchester Literary Festival – and its organisers have given us tickets to the following talks to give away:
- TWO PAIRS of tickets to Vassos Alexander – Swimmingly (17th October)
- TWO PAIRS of tickets to John Wright – Grasslands (21st October)
Dorchester Literary Festival 2026 runs from 17th-24th October. The festival is directed by Janet Gleeson, who co-founded it with Paul Atterbury. Janet and Paul are both writers themselves and started the festival with the aim of giving book lovers the opportunity to hear stimulating talks and discussions by leading authors in a relaxed and beautiful setting. Over the years the festival has welcomed some of our country’s most celebrated writers and thinkers. Find out more by clicking HERE.
For your chance to win, like our launch post on Facebook or Instagram and comment with which talk you would like to attend. Make sure you’re following us as we will be announcing the winners at 5pm on Friday 9th October.
Entries close at midday on Friday 9th October – good luck!
Promotional Terms and Conditions
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, "The Promoter" refers to Wessex Internet whose Instagram handle is @wessex.internet. The "Prize" refers to a pair of tickets to EITHER Vassos Alexander – Swimmingly OR John Wright – Grasslands at Dorchester Literary Festival 2026.
By entering the competition, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. All entries must be received by midday on Friday 9th October 2026. Four (4) winners in Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) will be selected at random by The Promoter by 5pm on Friday 9th October and the winners will be notified on or after this date.
This competition with entry via Instagram and Facebook is open only to residents of Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland). Four (4) winners will be chosen at random from all entrants and across all platforms. Winners will receive two (2) tickets each.
All tickets will be adult tickets to ONE of the individual talks specified. Although The Promoter will endeavour to give winners tickets to their preferred event, this cannot be guaranteed.
No purchase necessary. Winners will not be required to pay to enter the competition.
Entrants must be over 18 years old on the date of their entry.
Employees of Wessex Internet are not eligible to enter.
Instagram or Facebook are not in any way affiliated or involved in the competition.
Only one entry per person per platform will be accepted.
You can enter the competition on our Instagram (@wessex.internet) and Facebook pages. To enter, mention your preferred event in a comment under the Dorchester Literary Festival post on Instagram, Facebook or both. For your comment to be entered in to the competition, you must also follow Wessex Internet on Instagram or Facebook (wherever you've added your entry) and react to the post. If you do enter on both platforms, your entries will be counted separately.
The Prize will be awarded to four (4) randomly selected winners who have entered on Instagram and/or Facebook. The Promoter will not be held liable if the named prize becomes unavailable or cannot be fulfilled.
The Promoter will not be held liable for any failure of receipt of entries. The Promoter takes no responsibility for any entries which are lost, delayed, illegible, corrupted, damaged, incomplete or otherwise invalid.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, The Promoter’s liability under or in connection with the competition or these terms and conditions shall be limited to the cost price of the Prize in question.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, The Promoter shall not be liable under or in connection with these terms and conditions, the competition or any Prize for any indirect, special or consequential cost, expense, loss or damage suffered by a participant even if such cost, expense, loss or damage was reasonably foreseeable or might reasonably have been contemplated by the participant and the promoter and whether arising from breach of contract, tort, negligence, breach of statutory duty or otherwise.
Prizes are non-negotiable, non-transferable and non-refundable. No cash alternative is available.
The full name of the winner and their email address must be provided to Wessex Internet and this information will be shared with Dorchester Literary Festival to enable fulfilment of the Prize.
Wessex Internet is unable to cover any additional expenses incurred to attend the festival including travel and accommodation.
The Promoter's decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
The winner’s name and social media username may be posted on the social media profiles and website of Wessex Internet after the winner has been selected.
