Second Round of Speakers Announced

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministries of Culture and Tourism, is delighted to confirm another headliner and a further five authors who will be participating in the Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival 2025.

Our second Top of the Bill see’s the return of David Walliams OBE. Comedian, author, presenter, and actor David Walliams has been one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers since the ‘90s. From Litle Britain, which won him three BAFTA awards to other works including Come Fly With Me, Britian’s Got Talent, Stardust, Dinner For Schmucks, and Murder Mystery. Notwithstanding, his charity work alongside his acting and writing.

David returns to the Rock as a best-selling children’s author with his latest publications ‘The World’s Worst Superheroes’ released earlier this year in May and ‘Santa & Son’ to be released on the 23rd October 2025.

Authors coming to Gibraltar for the Festival include:

- Award winning British actress, Dame Harriet Walter DBE presents her latest book ‘She Speaks!’ Having lived and breathed Shakespeare, she knows The Bard's female characters more intimately than most. In She Speaks! she delves between the lines of the plays to let these women finally speak their mind. She will be ‘In Conversation With’ Ben Lawrence, Arts Correspondent at The Telegraph.

- Former Royal correspondent for The Times, Valentine Low, will examine how the relationship between the sovereign and the country's political leadership has changed over the last 200 years with his book, ‘Power and the Palace’.

- Historian Dr Paul Cooper brings to Gibraltar ‘Fall of Civilisations’ based on his hit podcast with over 200 million streams and 1.3 million YouTube subscribers. The book is based on stories behind our greatest civilizations – how they rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.

- Former magazine editor, award winning journalist and author Janice Hallett will share many of her mystery novels including her latest books ‘The Examiner’ and ‘The Killer Question’, the latter to be released in the autumn.

- The international bestseller and winner of the Football Book of the Year Award, Miguel Delaney presents ‘State of Play’. The book reveals how football has become a tool for the world’s elite, whilst presenting a definitive account of how capitalism and the world’s elite corrupted modern football

Minister for Culture and Tourism, The Hon. Christan Santos GMD MP said:

‘The line up for the Festival just gets bigger and better. I am thrilled to welcome back David Walliams to the Rock. His ‘An Audience With…’ appearance back in April was a roaring success and I am delighted he will return to reach an even wider audience at the Festival. 

Each author that is confirmed shows our commitment to a varied offering of the highest quality to appeal to all literary enthusiasts in Gibraltar. I know these announcements will be whetting the appetite of many ahead of the Festival this coming November.”

The festival will be held from the 10th to 16thNovember 2025. For further information please contact the Festival Director on telephone: 20047309or email: info@culture.gi