Womens Fiction Festival

Founded in 2004, Womens Fiction Festival is a non-profit association based in Matera, Italy working on arts & culture, education.

The Womens Fiction Festival is an annual literary festival dedicated to women's fiction and the writers who work in this genre, held in the Sassi of Matera, Italy. It was founded in 2004 and is run by Associazione di Promozione Sociale Matera Letteratura, a non-profit association created to celebrate writing and promote books and reading in Basilicata. The festival combined a writers' Book Academy, a book market, meetings with authors in schools and public squares, and the La Baccante literary award. It brought together authors, editors, agents and readers from many countries. The festival announced it was ending its activities in June 2022, and the association remains active in organising meetings and events.