Join us from 26-28 September for Barnes BookFest 2025 – a remarkable weekend of writers, books and lively debate on almost every subject possible, from politics, biography and fiction to history, life issues and the arts.
Priority booking opens 1 July 2025 with tickets on general release from 15 July 2025.
Please register below for email updates and booking details.
Festival Highlights from 2024
Libby Spurrier and Frank Gardner
Nigel Biggar
David Gower
Henry Hemming
Miriam Margolyes
Sue Prideaux
Robert Harris
Tomiwa Owolade and Jemima Kelly
Robert Harris and Simon Heffer
Gyles Brandreth
Bernard O’Keeffe
Thurston Moore
Chris Patten
Emily Howes
Daisy Dunn
Abi Daré
Patricia Hodge and Miriam Margolyes
Laurie Bristow
Hayley Mills and Michael Billington
Roger Miles and Thurston Moore
Annie Garthwaite
photographs by Harvey Garthwaite, Sarah O’Mahoney and Venetia Vyvyan