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
Hayley Mills and Michael Billington
Bernard O’Keeffe
David Gower
Roger Miles and Thurston Moore
Tomiwa Owolade and Jemima Kelly
Robert Harris
Daisy Dunn
Patricia Hodge and Miriam Margolyes
Emily Howes
Miriam Margolyes
Gyles Brandreth
Chris Patten
Thurston Moore
Sue Prideaux
Henry Hemming
Abi Daré
Laurie Bristow
Libby Spurrier and Frank Gardner
Annie Garthwaite
Robert Harris and Simon Heffer
Nigel Biggar
photographs by Harvey Garthwaite, Sarah O’Mahoney and Venetia Vyvyan