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