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