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