BookFest at King’s Arts 2024
Theresa May – Rev Richard Coles – Venki Ramakrishnan
We’re delighted to bring three fantastic events to Wimbledon this June, in partnership with King’s Arts 2024 at King’s College School Wimbledon. They have a full programme of events running June. Click here to find out more.
Priority booking for BookFest Friends opens 8am on Friday 19 April. Not a Wimbledon BookFest Friend? Join us today to enjoy priority booking and much more.
BookFest 2024
Wimbledon BookFest’s main festival takes place 17-27 October in central Wimbledon venues – Wimbledon High School, Wimbledon Library and New Wimbledon Theatre.
Pop-up events also take place throughout the year, including our special Spring Events in March.
We are partnering in 2024 with both Kings’s Arts Festival (King’s College School, Wimbledon) and Polka Theatre.
Festival 2023
Explore ten days of brilliant events from Festival 2023 below. You can also download a copy of last year’s programme here
View 2023 Gallery
Merton Big Read
This year’s Festival Big Read will be announced on 7 June 2024.
Last year ran our first ever Merton Big Read – a community-wide reading scheme – in conjunction with Merton Libraries. Our 2023 title was The Last White Man, by the acclaimed Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid.
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