Thank you for joining us in 2025, it was an amazing festival and we had a wonderful time with all of our authors, interviewers and audiences.

Save the dates now for Barnes BookFest 2026: 25–27 September and register below for updates and early booking. We look forward to seeing you next year!

25/09/2026
4:00 pm
St Mary’s Barnes

Thomas More -

A Life and Death in Tudor England

25/09/2026
6:00 pm
St Mary’s Barnes

Gyles Brandreth -

The Candlelight Murders

25/09/2026
7:30 pm
St Mary’s Barnes

William Boyd -

Cold Sunset

26/09/2026
10:00 am
Barnes Green Centre

Angela Young -

The Aristocrat & The Able Seaman

26/09/2026
12:00 pm
St Mary’s Barnes

Catharine Edwards -

Orator

26/09/2026
12:00 pm
Barnes Green Centre

Rory Carroll -

A Rebel and A Traitor

26/09/2026
2:00 pm
St Mary’s Barnes

Peter Chappell -

What If Reform Wins – A Scenario

26/09/2026
2:00 pm
Barnes Green Centre

Jane Rogoyska -

Hotel Exile, Paris in the Shadow of War

26/09/2026
4:00 pm
St Mary’s Barnes

Sajid Javid -

The Colour of Home – Growing up in 1970s Britian

26/09/2026
4:00 pm
Barnes Green Centre

Louisa Treger -

A Fatal Love

26/09/2026
6:00 pm
St Mary’s Barnes

Sebastian Faulks -

Farewell to Eden

26/09/2026
8:00 pm
St Mary’s Barnes

Andrew Graham-Dixon -

Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found

27/09/2026
10:00 am
Barnes Green Centre

Adam Hart -

Operation Pimento

27/09/2026
10:00 am
Olympic Studios

Alexander Ballinger -

A Career in Costume Lawrence of Arabia to The Princess Bride

27/09/2026
12:00 pm
Barnes Green Centre

Alex Edmans -

The Madness of Markets

27/09/2026
2:00 pm
St Mary’s Barnes

Antony Beevor -

Rasputin and the Downfall of The Romanovs

27/09/2026
2:00 pm
Barnes Green Centre

Wendy Hitchmough -

Vanessa Bell – The Life and Art of a Bloomsbury Radical

27/09/2026
4:00 pm
Barnes Green Centre

Vince Cable -

Eclipsing the West – China, India and the forging of a new world

27/09/2026
4:00 pm
Barnes Green Centre

Imani Thompson / Leodora Darlington -

Honey, The Exes

27/09/2026
6:00 pm
Barnes Green Centre

Emily Howes -

Mrs Dickens

2026 Festival Schedule

FRI - 25 SEPT 2026

4pm

6pm

7.30pm

ST MARY’S BARNES

Joanne Paul Thomas More I – Lucy Wooding?

Gyles Brandreth Rupert Everett? The Candlelight Murders

William Boyd Cold Sunset I – Harriett Gilbert (tbc)

SAT – 26 SEPT 2026

10am

12n

2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

ST MARY’S BARNES

Catharine Edwards Orator I – Peter Stothard

Peter Chappell What If Reform Wins I – Michael Crick? (tbc)

Sajid Javid The Colour of Home I – Libby Spurrier

Sebastian Faulks Farewell to Eden I – Simon Heffer

Andrew G-Dixon Vermeer

BARNES GREEN CENTRE

Angela Young The Aristocrat + The Able Seaman

Rory Carroll A Rebel + A Traitor I – Maurice Walsh

Jane Rogoyska Hotel Exile I – James McConnachie

Louisa Treger A Fatal Love I – Wendy Joseph

SUN – 27 SEPT 2026

10am

12n

2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

ST MARY’S BARNES

Antony Beevor Rasputin I – Frances Welch

Vince Cable Eclipsing the West

Lady Hale?

BARNES GREEN CENTRE

Adam Hart? Operation Pimento I – Jackson van Uden

Alex Edmans The Madness of Markets

Wendy Hitchmough Vanessa Bell I – Thomas Kennedy

Imani Thompson Honey Leodora Darlington The Exes I – Meena Alexander

Emily Howes Mrs Dickens I – Anne Mullins

OLYMPIC STUDIOS

Alexander Ballinger Phyllis Dalton I – Rita Tushingham

A printed festival programme is available at the Barnes Bookshop, 98 Church Road.

2026 Festival Programme

Thomas More -

Gyles Brandreth -

William Boyd -

Angela Young -

Catharine Edwards -

Rory Carroll -

Peter Chappell -

Jane Rogoyska -

Sajid Javid -

Louisa Treger -

Sebastian Faulks -

Andrew Graham-Dixon -

Adam Hart -

Alexander Ballinger -

Alex Edmans -

Antony Beevor -

Wendy Hitchmough -

Vince Cable -

Imani Thompson / Leodora Darlington -

Emily Howes -

2026 Festival Schedule

4pm

6pm

7.30pm

Joanne Paul Thomas More I – Lucy Wooding?

10am

12n

2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

Angela Young The Aristocrat + The Able Seaman

10am

12n

2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

Alexander Ballinger Phyllis Dalton I – Rita Tushingham