Connecting the world through stories
Wimbledon BookFest is London’s leading literature festival, bringing the world’s greatest writers and international literary partnerships into one of the capital’s most engaged cultural communities. Our audience is London-wide, our festival is global in outlook, influence, and cultural leadership.
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2026 Festival
Our Early Bird Events will be announced soon.
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Read about our fantastic 2025 Festival below or have a look at our gallery.
BECOME A FRIEND 2025 FESTIVAL 2025 GALLERYWord Up! Programme
Our Schools Programme is supported by our academic partner University of Roehampton
Record-Breaking with MC Grammar
We kicked off the National Year of Reading by breaking a Guinness World Record with MC Grammar!
We will also be launching our annual Young Writers Competition on World Book Day (5 Mar 2026)
RECORD BREAKERS WORD UP!
Merton Big Read
Getting Merton Reading
Our 2025-26 Merton Big Read book is Kit de Waal’s Without Warning & Only Sometimes. We had the pleasure of welcoming Kit to our 2025 Autumn Festival.
Throughout the year, we run writing workshops, school events and author events at Wimbledon Library with fully funded places for Merton residents in certain postcodes.
This initiative is funded by Arts Council England and run in partnership with Merton Libraries.
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Co-curating events at Lahore Literary Festival
2026 marks the fourth year of international partnership with Lahore Literary Festival, bringing events that champion South Asian voices to our Autumn Festival.
We were delighted to work in partnership on a series of international book launches events at this year’s LLF, including Lyse Doucet and Kamila Shamsie.
Find out more about our international partnerships below!
LAHORE PARTNERSHIP CELEBRATING KOREAN CULTURE
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Inspire the next generation of readers
We are kicking off the National Year of Reading with a World Record-Breaking Event with MC Grammar and every student will get a copy of his new book.
£5 will buy a book
£50 will buy books for 10 students
£250 will buy books for a entire school cohort
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We bring global arts and culture to our community, and support reading and writing through our festival, workshops and events. Our work as an arts and education charity is not possible without our supporters.
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Jacinda Ardern Schools Launch
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Our News
A record-breaking year at Wimbledon BookFest!
Our most successful year ever, welcoming over 20,000 audience members to our 10-day Festival
A Weekend at Wimbledon BookFest
Explore our 2025 closing weekend with journalist Samara Watts
Behind our 2025 Design: In Conversation with Mahin Hussain
You’ve probably seen Mahin Hussain’s Gola Ganda, the bold and vibrant cover art for Wimbledon BookFest this year. It is hard to miss, with its striking colours standing out against Wimbledon’s buildings and train station walls.
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