12th – 22nd October

Festival 2023

The 2023 line up for Wimbledon BookFest is here!
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Thursday 28 September
Book cover for Deep Blue, My Ocean Journeys by Steve Backshall
Headshot of Steve Backshall in a wetsuit
Thu 28 Sep 2023, 7:00 pm
Steve Backshall – Oceans
Thursday 12 October
Thu 12 Oct 2023, 5:30 pm
Mikaela Loach
Thu 12 Oct 2023, 7:30 pm
Kate Mosse & S.J. Parris
Friday 13 October
Fri 13 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm
Paterson Joseph
Book Cover for The Mess We're In by Annie Macmanus
Fri 13 Oct 2023, 8:00 pm
Annie Macmanus
Saturday 14 October
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 10:00 am
Sold Out
Radical Walk: Wimbledon’s History
Portrait of Ed Vere
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 10:00 am
Ed Vere – Children’s Event
Headshot of Sophy Henn
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 11:30 am
Sophy Henn – Children’s Event
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 12:30 pm
Linda Yueh
Book Cover for And Finally, A Neurosurgeon's Reflections On Life by Henry Marsh
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 2:00 pm
Sold Out
Henry Marsh
Book Cover for Handbook For Hard Times by Gelong Thubten
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 2:30 pm
Gelong Thubten
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 2:30 pm
Susie Alegre & David Runciman
Book Cover of Painted People by Matt Lodder
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 3:00 pm
History of the Tattoo
Book Cover for The Success Myth, Letting Go of Having It all by Emma Gannon
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 4:00 pm
Emma Gannon & Thomas Curran
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 5:00 pm
Woman Life Freedom
Book Cover of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Sat 14 Oct 2023, 6:30 pm
Alexander McCall Smith
Sunday 15 October
Sun 15 Oct 2023, 12:00 pm
Anthony Seldon
Sun 15 Oct 2023, 12:30 pm
Nandini Das
Sun 15 Oct 2023, 2:00 pm
Afua Hirsch with Bernardine Evaristo
Sun 15 Oct 2023, 2:00 pm
Blake Morrison
Sun 15 Oct 2023, 4:00 pm
Reclaiming the Witch
Sun 15 Oct 2023, 4:30 pm
Lisa Snowdon with Dr Naomi Potter
Portrait of Anne Enright
Sun 15 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm
Anne Enright
Book Cover of the book Turning Over The Pebbles by Mike Brearley
Sun 15 Oct 2023, 6:30 pm
Mike Brearley
Sun 15 Oct 2023, 8:00 pm
Ben Okri – The Waste Land
Monday 16 October
Book Cover of Confessions, by Edward Stourton
Portrait of Edward Stourton
Mon 16 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm
Edward Stourton
Portrait of Lewis Dartnell
Mon 16 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm
Lewis Dartnell
Mon 16 Oct 2023, 8:00 pm
Writing the Royals
Mon 16 Oct 2023, 8:00 pm
Gavin Esler
Tuesday 17 October
Headshot of Alison Weir
Tue 17 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm
Alison Weir
Tue 17 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm
David Kynaston in conversation with Craig Brown
Book Cover of The Earth Transformed, An Untold History by Peter Frankopan
Tue 17 Oct 2023, 7:30 pm
Peter Frankopan
Wednesday 18 October
Headshot of Chris Bryant
Wed 18 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm
Chris Bryant & Ian Dunt
Book Cover of Absolutely & Forever by Rose Tremain
Wed 18 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm
Sold Out
Rose Tremain
Book Cover of Destination Fabulous by Anna Murphy
Wed 18 Oct 2023, 8:00 pm
Anna Murphy
Wed 18 Oct 2023, 8:00 pm
Wes Streeting
Thursday 19 October
Book Cover of Super-Infinite, The Transformationf of John Donne by Katherine Rundell
Portrait of Katherine Rundell
Thu 19 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm
Katherine Rundell
Portrait of Tim Marshall
Book Cover of The Future of Geography by Tim Marshall
Thu 19 Oct 2023, 6:30 pm
Tim Marshall
Book Cover of See What You're Missing by Will Gompertz
Thu 19 Oct 2023, 8:00 pm
Will Gompertz
Thu 19 Oct 2023, 8:00 pm
Danny Cipriani
Friday 20 October
Picture of Timothy West and his wife Pru
Fri 20 Oct 2023, 5:00 pm
Timothy West
Fri 20 Oct 2023, 7:00 pm
Xiaolu Guo
Fri 20 Oct 2023, 7:30 pm
QI Elves
Saturday 21 October
Book Cover of Divine Might by Natalie Haynes
Portrait of Natalie Haynes
Sat 21 Oct 2023, 12:00 pm
Natalie Haynes
Sat 21 Oct 2023, 12:30 pm
Fermented Food: Of Cabbages & Kimchi
Sat 21 Oct 2023, 2:00 pm
Islamic Architecture and Europe
Book Cover of The Appeal, by Janice Hallett
Portrait of Janice Hallett
Sat 21 Oct 2023, 4:00 pm
Janice Hallett
Book Cover of Everything is Everything by Clive Myrie
Portrait of Clive Myrie
Sat 21 Oct 2023, 4:30 pm
Clive Myrie
Sat 21 Oct 2023, 5:30 pm
Aasmah Mir & Osman Yousefzada
Book Cover of The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
Portrait of Sebastian Faulks
Sat 21 Oct 2023, 6:30 pm
Sebastian Faulks
Sunday 22 October
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 10:30 am
The Marvellous Myth Hunter – Children’s Event
Headshot of Claire Ratinon holding a chicken
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 12:00 pm
Why We Grow
Book Cover of Femina by Janina Ramirez
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 2:00 pm
Janina Ramirez
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 2:30 pm
Sold Out
Wimbledon and the Age of Slavery Walk
Book Cover of The God Desire by David Baddiel
Portrait of David Baddiel
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 2:30 pm
David Baddiel
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 4:00 pm
Sold Out
Tom Holland
Portrait of Philippa Gregory
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 4:30 pm
Philippa Gregory
Sun 22 Oct 2023, 4:30 pm
Ravinder Bhogal
Sunday 29 October
Sun 29 Oct 2023, 6:30 pm
Rick Stein