BookFest Academy
These articles are written by students of our BookFest academy, who attended events at this year’s Autumn Festival.
A Weekend at Wimbledon BookFest
Explore our 2025 closing weekend with journalist Samara Watts
Autocracy’s Fatal Flaw – The Will of the People
By Oliver Callis (Sixth Form Academy)
Culture as a superpower: novelist Ela Lee
By Taniyah Clarke (Sixth Form Academy)
Mark Galeotti and Yvonnick Denoël: How Crime Organises the World
By Lorcan Cartmell (Sixth Form Academy)
‘The age that shapes us’ Alice Loxton turns a youthful lens on history
By Louise Swadi-Tondo (Sixth Form Academy)
‘Every election is now existential’ Anne Applebaum on Autocracy
By Praise Amooti (Sixth Form Academy)
Women of the Ancient World: Elodie Harper & Nikita Gill
By Parina Patel (Sixth Form Academy)
Terry Deary’s Riotous History of Rebellions and Revolutions
By Max Latif (Sixth Form Academy)