Sunset Festival Event launches with Ai Weiwei at New Wimbledon Theatre
Sunset Festival launch event
Ai Weiwei to discuss his memoir in special event to launch Wimbledon BookFest’s Sunset Festival
World famous artist and activist Ai Weiwei presents his memoir at special event at New Wimbledon Theatre to launch Wimbledon BookFest’s Sunset Festival.
Line-up for Sunset 2022 Festival Announced
Dame Sheila Hancock, Kit de Waal, Mariella Frostrup, Chris Patten, William Dalrymple and the Kanneh-Masons set to appear at Sunset Festival.
Sunrise Festival attracts audiences of 10,000
Wimbledon BookFest’s Sunrise Festival – the first of two multi-day literary festivals on Wimbledon Common this summer – drew to a close with a headline event by Nobel Prize for Literature winner Abdulrazak Gurnah.
Rene Germain launches ‘Black and Great’ at Sunrise Festival Opening
A handbook for young Black people entering the workplace
Watch our Sunrise 2022 Festival trailer
We’re back!
Wimbledon BookFest works with 100 schools + announces dates for two live festivals in 2022
Young Writers’ Competition Returns
Wimbledon BookFest Featured in The Bookseller
We were delighted to be featured in an article about the return of in-person literary festivals in The Bookseller, the publishing industry’s trade magazine.
Sunrise Festival – June 2021
4,000 people attended the first of our summer festivals held in June.