Coming Up in 2020
We are currently working with our delivery partners on plans for 2020 within the Covid-19 environment and will regularly update on developments on our news pages.
Watch Elif Shafak’s Event Online Now
In November 2019 Elif Shafak joined us in Wimbledon Library to discuss her Man Booker shortlisted novel 38 Seconds 10 Minutes in This Strange World.
Robert Graves Poetry Prize 2019 Winner Announced
The winner of the Robert Graves Poetry Prize 2019, run in partnership with University of Roehampton, was announced as Andre Mangeot at Simon Armitage’s event at this year’s Wimbledon BookFest.
Young Writers’ Competition Winners 2019 at New Wimbledon Theatre
Madeline Harding from Ursuline High School has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Wimbledon BookFest Young Writers’ Competition.
Wimbledon BookFest Awarded Time and Leisure Award
The team were awarded the ‘Tony Kane Cultural Experience of the Year’ at an event in September 2019 by Time & Leisure Magazine.
World Book Day Celebrations at New Wimbledon Theatre
On the 6th March 2019 we hosted events with Dermot O’Leary & Nick East, Tom Fletcher and Frank Cottrell-Boyce at New Wimbledon Theatre.