September 11, 2019
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Wimbledon BookFest Awarded Time and Leisure Award

Food and Culture award winners with certificates and flowers

The team were awarded the ‘Tony Kane Cultural Experience of the Year’ at an event in September 2019 by Time & Leisure Magazine.

Tony, who sadly passed away in Dec 2018 co-founded Wimbledon BookFest with Fiona Razvi.

Pictured: Sydney James and Mandy Mallen from the Wimbledon BookFest Team

Winner: Wimbledon BookFest
Highly commended:Hampton Court Palace
Commended: Merton Music Foundation, Rose Theatre, Kingston, Surbiton Ski Sunday
Finalists:Furzedown Festival, Kew Gardens, Morden Hall Park, Polka Theatre, Strawberry Hill House

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