Speakers 2017

CBF2017 - Authors lineup pic

The Ninth Chiswick Book Festival took place from September 14th to 18th 2017.  Thank you to everyone who took part – speakers, audiences, volunteers and sponsors – and to the venue owners who provided the space and facilities to hold our events. Particular thanks to the team from Waterstones, without whom we couldn’t sell all the books!

Together they helped us donate a total of £7,200 to our three reading charities and to St Michael & All Angels Church which hosts the Festival.

CBF2017 Brochure coverSpeakers included Jeremy Vine, Clare Balding, David Baddiel, Hunter Davies, Jo Malone, Nicholas Crane (all pictured above), Laurence Rees, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Deborah Cadbury, Maggie O’Farrell, Oz Clarke, Elizabeth Buchan, Peter Hennessy, Robin Lustig, Anne Sebba, Sarah Outen, Harry Mount, John O’Farrell, Jill Dawson, Marcel Theroux, Craig Oliver, Mark Oakley, Rachel Joyce, Sarah Winman, Will Grove-White, James Thornton, Martin Goodman and many others.

Read more about them in our A to Z of Speakers
See also: Festival Speakers Day by Day

Download the 2017 Festival brochure here.
You can read more in our latest Newsletter.

See lots more photographs in our Flickr albums by our Festival team. And on our Twitter feed. And some from the Waterstones Local Authors Party by Alastair Hilton.

The Festival’s Playful Books Quiz is now closed.  Click here to see who won the prizes.

You can see the full programme here, day by day:
Children’s Festival
Pre-Festival events, Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 September
Thursday 14 September
Friday 15 September
Saturday 16 September
Sunday 17 September
Monday 18 September

Book Valuations by Chiswick Auctions
On Festival Saturday, visitors could have their books valued by the experts at Chiswick Auctions.

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