This page contains information about alterations to our 2025 programme after the printed version of our brochure went to press at the beginning of July. There’s an updated PDF version of the brochure here.
ADDITIONAL SPEAKER: Sunday, 14 September Fenwomen at 50: A Portrait of Women in an English Village. Author Mary Chamberlain, who is being interviewed by Caroline Raphael, will now be joined by Janet Ellis who will be reading from the book. Buy tickets.
CANCELLATION: Sunday 14 September Writing Relationships: Hannah Beckerman and Marina Kemp. We regret we have had to cancel this event.
SOLD OUT: The following events are Sold Out (and in some cases the waiting list has been capped and you can no longer add your name): Local Authors Showcase, Jane Austen: Fact & Fiction, Jeremy Hunt, Laurence Rees, Axel Scheffler, Lyse Doucet, Get In: Labour Under Starmer, William and Sam Dalrymple, Festival Walk 1: Riverside Writers, Festival Walk 2: Chiswick Rocks, Comic Masterclasses, The Dream Factory: Daniel Swift.
NEW EVENT: Saturday, 13 September Crete 1941: A Doctor’s Escape. The wartime letters and writings of Major Ralph Ford Tredre are a detailed and evocative account of how an unassuming middle-aged malariologist, who volunteered on the outbreak of war to serve in the Royal Army Medical Corps, found himself on the frontline in the Evacuation of Greece and the Battle of Crete in 1941. His grandson Roger Tredre has edited the papers and donated them to the National Army Museum. They’ve been described as “A ripping yarn about a daring escape”. Profits from the book are going to Médecins Sans Frontières. 3pm Saturday, The Chiswick Cinema Buy tickets.
NEW EVENT: Saturday, 13 September The Traitors Circle. Berlin, 1943. A group of high-society anti-Nazi dissenters meet for a tea party one late summer afternoon. They do not know that, sitting around the table, is someone poised to betray them all to the Gestapo. Undone from within and pursued to near-destruction by one of the Reich’s cruellest men, they showed a heroism that raises the timeless question: what kind of person does it take to risk everything and stand up to tyranny? Author Jonathan Freedland talks to Julian Worricker about this remarkable true story of betrayal and courage. 1.45pm Saturday, The Chiswick Cinema Buy tickets.
CHANGE OF TIME: Saturday, 13 September The Business of History with Tom Levitt at The Chiswick Cinema with Julia Wheeler has a revised start time of 3.15pm. Buy tickets.
CHANGE OF VENUE: Saturday, 13 September, 5pm to 6pm. Entitled: The Rise & Fall of the House of York with Andrew Lownie will now take place in St Michael & All Angels Church. Buy tickets. The Army That Never Was with Taylor Downing will now take place in St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Buy tickets.
CANCELLATION: Saturday, 13 September Due to circumstances beyond our control we have cancelled the event with Julian Borger at the Chiswick Cinema.
CANCELLATION: Saturday, 13 September Due to circumstances beyond our control we have cancelled the event with Matt Robinson at the Chiswick Cinema.
Ticket Information
REFUNDS: Refunds are only issued if the event itself is cancelled.
TICKETING QUERIES: Please contact boxoffice@chiswickbookfestival.net.
CHILDREN: Children under 14 years of age must be accompanied by a responsible adults, each with their own ticket.
CARER SEAT POLICY: Carers are entitled to a free ticket when accompanying an attendee. Please note that not all of our venues are easy to access – see our Venues page for details. Contact the Box Office for information and carer assistance: boxoffice@chiswickbookfestival.net