Many thanks to the local and national firms who sponsor events at the Chiswick Book Festival each year, or give their services free. They underwrite the Festival and support St Michael & All Angels Church and our three reading charities. We are particularly grateful to St Michael & All Angels which hosts and runs the Festival and is itself a charity.
We are delighted to welcome these new Partners in 2026:
Diamond: BookBrunch, the digital hub for publishing, is supporting the Festival in several ways, including sponsoring the Green Room in St Michael & All Angels Church; St Benedict’s School in Ealing supports our ‘Double Cross, Double Bill’ sessions on Spies in Fact & Fiction; Action for Children’s Arts co-sponsored our Children’s Books Day on 7 March 7 2026 and is supporting Jacqueline Wilson: Esme Pepper’ and other events.
Gold: Children’s Media Foundation supported the Children’s Books Day in March and is running a follow-up session on the National Year of Reading; Sipsmith is hosting a talk and tasting on September 13th, and supplying our weekend bar; West London Chambers of Commerce is supporting our business programme. Everybody Reads bookshop is supplying the prizes for our Young Poets Competition.
Silver: Wonders of Maths is supporting ‘Jacqueline Wilson: Esme Pepper’.
They join our Partners from last year, listed below.
To discuss this year’s opportunities, please email admin@chiswickbookfestival.net. We are also very grateful to our Community Partners, who help us spread the word about the Festival.
Diamond Partners
**Watch for updates! We are particularly grateful to St Michael & All Angels Church which hosts and runs the Festival and the Diamond sponsors of the Chiswick Book Festival, who give £1,000 or more, in cash, goods or services.
Chiswick House & Gardens Trust is our partner and co-host for Paperback Writer: The Beatles in Chiswick on Thursday 10 September 2026.
Savills Chiswick is our Major Festival Partner and sponsors the Festival email newsletter, Paperback Writer: The Beatles in Chiswick on Thursday 10 September 2026 and another session.

BookBrunch, the digital hub for publishing, is supporting the Festival in several ways, including sponsoring the Green Room in St Michael & All Angels Church.

The Chiswick Cinema is hosting the screening of Quartermaine’s Terms in the Simon Gray season on Sunday September 13th 2026; is offering a 15% discount to Festival ticket holders in its Lounge; and is also promoting the Festival on screen and online.

Waterstones is again our retail partner, selling the authors’ books in its Chiswick store, and on site during the Festival.

The Chiswick Calendar is supporting Kate Mosse: From Orange to Autumn on Friday September 11th 2026. It supports the Festival in many other ways, including coverage of its sessions and writers on the Chiswick Writers Trail, and by advertising the Festival. Its Club Card gives discounts at many businesses in Chiswick.

Orchard House School sponsored the Children’s Books Day in March and is supporting Jacqueline Wilson: Esme Pepper’ on Sunday September 13th 2026.

St Benedict’s School in Ealing supports our ‘Double Cross, Double Bill’ sessions on Spies in Fact & Fiction.

Action for Children’s Arts co-sponsored our Children’s Books Day on 7 March 7 2026 and is supporting Jacqueline Wilson: Esme Pepper’ and other events.
Gold Partners
Thanks, too, to our Gold partners, who give £500 or more, in cash, goods or services.

The Arts Society Chiswick sponsored our Exhibition, ‘Chiswick’s Books for Children: The Untold Story’ in the church and online in March 2026 and is sponsoring Nick Clegg: Can He Save The Internet? at 6.15pm on Friday 11 September 2026.

Bown Design & Build is sponsoring an exhibition on ‘The Beatles in Chiswick’ – at Chiswick House on Thursday 10 September 2026 and in St Michael & All Angels Church till Sunday September 13.

Children’s Media Foundation supported the Children’s Books Day in March and is running a follow-up session on the National Year of Reading

Chiswickw4.com sponsors the Young Poets Competition: the winners will be announced at the Prizegiving with Jojo Silva on Friday 11 September 2026 in St Michael & All Angels Church.

Hubbard Pegman Whitney is sponsoring Rough Justice: Wendy Joseph KC at 11am on Saturday 12 September 2006.

Discover Chiswick is promoting the Festival prominently on its website.

High Road Brasserie is sponsoring Bee Wilson & Felicity Coake: Follow your Appetite on Sunday 13 September 2026.

Paul Vick Architects is sponsoring Mary Portas: I Shop, Therefore I Am at 12.30pm on Saturday 12 September.

Sipsmith is hosting a talk and tasting on September 13th, and supplying our weekend bar.

The Tabard Theatre is hosting two days of events on 12 and 13 September 2026.

Jeannie Shapiro of Think Jeannie and the Chiswick Business Network leads our social media activity.

The University of West London is sponsoring Big Tech and AI: Beeban Kidron and Jamie Bartlett on Saturday September 12th and James Reed: Karma Capitalism and Sarah Vine and Iain Dale: Politics and the Media on Sunday 13th.

West London Chambers of Commerce is supporting our business programme.
Silver Partners
Thanks, too, to our Silver partners, who give £250 or more, in cash, goods or services.

Bookcase London in Chiswick High Road is once again supplying the book prizes for the winners of our Young Poets Competition: the winners will be announced on Friday 11 September 2026 in St Michael & All Angels Church.

In 2025, Chiswick Business Network sponsored Tom Levitt: The Business of History.

Underground Vinyl in Chiswick High Road is supporting the Chiswick Rocks Walk and The Beatles in Chiswick on Thursday 10 September 2026.

Chiswickbuzz.net organises and hosts the Chiswickbuzz Online Book Club session with Patrick Gale at 6pm on Wednesday 9 September 2026.

The Chiswick House Dog Show is sponsoring Tony Parsons: Man & Dog: A Love Story at 11.30am on Sunday 13 September 2026.

Looge is a London-based cultural discovery platform helping people find independent events, venues and experiences across the city https://www.looge.co.uk/london
Young Veterinary Partnership supported the Children’s Books Day on 7 March 2026.

Wonders of Maths is supporting Jacqueline Wilson: Esme Pepper on Sunday 13 September at 2pm.
Thank you, too, to:
– The Hound at 210 Chiswick High Road where Festival ticket holders can receive 10% off their all-day dining menu and accompanying drinks during the Festival. Show your Festival ticket to the Hound staff at the start of your meal to redeem the offer, for tables of up to 6 people.
– our Venue Partners: George IV, Tabard Theatre, The Chiswick Cinema, Hogarth’s House for hosting events without charge;
– our Community Partners: including ActOne Cinema, The Arts Society Chiswick, Bedford Park Society, Chiswick Business Network, Grove Park Group, Strand on the Green Association, West Chiswick and Gunnersbury Society, West London Chambers, Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Lyric Hammersmith, Riverside Studios and others for sharing our programme;
– our Distribution hubs where people can pick up printed copies of the brochure from July 12th onwards: St Michael & All Angels Church; Waterstones Chiswick, Chiswick Cinema, Chiswick Library, Chiswick House Cafe, Hogarth’s House, Oxfam Bookshop, Bookcase London, The Small Library Company, Everybody Reads, St Peter’s Acton Green, St Nicholas Church, St Paul’s Grove Park, ActOne Cinema & Cafe, The Elder Press Cafe, The Post Room Cafe… and other Festival Partners
– Jennifer Yen of WestEastDesign who created our branding and designed our brochures, banners and tote bags.



