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 and our three reading charities. We are very grateful to the partners and sponsors supporting our Children’s Books Day on March 7th 2026 – and those who supported us in 2025, named below.
We were delighted to welcome several new Gold Partners last year: Discover Chiswick promoted the whole Festival on its website; The Small Library Company bookshop supported Alan Johnson on Harold Wilson and The Dream Factory.; Abundance London sponsored our two children’s gardening events with Michael Holland; The Victorian Society sponsored the Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective and the children’s event Disappear Into the Deep Dark.
If you would like 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 in 2025
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 are giving £1,000 or more, in cash, goods or services.
Chiswick House & Gardens Trust is our partner and co-host for Jane Austen in Fact & Fiction on Thursday 11 September 2025.
Savills Chiswick is our Major Festival Partner and sponsors the Festival email newsletter, ‘Jane Austen in Fact & Fiction’ on Thursday 11 September 2025 and William and Sam Dalrymple on Sunday 14 September.
The Chiswick Cinema is hosting two days of events, including the screening of Dr Strangelove on Sunday September 14th 2025; is offering a 15% discount to Festival ticket holders in its Lounge; and is also promoting the Festival on screen and online .
Waterstones is our retail partner, selling the authors’ books in its Chiswick store, and on site during the Festival.
The Chiswick Calendar sponsors the Lyse Doucet session on Saturday 13 September and supports the Festival in many 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.
ArtsEd is hosting five events in its Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre, including Kathy Lette on Friday 12 September; Jeffrey Holland and the history of the Guardian on Saturday 13 September; and a day of workshops.
Orchard House School sponsors the Children’s Festival including the Axel Scheffler session on Saturday 13 September; it also hosts our two Comic Workshops at its Innovation Hub.
Gold Partners
Thanks, too, to our Gold partners, who are giving £500 or more, in cash, goods or services.
Abundance London is sponsoring our two gardening events with Michael Holland.
The Arts Society Chiswick is sponsoring the Jeremy Hunt session at 6.15pm on Friday 12 September 2025.
Bown Design & Build is sponsoring the exhibition on ‘Chiswick House at the time of Jane Austen’ – at Chiswick House on Thursday 11 September 2025 and in St Michael & All Angels Church till Sunday September 14.
Chiswickw4.com sponsors the Young Poets Competition: the winners will be announced at the Prizegiving with Dean Atta on Friday 12 September 2025 in St Michael & All Angels Church.
Discover Chiswick is promoting the Festival prominently on its website.
Home Instead is supporting A Silent Tsunami, World War Two Love Letters and The People’s War, both at the Tabard on Saturday 14 September.
Sam’s Kitchen is supporting our female fiction sessions: Kathy Lette: The Revenge Club, Fearsome Females, Outstanding Debuts and Writing Relationships.
The Small Library Company bookshop is supporting Alan Johnson on Harold Wilson and The Dream Factory.
The Theatre at the Tabard is hosting two days of events on September 13 and 14, including two marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two.
Jeannie Shapiro of Think Jeannie and the Chiswick Business Network leads our social media activity.
The University of West London is sponsoring The Guardian : Witness in a Time of Turmoil and Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer on Saturday September 13th 2025
The Victorian Society is sponsoring the Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective and the children’s event Disappear Into the Deep Dark.
Silver Partners
Thanks, too, to our Silver partners, who are giving £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 12 September in St Michael & All Angels Church.
Chiswick Business Network is the sponsor of Tom Levitt: The Business of History.
Chiswick Flower Market sponsored our Young Poets Competition.
Paul Vick Architects is supporting Good, Occasionally Rhyming: A History of the Shipping Forecast chaired by Paddy O’Connell.
Stephen Foster of Foster Books in Chiswick High Road has donated the first prize for the ‘Bedford Park at 150’ Quiz
Underground Vinyl in Chiswick High Road is supporting the Chiswick Rocks Walk and Janey Lee Grace: From Wham! to Woo on Saturday 13 September 2025.
Chiswickbuzz.net organises the Chiswickbuzz Online Book Club session with Abigail Dean at 6pm on Wednesday 10 September 2025.
Young Veterinary Partnership is supporting the 2025 Children’s Festival, including There’s A Tiger on the Train and JP Rose: Birdie.
Thank you, too, to:
The Hound at 210 Chiswick High Road where Festival ticket holders can receive 15% off their all-day dining menu and accompanying drinks. 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, Chiswick Library, Hogarth’s House (and others named above) 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, Foster Books, 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, The Steam Packet… and other Festival Partners
– Jennifer Yen of WestEastDesign who created our branding and designed our brochures, banners and tote bags.