Many thanks to the local and national firms who sponsor events at the Chiswick Book Festival each year, or give their services free. They help to underwrite the Festival and support St Michael & All Angels and our three reading charities.
We are very grateful to our 2023 partners and sponsors listed below.
Diamond Partners – 2023
We are particularly grateful to St Michael & All Angels Church which hosts and runs the Festival and the Diamond sponsors of the 2023 Chiswick Book Festival, who are giving £1,000 or more, in cash, goods or services..
Chiswick House & Gardens Trust is hosting the event with Alan Titchmarsh on Chatsworth on the evening of Thursday 7 September.
Savills Chiswick sponsors the Festival email newsletter, the Alan Titchmarsh evening on Thursday 7 September and the Gavin Estler interview on Saturday 9 September.
The Chiswick Cinema is hosting two days of events, including the screening of Shadowlands as part of its Lord Richard Attenborough season, and also advertising the Festival.
Waterstones is our retail partner, selling the authors’ books in its stores in Chiswick and Ealing, and on site during the Festival.
The Chiswick Calendar sponsors the Clive Myrie session 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 hosts five events in its Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre, several children’s events in its Atrium and two days of workshops.
Orchard House School hosts several Children’s events and sponsors the Children’s Festival including the Jacqueline Wilson event on Saturday 9 September.
Gold Partners – 2023
Thanks, too, to our Gold partners, who are giving £500 or more, in cash, goods or services.
The Arts Society Chiswick is sponsoring Michael Frayn at 90 at 12.30pm on Saturday 9 September.
The University of West London is sponsoring AN Wilson: Confessions with Daisy Goodwin on Friday 8 September.
Falcons Pre-Preparatory Chiswick is co-sponsoring the Children’s Festival, including Archie’s Apple and Maximus the Mouse on Saturday 9 September.
Bizzy Buddies is co-sponsoring the Children’s Festival, including Archie’s Apple and Maximus the Mouse on Saturday 9 September.
Sam’s Larder is sponsoring Nadiya Hussain: Simple Spices with Jo Pratt on Saturday 9 September.
Bown Design & Build is sponsoring the exhibition on ‘Chatsworth and Chiswick’ on Thursday 7 September and another event on Saturday 9 September.
British Comedy Guide is sponsoring How to Write Funny with Rebecca Rogers (Workshop) and Time Travelling Comic Crime with Rebecca Rogers and Steve Jones on Saturday 9 September and Shaparak Khorsandi: Scatter Brain and Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman: The Warlock Effect on Sunday 10 September.
Fine & Country is sponsoring the ‘Fine Fiction’ events including Peter Hanington and Greg Mosse: Cli-fi Thrillers and Paterson Joseph: The Secret Diary of Charles Ignatius Sancho on Saturday 10 September, and Charles Cordell: God’s Divided Kingdom and Essie Fox & Kate Griffith: Gothic Fiction on Sunday 10 September.
Home Instead is sponsoring three sessions on Extraordinary Women – Century Sisters with Pat Outram and Fearless with Louise Minchin on Saturday 9 September and Averil Mansfield: A Pioneering Surgeon on Sunday 10 September.
The Theatre at the Tabard which is hosting two days of events and two performances of Persuasion including a Q&A with the writer and cast on Tuesday September 12th.
Chiswick Auctions is sponsoring Masquerade: Oliver Soden on Noel Coward on Saturday 9 September.
Olympia Auctions is sponsoring Dorothy Wellesley & WB Yeats with Jane Wellesley on Sunday 10 September.
Jeannie Shapiro of Think Jeannie and the Chiswick Business Network leads our social media activity.
Silver Partners – 2023
Thanks, too, to our Silver partners, who are giving £250 or more, in cash, goods or services.
Chiswickw4.com sponsors the Young People’s Poetry Competition: the winners will be announced on Friday 8 September in St Michael & All Angels Church.
Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School co-sponsors the Children’s Festival.
Young Veterinary Partnership co-sponsors the Children’s Festival, including The Most Famous Rhinoceros on Saturday 9 September and A Dinosaur at the Bus Stop on Sunday 10 September.
Underground Vinyl in Chiswick High Road supports the ‘Chiswick Rocks’ Walk on Saturday 9 September and David Hepworth & Mark Ellen: Abbey Road on Sunday 10 September.
Richmond American University London supports the International sessions, Russia v China: Which is the Greater Threat? and A Life in Diplomacy, and also The Rise of the Podcast.
Sipsmith donates the cans of its Zesty Orange Gin and Tonic for the Eleanor Steafel: Friday Night Food (and Drink!) event
Stephen Foster of Foster Books in Chiswick High Road donates the prizes for the Festival Quiz Evening on Wednesday September 13th.
Trotters Childrenswear & Accessories co-sponsors the Children’s Festival.
Bookcase London in Chiswick High Road donates the book prizes for the winners of our Young People’s Poetry Competition: the winners will be announced on Friday 8 September in St Michael & All Angels Church.
Thank you, too, to:
– 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 London Chambers and others for sharing our programme;
– Jennifer Yen of WestEastDesign who created our branding and designed our brochures, banners and tote bags; and The Post Room Cafe, The Elder Press Cafe and other local venues that stock our brochure (see updated list).