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Chiswick Book Festival 9-14 Sept 2026: bringing great authors to #Chiswick, in aid of reading and arts charities. Run by @smaaaw4

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THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH + Francesca Annis Q&A⁠
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Francesca joins Michael Billington of an exclusive in person Q&A at our screening of THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH on 25th Oct.⁠
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Shakespeare on Screen season continues with Torin Douglas interviewing Michael Billington about Shakespeare, a recorded interview with Simon Callow and so much more.⁠
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Tickets are available via the link in bio.⁠
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It was great to meet @the_postroom_cafe at @chiswickbookfest and drink your fabulous coffee! Thank you for your generous donation that will support our work helping adults to read for free #readeasyuk #adultliteracy #allpresscoffee

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Chiswick in west London has enjoyed a cultural and commercial renaissance in recent years - but September this year has been spectacular by any standards, not just because of the weather and the Chiswick Book Festival! As director of @chiswickbookfest I’d like to say thank you and congratulations to all who’ve helped make it a very special month in W4 - and give personal thanks to all the authors, publishers, audiences, volunteers, venues and partners who made this year’s Festival one of the most enjoyable yet. You can see ‘2026 Chiswick Book Festival in Pictures’ and read my article ‘Chiswick’s Spectacular September’ @chiswickcalendar - both linked in my bio.

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3 ad hoc events

43 @chiswickbookfest events

5 shows with @elizabeth.mcgov, @realanncusack & The Hotheads at @theatreattabard

Working with 3 dream teams

Juggling 7 roles mostly concurrently

Catering for approximately 7,500 people, including a lot of loved ones

All in Chiswick

And all in the past fortnight!!!

What an incredible ride this was! I feel so blessed to have been part of bringing so much joy to the community! Thank you to everyone who came!

#Chiswick #Festival #Show #community

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@chiswickbookfest was exhausting, exhilarating, learned a lot, bought some (more).books. @torindouglas

Highlight, hitting the claxon on my last word at the local book authors evening - 2 minutes each (and dreaming about being at the grown up table one day, maybe next year).

Lowlight, hearing #nickclegg say he wasn't bothered about author's copyright, he wouldn't read @societyofauthors and #musiciansunion report, he hadn't read (or cared about) #carelesspeople, a damning indictment of #Facebook. He revealed himself to be one of those #carelesspeople. Very disappointing.

All power to Beeban Kidron and her campaign to make the Internet safer for children and protect creative copyrights.

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Loved attending the talk by @essie_fox_author discussing her latest book, a re-telling of Wuthering Heights @chiswickbookfest last weekend ♥️

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Recognise any of these book names? Here’s what the authors at @chiswickbookfest are reading.

#bookstagram #londonevents #reading #authortalk #experts

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Starstruck at the @chiswickbookfest, we got the chance to ask these brilliant authors about their newest works!

#literature #bookfestival #reading #experts #london

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A busy weekend appearing alongside @janethynne_cjcarey and @alexgerlis at the @chiswickbookfest before interviewing Ben Macintyre about his superb new book, Redwood, the extraordinary story of a KGB officer in post-Revolutionary Iran who agreed to spy for MI6. Also found time to sign some copies of Icarus 17 at my local bookshop in Kew @kewbookshop as well as @johnsandoebooks courtesy of @siofraijd

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Behind the scenes at Chiswick Book Fair this weekend! @chiswickbookfest
Some insightful and inspiring words from the writer and journalist Catherine Mayer, the best-selling author Tony Parsons, the Observer journalist Jeevan Vasagar, and the philanthropic business owner James Reed 📚
@mayeroflondon @tonyparsonsuk @mrm_jeevan @reedcouk #chiswickbookfair2026
What a varied and brilliant weekend 📖

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So enjoyed the most impressive @chiswickbookfest with an illustrious programme. Delighted to be in conversation with @cookwithjopratt alongside co-founder of @sipsmith & double act writers/drink historians @mixellany2 @mixellany talking about true quality anchovies: where to find them: how to distinguish them; their taste profiles (& tasting sensational @conservas_pujado_solano butterflies anchovies) ; even their prodigious sex lives (thanks for that provocative question @stephen_cottage 🤭) from ‘Consider the Anchovy: a journey in pursuit of the little fish with the big flavour’ @headlinehome . Thank you very much to @torindouglas @ornaobrien for inviting me & to @lucycufflin for making some superb creative canapés incorporating Sipsmith botanicals. Lovely to see @elisabeth.luard in the audience & chat with @kitchenbee too. #books #literaryfestival #anchovies #foodie

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Great time @chiswickbookfest today chatting with the most amazing talented authors about their wonderful books…..
@felicitycloake and her debut novel The Underdog
@kitchenbee and her heartwarming memoir The Heart-Shaped Tin
@sudifoodie and her fascinating book Consider the Anchovy
@mixellany2 Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller with their superb book A Most Noble Water.

Massive thanks @sipsmith for the gin tasters, and @lucycufflin & @donnafreed for the anchovy canapés.

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