Barnes BookFest

A fantastic weekend of books and culture in Barnes, South-West London

[John Walsh @walshbros]

Great insights from the brilliant @monstroso Charlie Higson and suave @TheIanFleming's Simon Ward at @BarnesBookFest! Discussing the new Ian Fleming collection, 'Talk of the Devil.' A must-see event! #BarnesBookFest #IanFleming

[The Barnes Bookshop @BookshopBarnes]

What a wonderful weekend we had @BarnesBookFest with so many amazing authors and speakers and even poetry and music with @McgoughRoger

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A wonderful event ⁦@BarnesBookFest⁩ with ⁦@GylesB1⁩ talking about his fabulous new book about A A Milne and that very special bear !

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Great day ⁦@BarnesBookFest⁩ with ⁦@AlexEdmans⁩ with thought provoking look at facts and research and how we can get closer to the truth

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Amazing launch event ⁦@BarnesBookFest⁩ with William Boyd talking with ⁦@HarriettSG⁩

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@GylesB1 @ToppingsBath You’re on at 6pm @BarnesBookFest ! Looking forward to seeing you there - have a great show in Bath

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What a way to end the first evening ⁦@BarnesBookFest⁩ with ⁦@McgoughRoger⁩ and his band The Machine pure music and poetry

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A fascinating first evening ⁦@BarnesBookFest⁩ with ⁦@monstroso⁩ Charlie Higson and Simon Ward ⁦@TheIanFleming⁩ taking all things Bond

[Dr Kate Vigurs FRhistS @historical_kate]

At @BarnesBookFest speaking about Nancy Wake and other #SOE women. Even met a lady who was Nancy's companion in later life. @OSOArtsCentre

[The Barnes Bookshop @BookshopBarnes]

Wonderful launch of @BarnesBookFest with @Joannechocolat @Olympic_Cinema with a showing of the film Chocolat and Q&A about the dazzling prequel - Vianne in conversation with perfumier Sarah McCartney. Still a few tickets available for next weekend https://t.co/horGFCteNB

[Barnes BookFest @BarnesBookFest]

THANK YOU for joining us at Barnes BookFest 2024!
We look forward to seeing you again in September 2025. Please join the mailing list on our website to be notified of 2025 dates and programme details.
https://t.co/4zM5jDAg8H

[The Barnes Bookshop @BookshopBarnes]

A fantastic final day of @BarnesBookFest with a whole host of stars including Hayley Mills @Olympic_Cinema and @GylesB1 talking about The Seven Secrets to Life with Leigh Lawson who recited some of his very emotive new poems

[Shelley Hasseldine 🇳🇿🇬🇧🇺🇦 @ShelleyHass]

This afternoon it was a such a pleasure to attend Gyles Brandreth and Leigh Lawson discussing Gyles' book 'The 7 Secrets of Happiness' and hearing Leigh perform his enthralling poems, the selection of which was tied in with Gyles' keys to happiness. The joy in the air was palpable! #happiness #poetry #BarnsBookFest
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[Gyles Brandreth @GylesB1]

A happy outing with my friend, actor & poet, Leigh Lawson. We talked about happiness & Leigh performed some of his wonderful poems at ⁦@BarnesBookFest⁩ - to great acclaim!

[Charles Campion @charliecampion]

Another spectacular & star studded @BarnesBookFest this year with varied and fascinating insights from the authors - thank you @barnesbookshop and all the volunteers & of course the authors https://t.co/Kgh6dNkvrE - still a few more talks to go

[The Barnes Bookshop @BookshopBarnes]

What an amazing array of authors we had @BarnesBookFest yesterday from @tomowolade @EmilyHthinks @DaisyfDunn to the wonderful @MMargolyes and @LauraCummingArt who held us spellbound.More to come today - few tickets still left

[Charles Campion @charliecampion]

… and this weekend in the village that’s #Barnes it’s the @BarnesBookFest - looking forward to seeing @tomowolade and Miriam Margolyes today - more event tickets available from @BookshopBarnes & online https://t.co/Kgh6dNkvrE

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Today #barnesbookfest2024 begins! At 4pm bestselling author @Robert___Harris talks about his latest novel Precipice with historian Simon Heffer.

Tickets to this event have sold out, but a few tickets to some of our other events are still available!

https://t.co/4zM5jDAg8H

[The Barnes Bookshop @BookshopBarnes]

We're delighted to welcome @ZahraJoya to speak with Laurie Bristow @BarnesBookFest this Saturday 21st. We can't wait to meet her and to hear about her work with @RukhshanaMedia

#barnesbookfest #currentaffairs #barnes

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UPDATED EVENT: Award-winning Afghan journalist Zahra Joya joins Sir Laurie Bristow to discuss the events of August 2021 in Kabul. 
#barnesbookfest2024 on Sat, 21 Sept, 12 noon
There are still a few tickets available!
https://t.co/uAK9Ey7elT