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Gyles Brandreth . Bill Bryson . Ursula Buchan . Andrew Graham Dixon . Felicity Cloake . Victoria Dowd . Richard Harries . Simon Heffer . Rukmini Iyer . Anya de Jager . Lord Patten of Barnes . Edwin Mullins . Alice Ross . Laura Shepherd Robinson . Ian Williams |
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Gyles Brandreth . Bill Bryson . Ursula Buchan . Andrew Graham Dixon . Felicity Cloake . Victoria Dowd . Richard Harries . Simon Heffer . Rukmini Iyer . Anya de Jager . Lord Patten of Barnes . Edwin Mullins . Alice Ross . Laura Shepherd Robinson . Ian Williams |
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September 2021 will see the launch of the inaugural Barnes Book Fest a collaboration between the Barnes Bookshop, the Friends of St Mary’s Barnes and organiser Anne Mullins. The event is also supported by the Barnes Literary Society.
In a weekend of talks and screenings some of Britain’s best writers will be giving an insight into the way they work and the subjects that fascinate them.
OUR PARTICIPANTS
Timings and venues for each event are yet to be confirmed. Please sign up to our mailing list to be informed of our final programme as soon as it is confirmed and to be first in the queue to buy tickets.
GYLES BRANDRETH
Odd Boy Out
Gyles speaks about his memoir
BILL BRYSON
A Walk in the Woods
Film screening with question & answer session
URSULA BUCHAN
Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan and his work
FELICITY CLOAKE
Roasting Tin cooking
In conversation author Rukmini Iyer
ANDREW GRAHAM DIXON
Art
Andrew talks about art and artists
VICTORIA DOWD
Women & Crime Fiction
In conversation with fellow crime writer Anya de Jager
RT REV LORD HARRIES
Love & faith in T.S. Eliot
SIMON HEFFER
The Diaries of Henry ‘Chips’ Channon
RUKMINI IYER
Roasting Tin cooking
In conversation with the journalist Felicity Cloake
ANYA DE JAGER
Women & Crime Fiction
In conversation with fellow crime writer Victoria Dowd
LORD PATTEN
Chris Patten in conversation with Ian Williams about his new book “Every Breath You Take: China’s New Tyranny”
ALICE ROSS
Investing to Save the Planet: How Your Money Can Make a Difference
LAURA SHEPHERD ROBINSON
Daughters of Night
The author speaks about her new book and writing historical fiction.
EDWIN MULLINS
Fake
Film screening with question & answer session about his investigation into art fraud and forgery
IAN WILLIAMS
Every Breath You Take: China’s New Tyranny
In conversation with Chris Patten