Wimbledon Bookfest 2012

SW19’s annual literary festival is back with a fantastic programme from 6-14 October. Here are the highlights, and turn to the kids pages for children’s events!

Saturday 29 September

Sir John Major - Pre-festival event
7pm; £15. Polka Theatre

Saturday 6 October

A Mouse’s Tale
11.30am; £7.50. St Mary’s Garden Hall

David Wood’s storytelling session
2pm; £7.50. St Mary’s Garden Hall

Samuel Johnson Prize Event
5pm; £7.50. King’s College School

40 Years of Picador
7pm; £7.50. Wimbledon Library

John Suchet: Beethoven
7.30pm; £15. 3 Marryat Road

Gary Mulgrew: Gang of One
8pm; £10. King’s College School

Sunday 7 October

Belle & Boo’s Craft Workshop
1pm; £7.50. St Mary’s Garden Hall

Secret Kingdom Party
3pm; £7.50. St Mary’s Garden Hall

Margaret Drabble
6pm; £15. Polka Theatre

Shirley Conran & Penny Vincenzi
8pm; £15. Cannizaro House Hotel

Jack Straw
8pm; £15. King’s College School

Brian Moore with John Inverdale
8pm; £10. Wimbledon College School Theatre

Tuesday 9 October

Sophie Hannah, Elizabeth Haynes & Louise Millar
7pm; £7.50. Wimbledon Library

Salley Vickers
7.30pm; £10. The Study School (Spencer House site)

Wednesday 10 October

JoJo Moyes with Penny Vincenzi
1-2.30pm; £15. St Mary’s Garden Hall

Kate Mosse
7.30pm; £10. Wimbledon High School

Tom Watson MP with Samira Ahmed
8pm; £15. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Thursday 11 October

Wimbledon Common: 100 Years
5pm; £7.50. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Rose Tremain
7.30pm; £10. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Friday 12 October

Hugless Douglas Party
11am & 1pm; £7.50. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Beast Quest
4pm; £7.50. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Waiting in the Wings
6pm; £7.50. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

The Great Gatsby - launching Wimbledon FilmFest
7.30pm; £7.50. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Don Quixote: John Sessions & José Maria Gallardo del Rey
7.30pm; Wimbledon College School Theatre

Fabulous Baker Brothers
12.30pm; £7.50. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

David Waller
12 noon; £7.50. King’s College School

Ian Buxton: Whiskey
2.30pm; £15. King’s College School

Denise Welch & Jonathan Harvey
4pm; £10. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Moulettes: Live
6.30pm; £7.50. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Comedy on Wimbledon Common
8pm; £15 (includes welcome drink). Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Humphrey Burton: Chopin
7.30-9.30pm; £15. 3 Marryat Road

Sunday 14 October

Wombles Storytelling and Singalong
10am; £7.50. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Michelle Paver
11.30am; £7.50. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Will Young
1pm; £20. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

James Naughtie
5pm; £15. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

Sebastian Faulks
7.30pm; £15. Big Tent on Wimbledon Common

For more information visit www.wimbledonbookfest.org