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We’re really looking forward to welcoming
@CliveMyrieBBC
to
#ChiswickBookFest
next Sunday Sept 10th - but there’s a waiting list! Join it here:
@StMichaelsW4
@SnapperHarrison
#Chiswick
#Books
@TheChiswickCal
Photographed the nicest person possible recently. Although my wife fancies him..
@CliveMyrieBBC
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Read all about
@EalingBkFest
here: …. and buy tickets for its launch event with
@ruskin147
@Pitzhanger
on November 16 here: . We also support
@ReadEasyEaling
as one of our reading charities.
Ooooh - exciting to read in the
@W4BookFest
brochure that a new book festival is being planned for Ealing!
@EalingBkFest
@ReadEasyEaling
#ealingbookfestival
#ealing
#westlondon
#bookfest
#bookfestival
#litfest
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Thanks to
@hpw_llp
@CharlottePegman
@Chiswick_House
@ITVVictoria
supporting
@daisygoodwinuk
#ANWilson
@AWilsonJones
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We’ve just given cheques for £3,000 to our three great reading
#charities
:
@RNIB
#TalkingBooks
@InterActStroke
and
@DoorstepLib
following last year’s
#ChiswickBookFest
. Thanks to
@StMichaelsW4
and all the Festival authors, audiences, volunteers & supporters who made it possible.
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Don’t miss
@almurray
speaking to
@sauldavid66
about
#ArnhemBlackTuesday
at
#ChiswickBookFest
- 5pm Saturday September 14
@StMichaelsW4
- book here:
And I've finally got my hands on it too! Nice to be reminded of what's in it!
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Book now for
@GylesB1
@clarebalding
@edballs
@MASieghart
@annesebba
@sarfrazmanzoor
Emily Mortimer, Tim Marshall
@Itwitius
@steverichards14
@joshuaseigal
@reallybptheatre
@csoundar
@janethynne
@jessicafellowes
@Chiswick_Bridge
+ more. Programme & booking:
Fantastic authors and sessions announced for this September's
@W4BookFest
including: Gyles Brandreth, Clare Balding, Ed Balls, Mary Anne Sieghart, Anne Sebba, Sarfraz Manzoor, Emily Mortimer, Tim Marshall, Steve Richards, and many more. Ticket deets here:
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‘Tickets Go on Sale for the Chiswick Book Festival - Star attractions include Ed Balls, Clare Balding and Gyles Brandreth’. Read the full story
@ChiswickW4
and book your tickets today for
@edballs
@clarebalding
@GylesB1
and many more:
#ChiswickBookFest
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It’s Sunday morning and tickets are selling fast! Why not browse the brochure - online or in person - and book the tickets for this year’s
#ChiswickBookFest
? Pick up a brochure
@StMichaelsW4
@WstonesChiswick
@ChiswickCinema
@StNicksW4
@ThePostroomCafe
Sept 11-18 2024
#Chiswick
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Follow our newest Art Trail, from the Hogarth Statue
@ChiswickHighRd
to the Yeats sculpture
@StMichaelsW4
, via
@AbundanceLondon
’s
#W4thPlinth
+
#ChiswickTimeline
. See Thanks to
@HogarthProgress
@YeatsBedfordPk
@TheChiswickCal
@BCLocalHistory
@BottValbott
Brighten up your February by following our
#Chiswick
#ArtsandHeritage
trails, online or on foot.
#ExploringChiswick
with
@AbundanceLondon
@W4BookFest
@StMichaelsW4
@TheChiswickCal
@Chiswick_House
@BCLocalHistory
@HogarthsHouse
@HogarthProgress
. See more:
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Don’t miss these great writers here at
#ChiswickBookFest
this coming weekend. Incl
@ignatius_sancho
@essiefox
@KateAGriffin
@CharlesCordell
@AvaGlassBooks
@VictoriaSelman
@GregMosse
@HaningtonPhan
@HarrietEvans
. Tickets here: Thanks to
@FineandCountry
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You can pick up your own copy at St Michael & All Angels, Bedford Park
@StMichaelsW4
- and in due course
@WstonesChiswick
@StNicksW4
@StPaulsChurchGP
@Chiswick_House
@StPetersW4
@ChiswickCinema
@TheatreAtTabard
@ArtsEdLondon
@HogarthsHouse
@ActOne_Cinema
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Prof Frank McDonough
@FXMC1957
is speaking with
#PaulMcGann
at
#chiswickbookfest
on Sunday 10th September
@GeorgeIVW4
.
@W4BookFest
very excited to hear him speak. Book tickets here
@brianmoore666
An evening of wisdom with
@FXMC1957
at his launch of his book The Weimar Years, unusually entirely readable, and authoritative, account of this important period of history.
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You can now pick up a
#ChiswickBookFest
brochure in all these places:
@StMichaelsW4
@WstonesChiswick
@GeorgeIVW4
@ChiswickCinema
@Chiswick_House
#ChiswickLibrary
@OxfamBooksW4
@bookcase_london
@fostersbookshop
@StNicksW4
@StPaulsChurchGP
@ActOne_Cinema
#ElderPressCafe
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Tonight’s the night! We open
#ChiswickBookFest
with our Local Authors Showcase
@GeorgeIVW4
. 21 local writers have just 2 minutes to ‘sell’ their book to a sold-out crowd, hosted by our wonderful Programme Director
@jojames100
. Woe betide them if they stray a second over 2 mins!
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Great to see
@StreetCatBob
on
@BBCTheOneShow
with
@JoFroggatt
@LukeTreadaway
Good luck with the film - from us at your first book festival!
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90 years ago: a great
@theboatraces
poster. See it on the
#ChiswickTimeline
#AHistoryinArtandMaps
- under the bridges at
#TurnhamGreen
station
@TfL
and here + this one from Alfred Daniels in 2010.
@AbundanceLondon
@ChiswickRNLI
@fostersbookshop
#Chiswick
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It's all happening next week
#Chiswick
! Get your
@W4BookFest
brochure from
@WstonesChiswick
@StMichaelsW4
or download from our website
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Have we got books for you!
@TitchmarshShow
@JackyWilsonHQ
@CliveMyrieBBC
@BegumNadiya
#ANWilson
@DaisyGoodwin
@RosieFyles
will speak at 15th
#ChiswickBookFest
(Sept 6-13). Read our newsletter + sign up to hear news first: Tickets on sale Saturday July 22.
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Read lots more about Chiswick’s theatres, playwrights and performers on our
#ChiswickTimelineofWritersandBooks
-
The Chiswick Empire opened
#otd
in 1912. Designed by Frank Matcham, designer of the London Palladium. The Empire became one of the most prominent variety houses in the London suburbs, staging plays, concerts, revues, music hall, as well as opera & ballet.
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This afternoon!
@clarebalding
at 5pm
@StMichaelsW4
with
#TheRacehorseWhoDisappeared
#TRWD
Book here or pay at door
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Read about
#Chiswick
’s great gardens & gardeners - Kent, Lindley, Paxton
@The_RHS
- incl this one +
@growchiswick
@Chiswick_House
@AbundanceLondon
@RHSLibraries
@KingBaggyking
@XArvanitakis
@kareninagarden
@ChiswickFlowers
@BedfordParkFest
@ChiswickOasis
.
“This is the London that I dreamed of,” said a man walking through Chiswick right now. The beautiful gardens of Chiswick amplify the serenity of today.
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Who knew? There are now 175 names on our
#ChiswickTimelineofWritersandBooks
. Thanks to
@BottValbott
who has won the
#VanityFair
prize kindly donated by
@fostersbookshop
. Thanks too to
@ChiswickW4
for its book stories over many years - and this one.
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Don’t miss ‘21st Century Innovators: Hogarth, Sloane & A Rake’s Progress’ at 7pm tonight here: . Great fun recording it
@Chiswick_House
with
@XArvanitakis
@Gough_Clare_J
@TorinDouglas
@MartinRowson
@chiswickbuzz
. Thanks to
@ArtsSocChiswick
@rogergreen
.
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You can now buy Melanie’s
#househistories
@HouseHistorian
book at
@WstonesChiswick
. One house she examines is 6 Church Street W4, where Jean-Jacques Rousseau probably lodged, near
@StNicksW4
. He’s on our Timeline of Writers: with a link to
@BCLocalHistory
Such a fantastic night at my unofficial book launch for the new edition of my book, House Histories!!! Sold out event in Chiswick!! 😀 Thank you to
@W4BookFest
@chimni
@WstonesChiswick
#househistories
#househistory
#history
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Not long till
#ChiswickBookFestOnline
! Save the dates and please donate! Top authors will join us via video, Zoom and podcasts from September 9th. We’re relying on donations and sponsorship to cover our costs and help our charities, so please be generous:
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Lady Portman
@ITVVictoria
(Anna Wilson Jones) reads from Queens diaries Thurs with
@daisygoodwinuk
@Chiswick_House
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Read our latest
#Chiswickbookfest
newsletter and discover lots of exciting literary events coming up in and around
#Chiswick
, including
@BedfordParkFest
@LyricHammer
@TheatreAtTabard
-
@missjanetellis
@SophieEB
@CLDallat
@YeatsBedfordPk
@inky_flamingo
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Walking in
#Chiswick
during the
#Christmas
break? Our
#WritersTrail
features 21 acclaimed novelists, poets & playwrights who lived in (or wrote about) Chiswick, with two Nobel Prizes, one Booker Prize, three Oscars, a Poet Laureate & several blue plaques.
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Read this article by
@AnnCleeves
@Telegraph
before hearing her at
#chiswickbookfest
talking to
@FrostReporter
on Saturday evening. Event sold out! Thanks to
@TasteofShetland
and
@PromoteShetland
for support!
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Photos! Photos! Photos! Relive the
#ChiswickBookFest
here: Thanks to our authors, audiences, helpers and sponsors!
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Thanks to all the authors taking part
@GeorgeIVW4
, incl
@zoeantoniades
@albieamankona
@BooksCanHelp
@rhwilson83
@elenikwriter
@jimsitch
@KateMikhail
@lenashahpoetry
@Mark_Pallis
@helen_batten
@acmaunder
@susie_pearl
@boxingdobbs
@LouiseBurfDons
. Books on sale
@WstonesChiswick
At our
@Waterstones
Local Authors Party on Tuesday
@GeorgeIVW4
#Chiswick
, 20 local writers have just 2 minutes each to ‘sell’ their books. It’s a fast, fun, fascinating evening in many genres: memoirs, thrillers, history, children’s + self-help
#books
.
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You can pick up a copy of the
#WritersTrail
map from St Michael & All Angels Church, Bedford Park
@StMichaelsW4
or download it from this link: . Thanks to
@AbundanceLondon
and
@hortonandgarton
for their great help. Read more at
Walking in
#Chiswick
during the
#Christmas
break? Our
#WritersTrail
features 21 acclaimed novelists, poets & playwrights who lived in (or wrote about) Chiswick, with two Nobel Prizes, one Booker Prize, three Oscars, a Poet Laureate & several blue plaques.
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There’s something for everyone at this year’s
#ChiswickBookFest
! If you love
#history
, how about
#authors
like Charles Spencer
@cspencer1508
, Gillian Perry
@gillianwalnes1
, Giles Milton
@GilesMilton1
, Kate Williams
@KateWilliamsme
&
#MaxHastings
! Join us!
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Friday September 14th Charles Spencer
@cspencer1508
discusses his new book To Catch a King - the true story of one of the greatest escapes in British history – that of Charles II after his defeat at the battle of Worcester. Book here
#ChiswickBookFest
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Book now for
@andrewlownie
@sixteenthCgirl
@SuzetteLlewell1
@packersuzanne
@BBCRoryCJ
@elizabethbuchan
@NancyCNTucker
@susanspindler
@CharlesCumming
@HaningtonPhan
@JacRiding
@CatRentzenbrink
@RobBiddulph
@JosieDom
@zoeantoniades
and more in the tweet below.
#ChiswickBookFest
Book now for
@GylesB1
@clarebalding
@edballs
@MASieghart
@annesebba
@sarfrazmanzoor
Emily Mortimer, Tim Marshall
@Itwitius
@steverichards14
@joshuaseigal
@reallybptheatre
@csoundar
@janethynne
@jessicafellowes
@Chiswick_Bridge
+ more. Programme & booking:
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Two weeks to our main
#ChiswickBookFest
weekend and more events have waiting lists, including
@CliveMyrieBBC
and
@jessphillips
+ Marcus Brigstocke. Don’t miss out - browse the brochure this weekend here
And book the tickets here:
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Get more from the
#ChiswickBookFest
with our
#Newsletter
. News, offers and Chiswick’s literary history. Sign up this week and you could win 2 tickets to the
@TheRSC
Hamnet. Read here and sign up:
#Chiswick
#W4
#books
#charities
#writers
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Have you picked up your free
#chiswickBookFest
brochure from
@WstonesChiswick
yet? See the full terrific programme!
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Russell Watson Sun 15 Sept.
Much loved classical singer
@russellthevoice
enjoyed a meteoric career until he suffered two brain tumours in 2006. He talks to Caroline Frost about the struggles and the triumphs, detailed in his memoir Encore.
Book now!
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Tickets go on sale tomorrow for Joanna Trollope, Anthony Horowitz, Max Hastings, Kate Mosse, Julian Clary, Charles Spencer, Misha Glenny, Kate Williams, Tim Marshall, Ann Cleeves and lots more! See our latest newsletter - and sign up for your own copy.
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As well as enjoying
@andynyman
at
#ChiswickBookFest
, you can also hear
@missjanetellis
recording her ‘Twice Upon A Time’ podcast LIVE
@ArtsEdLondon
with the wonderful Phyllis Logan - 6pm Sat Sept 9th. Book here:
@HatTrickProd
@CSRaphael1
@greenswiththat
Had such a wonderful time with
@missjanetellis
doing her 'Twice Upon A Pod' podcast. - Lots of 'childhood horror' chat. enjoy
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We have a feast of fiction for you! Book now for
@missjanetellis
@ThatSadieJones
@stacey_halls
@DianeSetterfie1
#AlanJudd
@HaningtonPhan
@linwood_barclay
@MarkBillingham
and many more! September 14th and 15th in aid of
#charities
.
#ChiswickBookFest
#books
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Would you believe there are now 250 writers on the
#ChiswickTimelineofWritersandBooks
? See
@TheChiswickCal
blog
Thanks to
@AbundanceLondon
@BottValbott
@hortonandgarton
@BCLocalHistory
@StMichaelsW4
@fostersbookshop
@WstonesChiswick
@chiswickw4
for support
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Chiswick Book Festival donates £20,000 to charities
@TheChiswickCal
@ReadEasyEaling
@ReadforGoodUK
@StMichaelsW4
@KoestlerArts
#Chiswick
#Books
#Charities
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Wonderful evening in a packed
@Chiswick_House
Garden Pavilion with Alan Titchmarsh
@TitchmarshShow
and
@RosieFyles
. Thanks so much to Xanthe
@XArvanitakis
for hosting us and
@Savills
for support.
#ChiswickBookFest
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A very happy Christmas from us! Our festive treat is the
@janegarvey1
@fifiglover
podcast with
@Robert___Harris
about ‘V2’ and more - informed, educational & entertaining! The novel’s set a few months after the first V2 landed in Staveley Road
#Chiswick
.
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A year ago,
@ObserverUK
wrote: “Chiswick may be Britain’s most literary location”.
@vanessathorpe
Then we had 250 writers on our
#ChiswickTimelineofWritersandBooks
. Now it’s 400!! Any challengers? Watch for updates after
#Easter
#Chiswick
@BCLocalHistory
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Thanks and congratulations to all the authors who gave us such a great evening. Read more about them and where to buy their books here:
#ChiswickBookFest
@GeorgeIVW4
Thanks too to
@WstonesChiswick
in Chiswick High Road where lots of them are now on sale
Such a lovely and diverse group of authors at
@W4BookFest
last night - and one very laid back hen. Thank you again to
@TorinDouglas
and
@jojames100
and also as ever
@HoopoeFiction
, without whom I'd never have been on this stage.
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Recently retired vicar, author & radio presenter
@RevRichardColes
talks to Fr Kevin Morris, vicar of
@StMichaelsW4
, about his bestselling debut crime novel Murder before Evensong.
Buy tickets here:
#ChiswickBookFest
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‘Tickets now on sale for
#ChiswickBookFest
- Ciaran Hinds the latest big name to join speakers already announced’ - see story
@ChiswickW4
. Click here: . More details at
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Here it is: the A to Z of
#ChiswickBookFest
speakers from Adam Kay & Anne Sebba to Zehra Hicks & Zoe Antoniades
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Packed
@WstonesChiswick
for launch party
@TheChiswickCal
with
@CressidaCowell
@OborneTweets
+ other local authors
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In his candid, unsparing and darkly funny memoir,
@JustinOnWeb
, the Today programme’s longest-serving presenter, paints a portrait of personal and national dysfunction. He will be in conversation with
@janegarvey1
. Book here:
#chiswickbookfest
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See the authors’ names & books here: -
@Dchandlerauthor
@sleekerr
@MarknGodfrey
@Garrae_writes
@VyvyanKinross
@LouiseBurfDons
@zoeantoniades
@sector4focus
@jmacrodgers
@AlecMarsh
@L7Meg
and Billy Moran
@SauceMaterials
#ChiswickBookFestOnline
#Chiswick
If you missed our Local Authors Evening
@ChiswickPlay
, you can catch up on
@YouTube
, from 9 minutes in: . Thanks to the 12 authors who accepted the challenge, including
@LouiseBurfDons
Tom Levitt
@sector4focus
@MarknGodfrey
@zoeantoniades
@chiswickbuzz
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Lots more wonderful events today at
#chiswickbookfest
@StMichaelsW4
@TabardTheatreUK
@chiswicktabard
Day Pass £15!
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Don’t miss the wit and wisdom of cartoonist
@MartinRowson
on
#Hogarth
and his work. He says ‘Gin Lane’ uses all three elements of a modern
#cartoon
- visual, journalism and humour. Watch the clip and then see the whole session here:
#Chiswick
Why do Hogarth, Soane & A Rake’s Progress remain so influential in the 21st Century? (
@drmartens
shoes + Hogarth’s Roundabout cartoon). We asked
@MartinRowson
@XArvanitakis
@Chiswick_House
@Gough_Clare_J
@Pitzhanger
+ John Collins
@HogarthsHouse
#Encore
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Journalist & author of The Mercenary River
@highamnews
and author of The Wood that Built London
@SchulerCJ
discuss with historian
@childs_jessie
the factors that have influenced the making of modern London. Sat 10 Sept 11.45
@GeorgeIVW4
Tickets:
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We’ll also be welcoming Nadiya Hussain
@BegumNadiya
at
#ChiswickBookFest
. Delighted
@thetimes
has put her and
@CliveMyrieBBC
together on its front page! She’s speaking on Saturday September 9th with Jo Pratt
@cookwithjopratt
@StMichaelsW4
- tickets here:
We’re really looking forward to welcoming
@CliveMyrieBBC
to
#ChiswickBookFest
next Sunday Sept 10th - but there’s a waiting list! Join it here:
@StMichaelsW4
@SnapperHarrison
#Chiswick
#Books
@TheChiswickCal
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And the wonderful
@fostersbookshop
- the oldest shop in Chiswick High Road - can testify to the strength of overseas tourism in
#Chiswick
@London_First
@JasmineLdnFirst
@EveningStandard
@thestandardarts
@standardnews
@London_First
@JasmineLdnFirst
@EveningStandard
It’s not just the food in
#Chiswick
attracting tourists.
@ObserverUK
says “Chiswick may be Britain’s most literary location”. We have a Writers Trail that includes Thackeray, Osborne, Pinter, Yeats, Mitford, Murdoch, Pope, Chesterton, Betjeman, Forster....
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Another great
#ChiswickBookFest
evening, this time
@Chiswick_House
with national and local treasure
@clarebalding
talking and signing
#IsleOfDogs
@PenguinUKBooks
. Thanks to the teams at
#ChiswickHouse
,
@WstonesChiswick
and sponsor
@Savills
for their support.
#Chiswick
#books
Fantastic start to the
@W4BookFest
with the local authors’ showcase! A very wide range of books tonight, hosted brilliantly by the festival’s programme director Jo James & introduced by
@TorinDouglas
See the rest of the programme 📕📚
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Thanks to
@gpwigglesworth
and congrats to the winners The Lotus Feeders (with runners-up The Thompson Twins behind them). They won volumes of The Chiswick Shakespeare, illustrated by Byam Shaw, generously donated by Stephen Foster
@fostersbookshop
.
@GeorgeIVW4
#ChiswickBookFest
Thanks to everyone who came to the
@W4BookFest
quiz last night. It was the first time I got to see my new book! The Book Lover’s Quiz Book 2 is published by
@BooksByRobinson
on October 5th. Here it is with older sibling 🤗
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Don't miss tonight's opening event of
#ChiswickBookFestOnline
@Chiswick_House
, ‘Hogarth, Soane & A Rake’s Progress’, with
@MartinRowson
@XArvanitakis
@Gough_Clare_J
@Pitzhanger
@TorinDouglas
supported by
@ArtsSocChiswick
. Click here just before 7pm:
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And these are the prizes for the winning team, generously donated by Stephen Foster
@fostersbookshop
- five volumes of the small but perfectly-formed Chiswick Shakespeare, illustrated by Byam Shaw.
@gpwigglesworth
@GeorgeIVW4
#ChiswickBookFest
Booking closes below at 6pm.
Last shout! Tonight at
@GeorgeIVW4
6.30 - book quiz for
@W4BookFest
. Prizes to be won and all proceeds to charity!
@TorinDouglas
@TheChiswickCal
@ChiswickW4
tickets here:
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Today we’re remembering our wonderful author programme director
@jojames100
who set up many sessions this year. Jo’s beloved husband Simon died in July. This afternoon she celebrates his life with many friends. Donations welcome to to Campden Home Nursing
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Thanks to Anna and her wonderful team
@WstonesChiswick
for selling all those books at
#chiswickbookfest
! + the elusive
#JaneAusten
£10 note
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Thanks to Becky and Marco and India from
@ThePostroomCafe
for all the wonderful cakes and croissants - they’ll be back again today. And thanks to Burzin for huge support from
@ThePostroomCafe
-
@W4BookFest
HQ!
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Looking forward to Russell Watson
@russellthevoice
opening our
#SuperSunday
lineup with Caroline Frost
@frostreporter
. Russell enjoyed a meteoric career till he suffered two brain tumours, but has returned in triumph.
@HodderBooks
. Buy tickets here: ..
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We are delighted to announce that two great poets, Dylan Thomas (Under Milk Wood) and James Berry (Windrush Songs), have been added to our
#WritersTrail
, which features acclaimed novelists, poets and playwrights who lived in
#Chiswick
. Full story:
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Booking for this year's
#ChiswickBookFest
is now open and you can see the full fantastic programme here:
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Thanks to
@WstonesChiswick
for the wonderful window display of
#ChiswickBookFest
and
@CookbookFestiv1
#books
. Their team will be selling them all next weekend
@StMichaelsW4
. If you haven’t booked yet, don’t delay before more events sell out!
@Waterstones
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This beautiful
#Easter
weekend, why not enjoy our
#Chiswick
#ArtsandHeritage
trails, created by
@AbundanceLondon
@W4BookFest
@StMichaelsW4
@TheChiswickCal
@Chiswick_House
@BCLocalHistory
@HogarthsHouse
@HogarthProgress
#ExploringChiswick
Download here:
#W4
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We’ll shortly announce more great authors for
#ChiswickBookFestOnline
. See preview on
@TheChiswickCal
which is producing podcasts for the
#Festival
.
@OSoden
@mihirbose
@AShulman2
. Save the dates September 10-14.
#Chiswick
#Books
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Don’t miss our session on Sunday: ‘A New Road: from Morris and Ruskin to Marthe Armitage’, supported by
@WmMorrisSocUK
@WMorrisandCo
and
@ChiswickAuct
. Marthe Armitage Prints also uses block printing in its
#Chiswick
studio and like Morris she was Master of the Art Workers’ Guild
Block printing was the heart and soul of the Morris & Co. wallpaper business. Originally made from pear-wood, the making of these blocks was supervised by William Morris prior to printing.
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#OnThisDay
80th anniversary of WB Yeats’ death. He lived in Bedford Park
#Chiswick
and wrote
#TheLakeIsleofInnisfree
here.
@TheChiswickCal
spoke to poet, musician and critic,
@CLDallat
- founder/organiser of the WB Yeats Bedford Park Artwork Project.
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12 days of culture - from the
@YeatsBedfordPk
unveiling &
@thepoetryhour
@StMichaelsW4
on September 6th, through the
@WstonesChiswick
#LocalAuthorsParty
@GeorgeIVW4
@TheChiswickCal
on the 7th & Dame Eileen Atkins
@Chiswick_House
with
@Savills
on the 8th….
#ChiswickBookFest
#W4
Thanks to all who took part in this year’s
#ChiswickBookFest
, dedicated to HM The Queen in thanksgiving for her life. The
@RobBiddulph
finale at the weekend in
@StMichaelsW4
ended a remarkable 12 days of culture in
@LBofHounslow
+ Ealing
@EalingCouncil
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Great to see two
#Chiswick
entries in ‘111 Literary Places In London’
@111places
. No 5 is Bedford Park & No 106 is the
@YeatsBedfordPk
sculpture outside
@StMichaelsW4
. Buy a copy
@WstonesChiswick
+ see 34 more ‘Literary Places’ on our
#ChiswickWritersTrail
111 Places guidebooks are the perfect gifts for travelers and for anyone who just loves great stories!
#111places
#giftsfortravelers
#giftsforbooklovers
#givebooksanddreams
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If you missed ‘Bob Geldof on WB
#Yeats
’ on
@BBCFOUR
, catch up here With Roy Foster + readings by Bill Nighy, Van Morrison, Richard E Grant, Colin Farrell, Bono, Edna O'Brien, Ardal O'Hanlon, Noel Gallagher, Liam Neeson + views of
#BedfordPark
#Chiswick
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Have we got books for you! ‘Early Bird’ tickets on sale for
#LocalAuthorsParty
@GeorgeIVW4
,
#DameEileenAtkins
@Chiswick_House
+ register free for
#PoetryPrizegiving
@StMichaelsW4
. Other tickets on sale July 26th. Watch for updates.
#ChiswickBookFest
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Why do Hogarth, Soane & A Rake’s Progress remain so influential in the 21st Century? (
@drmartens
shoes + Hogarth’s Roundabout cartoon). We asked
@MartinRowson
@XArvanitakis
@Chiswick_House
@Gough_Clare_J
@Pitzhanger
+ John Collins
@HogarthsHouse
#Encore
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Here are the 2022 Young People's Poetry Competition winners with judge and published poet
#JamesPriestmann
and ‘the nation's children’s dramatist’
#DavidWood
who presented the prizes this afternoon.
Congratulations to all the winners.
#chiswickbookfest
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Tickets for this year’s
#ChiswickBookFest
go on sale this Sunday, 30 June, at 2pm. See all the great names on our Festival Speakers A-Z page: and put the dates in your diary - September 11th to 18th 2024! Tickets via TicketSource
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We are delighted to support this new bid. Read why Burgess thoroughly deserves a blue plaque in
#Chiswick
and see more pictures
@TheChiswickCal
. We have added this article to our ‘Anthony Burgess in Chiswick’ page on the
#ChiswickTimelineOfWritersandBooks
Academics, historians and local residents are backing a fresh bid to secure a blue plaque for the house in Chiswick where the writer Anthony Burgess lived in the 1960s.
Read here:
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We are proud that the illustrious
@TheatreAtTabard
has been a
#ChiswickBookFest
venue for many years - opposite
@StMichaelsW4
by Turnham Green
@TfL
station. Click their post or see our poster for their events - book tickets here, not on their website:
The Tabard is proud to support
@W4BookFest
by hosting events at the theatre on 9th and 10th September. Find out which events are on
@TheatreAtTabard
here:
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Terrific lineup for the first
@EalingBkFest
, being launched with our support at
#ChiswickBookFest
. Book now for these great speakers, from April 11th to 14th, and save the dates for the 16th
@W4BookFest
- September 11th to 18th 2024. Read more here:
So excited with our line-up! Featuring internationally acclaimed authors:
@Sathnam
@JohnBoyneBooks
@JackyWilsonHQ
@Dannythefink
@KHughesAuthor
,
@Will_Gompertz
@seni_seneviratne
@bill_wyman
,
#EleanorCatton
and Roger Moorhouse. Tickets can be booked now via profile link. 🤩
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You can also pick up a copy today
@ChiswickFlowers
#Chiswick
#FlowerMarket
and at
@OxfamBooksW4
during the week - plus a leaflet for next week’s
@BedfordParkFest
. Or download it here
Pick up a free copy of our new
#WritersTrail
map
@ChiswickCinema
@StMichaelsW4
@WstonesChiswick
@fostersbookshop
@bookcase_london
or
#Chiswick
Library
@LBofHounslow
. See the 36
#Chiswick
writers: + download the map to your mobile:
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Pick up a free copy of our new
#WritersTrail
map
@ChiswickCinema
@StMichaelsW4
@WstonesChiswick
@fostersbookshop
@bookcase_london
or
#Chiswick
Library
@LBofHounslow
. See the 36
#Chiswick
writers: + download the map to your mobile:
A sincere pleasure to host the launch night of
@W4BookFest
's new
#WritersTrail
in the Taycan Lounge last night.
A formidable effort from
@TorinDouglas
and all involved to deliver a true celebration of the remarkable literary legacy of
#Chiswick
.
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If you missed our Local Authors Evening
@ChiswickPlay
, you can catch up on
@YouTube
, from 9 minutes in: . Thanks to the 12 authors who accepted the challenge, including
@LouiseBurfDons
Tom Levitt
@sector4focus
@MarknGodfrey
@zoeantoniades
@chiswickbuzz
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Are you up for the challenge
@StratLitFest
?
@ObserverUK
says
#Chiswick
may be Britain’s most literary location! .... Thackeray Pinter Osborne Yeats Murdoch Betjeman Pope Ballard Mitford Forster Burgess Hamilton Chesterton Alain-Fournier Pinero ...
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Congratulations Tim
@Itwitius
and many thanks - we were honoured to welcome you to speak at
#ChiswickBookFest
in 2015, and for all your “Power” books since then!
@eandtbooks
@thetimes
@timesculture
#books
#chiswick
#W4
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We’re delighted that Tim Marshall
@Itwitius
is speaking again at
#ChiswickBookFest
on Sat Sept 9th
@StMichaelsW4
. Tickets here: . First question: What does today’s
#Chandrayaan3
#moonlanding
by
#India
mean for power and politics in space?
@olliedewis
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Brighten up your February by following our
#Chiswick
#ArtsandHeritage
trails, online or on foot.
#ExploringChiswick
with
@AbundanceLondon
@W4BookFest
@StMichaelsW4
@TheChiswickCal
@Chiswick_House
@BCLocalHistory
@HogarthsHouse
@HogarthProgress
. See more:
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We’ll have lots more books and authors for you, incl Gyles Brandreth
@GylesB1
+
@edballs
@annesebba
@steverichards14
@andrewlownie
@JacRiding
@clarebalding
! Read more
@TheChiswickCal
: .
@Chiswick_Bridge
Tickets on sale July 30 here: .
We’re delighted that Emily Mortimer will take part in our opening event
@Chiswick_House
, chaired by
@janethynne
#Widowland
, with
@jessicafellowes
#MitfordMurders
+
@Chiswick_Bridge
@TheChiswickCal
. See: Thanks to
@ArtsSocChiswick
. Tickets on sale July 30.
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Great to see today’s opening of
#ChiswickBookFest
on
@itvlondon
News
#GoodMorningBritain
@GMB
this morning - with mentions of speakers
#BillWyman
+
@clarebalding
- and footage of previous Festival events
@StMichaelsW4
+
@Chiswick_House
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And don’t miss our publicly funded artworks in
#Chiswick
, on a line from the
#Hogarth
statue to the
#WBYeats
sculpture, via the
#W4Plinth
and
#ChiswickTimelineOfArtandMaps
. Thanks to
@YeatsBedfordPk
@AbundanceLondon
@CLDallat
@kareninagarden
and those who helped crowd-fund them.
This beautiful
#BankHoliday
weekend, why not enjoy our
#Chiswick
#ArtsandHeritage
trails, created by
@AbundanceLondon
@W4BookFest
@StMichaelsW4
@TheChiswickCal
@Chiswick_House
@BCLocalHistory
@HogarthsHouse
@HogarthProgress
#ExploringChiswick
Download: …
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A fantastic day of authors - all you need is a weekend pass
#Chiswick
. Check out the schedules & buy your pass on our website
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#ChiswickBookFestivalEncore
. This weekend, another chance to enjoy our great
#fiction
sessions with
@Rosamundlupton
@Dchandlerauthor
@RSchofieldTV
@theJeremyVine
@TorinDouglas
@AmandaCraig
@chiswickbuzz
@MavisCheek
@PeterHain
@BelleMediaCoUk
Click:
#books
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