Ealing Book Festival 2026 Programme
We are delighted to bring an exceptional line-up of internationally-acclaimed authors to West London for the third edition of Ealing Book Festival.
Tickets for all events can be booked via the links below.
To secure places at our free Family Day events on 9 May at the Dominion Centre in Southall, please scroll to the bottom of this page where tickets are listed.
For any ticketing enquiries, please email boxoffice@ealingbookfestival.com.
Wednesday 29th April 2026
Jung Chang
Fly, Wild Swans
6pm-7pm |University of West London
Anthony Horowitz
A Deadly Episode
7:30pm-8:30pm |University of West London
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Ealing Book Festival Schools Programme:
Farhana Islam
The Misadventures of Mina Mahmood
Ealing Book Festival Schools Programme:
Kate Pankhurst
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
Thursday 30th April 2026
Naz Shah
Honoured: Survival, Strength and My Path to Politics
6pm-7pm |University of West London
By invitation only
By invitation only
Robert Macfarlane
Is a River Alive?
6pm-7pm |University of West London
Mary Portas
I Shop Therefore I Am: The 90s, Harvey Nicks and Me
6pm-7pm |University of West London
Friday 1st May 2026
Local Authors' Showcase
8pm-9:30pm |University of West London
John Robb
Live Forever: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis
7:30pm-8:30pm |University of West London
Simon Jenkins
A Short History of America: From Tea Party to Trump
11am-12pm |Questors Theatre
Saturday 2nd May 2026
Ealing Book Festival Guided Walk (Option 1)
12:30pm-2pm |Meeting point: outside Questors Theatre
Stephen Mangan and Anita Mangan
Welcome to Weird Street
2pm-3pm |Questors Theatre
Alan Johnson
Harold Wilson: Twentieth Century Man
4pm-5pm |Questors Theatre
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Cursed Daughters
4pm-5pm |Questors Theatre
Blake Morrison
On Memoir: An A-Z of Life Writing
2:30pm-3:30pm |Questors Theatre
Sunday 3rd May 2026
Andrew Graham-Dixon
Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found
11am-12pm |Questors Theatre
Dan Cruickshank
The English House
1:30pm-2:30pm |Pitzhanger Manor
Ealing Book Festival Guided Walk (Option 3)
9:30am-11am |Meeting point: outside Questors Theatre
Ealing Book Festival Guided Walk (Option 4)
12:15pm-1:45pm |Meeting point: outside Questors Theatre
Throughout the Festival
James Pendle
The Roaming Poet
Appearing at various times across the Festival sites.
Free
Ealing Book Festival Storytime for Little Readers (Ages 3-5)
10am-10:45am |The Dominion Centre
Saturday 9th May 2026
Ealing Book Festival Storytime for Young Readers (Ages 6-9)
1pm-2pm |The Dominion Centre
Your First Poem Workshop with Narvir Singh
11:15am-12:30pm |The Dominion Centre
