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.
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
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
William Boyd
The Predicament
7:30pm-8:30pm |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
Blake Morrison
On Memoir: An A-Z of Life Writing
2:30pm-3:30pm |Questors Theatre
Alan Johnson
Harold Wilson: Twentieth Century Man
4pm-5pm |Questors Theatre
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Cursed Daughter
4pm-5pm |Questors Theatre
Sunday 3rd May 2026
Andrew Graham-Dixon
Vemeer: A Life Lost and Found
11am-12pm |Questors Theatre
Dan Cruikshank
The English House
1:30pm-2:30pm |Pitzhanger Manor
Ealing Book Festival Guided Walk (Option 2)
9:30am-11am |Meeting point: outside Questors Theatre
Ealing Book Festival Guided Walk (Option 3)
12:15pm-1:45pm |Meeting point: outside Questors Theatre
