The following changes were made to the programme after the Festival brochure went to press.
Our Workshops and Walks were added after the Festival went to press
Saturday September 11th 2021
CANCELLATION
12 Noon: Finding Home – Louise Hare & Luan Goldie
– event cancelled (due to circumstances beyond our control) – Boston Room
EXTRA EVENTS
Chiswick Auctions Free Valuation Day
Chiswick Auctions, will be joining us at the Chiswick Book Festival 2021 to provide free and confidential valuations, in everything from fine art to furniture to jewellery
3.30pm: The Tsarina’s Daughter: Ellen Alpsten **
Peter the Great is dead, and the fight is on for the crown of Russia in the new novel by Ellen Alpsten, author of Tsarina. Peter’s sole surviving child, Elizabeth, is Christianity’s most lovely Princess, but four times her hereditary rights are ignored and her inheritance pilfered. Impoverished and isolated, she must fear for her freedom and her life.
Chiswick Playhouse, £8
CHANGES OF VENUE (BUT NOT TIME)
5:15pm – Two Minutes to Midnight
– moving to St Michael & All Angels Church from Parish Hall
5:30pm – Black and Blue
– moving to Parish Hall from Church
Sunday September 12th :
CHANGES OF VENUE (BUT NOT TIME)
4pm – Authority Gap – Mary Ann Sieghart
-moving to St Michael & All Angels Church from Parish Hall
4.15pm – Why no Blue Plaque for Anthony Burgess?
— moving to Parish Hall from Church
+ New panel member – Rose Sandy of Harper Collins
EARLIER IN THE FESTIVAL
Saturday September 4th 2021
12 Noon: Palace of Palms: Tropical Dreams And The Making of Kew **
In her acclaimed book, now out in paperback, cultural historian Kate Teltscher tells the human story of the iconic Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the men who conceived, realised and maintained it. This session is a special collaboration with the Chiswick Flower Market, which is celebrating its first anniversary with a weekend of special events. Come to the talk on Saturday September 4th, then visit the market on Sunday 5th.
Boston Room, George IV, £8
(Ticket income will be shared 50-50 between the Book Festival charities and the Chiswick Flower Market CIC, a community interest company)