Chiswick Book Festival director Torin Douglas with Lucy Briers, Jane Nissen, the Mayor of Hounslow Cllr Amy Croft, Janet Ellis and Sally Floyer on Children’s Books Day, Saturday March 7th 2026, marking both World Book Day and International Women’s Day
See the answers to the Children’s Books Day quiz – click link below.

Thanks to everyone who came to our Children’s Books Day and Chiswick Artists Night. Don’t miss our free Exhibition, all this week: Chiswick’s Books for Children: The Untold Story. See more.

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Picture Gallery

Read the Chiswick Calendar reports of Gill Hornby on Jane Austen, Jeremy Hunt, Kathy Lette, Alan Johnson, Lyse Doucet, William Dalrymple and more! And see our Picture Gallery above.
Don’t miss our Children’s Books Day on 7 March and save the dates of this year’s Festival – 9-14 September 2026.
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