Authors & Books
Our authors and events cover all genres. Real and fictional stories are told by the best authors from around the globe in the heart of Jane Austen’s city. Come and join us.
Maz Evans
“It was an absolute delight to take part in the Winchester Books Festival – such enthusiastic organisers and audiences, all coming together to share the joy of books.
I would be back in a heartbeat.”
Children’s Author, Maz Evans
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2026 Festival Authors
Sir Tony Robinson
Mary Portas
Lynda La Plante
Dame Harriet Walter
Jon Sopel
Martin Clunes
Patrick Gale
Claire Fuller
Dame Vikki Heywood
Tom Bradby
Kit Kemp
Sarah Vaughan
Tristan Gooley
Dr Eleanor Hougton
Dr Elizabeth Norton
Dr Victoria Bateman
Tim Bouverie
Jeremy Wade
Marina Gibson
Mark Urban
Jo Thompson
Tom Gilbey
Kathy Lette
Annie Garthwaite
Dolly Jones
Sarah Turner
Jennie Godfrey
Lissa Evans
Rosalind Freeborn
Zosienka
Emma Challis
Rose Lihou
Jon Lock & Nich Angell
Katy Hessel
Rob Biddulph
Nathanael Lessore
2025 One Off Events
David Nicholls
Ben Macintyre
Dame Mary Berry
Andrew Child
2025 Festival Authors
Tracy Chevalier
Jeremy Bowen
Susie Dent
Ben Pentreath
Patrick Grant
Tom Holland
Maz Evans
Dame Kelly Holmes
Judy Murray
Pollyanna Wilkinson
Ferdia Lennon
Claire Douglas
William Hanson
The Countess of Carnarvon
Simon Heffer
Eleanor Mills
Rob Eastaway
Dr Brian Klass
Marcel Dirsus
Chris Jackson
Kathryn Sutherland
Franco Fubini + Dr Amati
Sohail Husain
Carrie Sellon
Dr J Heneghan + T Bromley
Kate Nicholson
Joanna Miller Kate Kemp
Hannah Bourne-Taylor
Margaret Sturton
LV Matthews
Andy Hussey
Nicky Smith-Dale
Chris Jackson Ben Pentreath
Interviewer Rebecca Fletcher with Tracy Chevalier
Judy Murray and Dame Kelly Holmes
Fabulous Patrick Grant
Dr Brian Klaas and Jeremy Bowen
Fiction Writers
2024 Festival Authors
Frank Gardner
Wendy Joseph KC
Alison Weir
Daisy Goodwin
James Holland
Liz Earle MBE
Sam Sedgman
Governor James Bourke
SJ Parris
Dr Soham Das
Hugh Petter
Dr Brian Klaas
Edward Bulmer
Alice Peterson
Sarah Freethy
Chitra Soundar
Lauren Child
2023 Festival Authors
Earl Spencer
Alice Loxton
Bill Browder
Mandy Hickson
Chibundu Onuzo
Marc Morris
Claire Fuller
Marina Wheeler QC
Emma Sims-Hilditch
Frances Liardet
Gill Hornby
Charlie Corbett
Rebecca Abrams
Sue Stuart-Smith
Jennie Maizels
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