How you can support Winchester Books Festival
Support & Sponsors
We are so thrilled to be growing the Winchester Book Festival and have excited new audiences wanting tickets and events, here in Jane Austen’s city.
There are different ways you can support us and get involved in this fast growing cultural community.
We look forward to meeting you soon.
Why our Sponsors work with us
- Targeted Brand Alignment: Align the brand with a highly engaged, curious, and culturally conscious audiences and segments.
- Enhanced Brand Prestige: Benefit from association with a leading and highly respected UK literary festival.
- Values-Matched Visibility: Events are specifically selected to connect with the sponsor’s brand values, ensuring relevant and impactful visibility.
- Growing Digital Reach: An opportunity to promote the brand digitally to a growing and broad online audience.
- Premium Hospitality: Receive complimentary tickets to supported events for sponsors and their guests, ideal for client entertainment or staff rewards.
- Exclusive VIP Access: Enjoy exclusive meet-and-greet opportunities with authors, together with book signings, offering memorable VIP experiences.
- Community & Cultural Investment: Demonstrate support for the growing cultural scene in and around Winchester, boosting local community relations and corporate social responsibility (CSR) profile.
Our Sponsors
Anne Brock | Director | Bacardi
“Winchester is the closest city to Bombay Sapphire Distillery, so it is our home city and at the Distillery we love to support the local community and what better way to do that than through the Winchester Books Festival.”
Robert Tottle | Savills
“We are very pleased to be supporting the brilliant Winchester Books Festival, which is an important event for the local community and enjoyed by many. We are very much looking forward to continuing to be involved.”
Jack Gardener | Partner | Phillips Law
“Books have a unique way of bringing people together, sparking conversation, and inspiring creativity.
Phillips Law is delighted to sponsor the Winchester Books Festival and support a cultural event within Hampshire that champions the joy and importance of storytelling.”
Will Kendall | Winchester Office Head | Rathbones
“After the success of last year’s events with Jeremy Bowen and Mary Berry, Rathbones is proud to continue supporting the Winchester Books Festival in 2026. It’s a pleasure to support another year of ideas, creativity, and community once again.”
Hugh Petter | Director | ADAM Architecture
“Reading is one of life’s great pleasures. Literature can inspire, enrich, and connect communities. We are immensely proud to be able to support Sophie and Sian for creating this spectacular and significant cultural event for the community in and around our great city.”
Lindsay Johnn | Director | Strutt & Parker
“I am genuinely delighted to be supporting the Winchester Books Festival again this year and to be part of something that brings so much life and enjoyment to the city. Having attended several events last year, I saw first-hand the joy the festival created and loved being part of it. I am particularly excited about this year’s programme, so thoughtfully curated by Sian and Sophie, and I am already looking forward to reading as many of the festival authors’ books as I can before April.”
Jonathan Poulter | Partner | Rothmans
“Rothmans is proud to sponsor the Winchester Books Festival for the fourth year. Working with Sian and Sophie and helping them to create a new exciting organisation, especially in Winchester, is important to all of us at Rothmans. We look forward to supporting another successful year.”
Paul Spencer | Director | Winchester BID
“Winchester BID is delighted to be supporting Winchester Books Festival. This event appeals to people of all ages and brings people into the city to celebrate the joy of books.”
Our Supporters
Kate Booth | Director | The New Forest Fruit Co. Ltd.
At New Forest Fruit Snacks, everything we do is driven by passion, thoughtful innovation, and a commitment to sustainability – from the fruit we select to the way we create every snack.
Ab Khatum | Retail Operations Manager | Montezuma's
“Good chocolate is about taking a moment and enjoying it properly, which is something we care a lot about at Montezuma’s. Being part of Winchester Books Festival gives us a lovely excuse to share our chocolate with people who enjoy discovering good things and taking time to enjoy them.”
Ben Shaughnessy | Director | The Kitchen@
“After supporting Winchester Books Festival at the brilliant Dame Mary Berry event, we are looking forward to creating a Festival Café during the April Festival and supporting sponsors with tailored hospitality for their guests.”
Elaine Falconer | Director of Sales | Winchester Royal Hotel
“Winchester Royal Hotel is delighted to support the Winchester Books Festival 2026 and looks forward to welcoming authors, audiences, and festival-goers to our hotel during this inspiring celebration of words and ideas.”
Fran Egerton | General Manager | Guildhall Winchester
“We are incredibly excited to be co hosting Winchester Books Festival again this year, after such a successful event in 2025. We are looking forward to what we guarantee will be another incredible event.”
Will Bradshaw | Director of Operations and Staff | Hope Church Winchester
“Winchester Books Festival brings people together around stories, ideas, and honest conversation. At Hope Church Winchester we host events like this regularly, and we’re delighted to support this festival which strengthens community life in our city.”
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