Book Week 24 Full Programme available now
Download the full programme here or you can also pick up a printed copy from Kings Place, London, or sign up to the mailing list and we will post you a copy.
Book Week 24
Book Week 24 took place in-person & online from 2-10 March
London’s longest-running literary festival returned for 90 conversations, performances, workshops, debates and talks from 2-10 March 2024. Attendance for our 73rd annual festival rose by 15% year-on-year at Kings Place, London, with thousands more joining online.
Events
Jewish Dimensions of the War in Ukraine
Sun 3 Mar 2024 | 12:30pm
Kings Place, London
Special free event on Ukraine and its Jewish community
Meet the (Historical) Press
Sun 10 Mar 2024 | 4:00pm
Kings Place, London
National Library of Israel expert Eyal Miller presents the National Library of Israel's Historical Jewish Press project and website
The Jewish Newspaper Phenomenon Reconsidered
Sun 10 Mar 2024 | 2:00pm
Kings Place, London
National Library of Israel expert Eyal Miller offers an introduction to the rich and vivid history of Jewish newspapers and periodicals over the past 250 years.
Livestream - Being Jewish in Modern Britain
Sat 2 Mar 2024 | 7:30pm
Kings Place, London
Emma Barnett, Sally Berkovic, Howard Jacobson and Hugo Rifkind on being Jewish in Britain today.
Online Events Digipass
Mon 4 Mar 2024 | 10:30am
Online
From Lauren Bacall, Maimonides, Schoenberg and Amos Oz to Kabbalah, literacy, mental health and the Talmud, save on full access to our online-only line-up with our great value Digipass.
Fervour
Sun 10 Mar 2024 | 6:30pm
Kings Place, London
A fearless look into the dark heart of family politics from novelist Toby Lloyd.
The year always begins for me with Jewish Book Week – here are old friends, faithful readers, new writers, a great melting pot of ideas, talk, collaboration and hope.
Howard Jacobson
Book Week for me, has taken the form of a laboratory, a testing ground and a celebration space. The programme is equal parts impressive and fascinating.
Adam Kammerling
Book Week is one of my favourite festivals across the world. With a remarkable line-up of speakers and sessions, it nourishes souls, challenges minds and quietly, heals hearts.
Elif Shafak
There can’t be an audience more clued-in, attentive or enthusiastic than the one that gathers every year for Book Week. And no wonder: the programme is always bursting with unmissable events.
Nicholas Hytner
Unique in its nature: excellent talkers; rational debaters and, above all, true listeners.
Irving Finkel
Book Week has become London’s non-party parliament, distinguished from the other one by people listening as well as talking. It’s the best.
David Hare
I love Book Week because, whether on stage or in the audience, it makes me feel smart and challenged at the same time.
Tracy Chevalier
The year always begins for me with Jewish Book Week – here are old friends, faithful readers, new writers, a great melting pot of ideas, talk, collaboration and hope.
Howard Jacobson
Book Week for me, has taken the form of a laboratory, a testing ground and a celebration space. The programme is equal parts impressive and fascinating.
Adam Kammerling
Book Week is one of my favourite festivals across the world. With a remarkable line-up of speakers and sessions, it nourishes souls, challenges minds and quietly, heals hearts.
Elif Shafak
There can’t be an audience more clued-in, attentive or enthusiastic than the one that gathers every year for Book Week. And no wonder: the programme is always bursting with unmissable events.
Nicholas Hytner
Unique in its nature: excellent talkers; rational debaters and, above all, true listeners.
Irving Finkel
Book Week has become London’s non-party parliament, distinguished from the other one by people listening as well as talking. It’s the best.
David Hare
I love Book Week because, whether on stage or in the audience, it makes me feel smart and challenged at the same time.
Tracy Chevalier
Jewish Literary Foundation
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