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Wanstead Book Festival
Here is the lineup for the fifth Wanstead Book Festival, part of the 2025 Wanstead Fringe running from 6-27 September. The Wanstead Book Festival is brought to you by Wanstead Bookshop and Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure.
Daisy Goodwin, author of Maria Callas biography DivaPaul Sinha with host Giles WilsonLizzie DeardenActor and storyteller Patrick MarloweIain Sinclair (right) with John Rogers
Previous years
Helen Armstrong, author of East London’s Lost PalaceTim Burrows, author of The Invention of EssexOtto English, author of Fake historySohom Das, author of In Two MindsHelen Day, historian of Ladybird booksJonathan Coe, author of BournevilleJustin Webb, author of The Gift of a RadioPaterson Joseph, author of the Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius SanchoIan Dunt, author of How Westminster Works and Why It Doesn’tPatrick Marlowe with an evening of ghost storiesTed Kessler, author of Paper Cuts