GLENDA YOUNG, AUTHOR
EVENTS & TALKS
All talks are open to the public unless otherwise stated. Please come and say hello! If you'd like me to come and speak to your group, please contact me.
Monday 16 May 2022 at 1pm
SILKSWORTH HERITAGE SOCIETY
A talk on Writing Historical Fiction set in Old Ryhope
Venue: Silksworth Community Centre
Tuesday 17 May 2022
FULWELL WI (not a public event)
Saturday 21 May 2022 - all day
SUNDERLAND HISTORY FAIR
I'm honoured to be invited to officially open the fair, give a talk and I'll have a stall selling my novels set in Sunderland. Follow on Facebook for updates.
Wednesday 1 June 2022 at 7pm
CHESTER-LE-STREET HERITAGE SOCIETY
A talk on Writing Historical Fiction set in Old Ryhope
Venue: The Lambton Arms, Chester-le-Street
Saturday 11 June (and Saturday 25 June) 2022 from 2pm to 3.30pm
SUPERCHARGE YOUR WRITING: WRITING FOR MAGAZINES
Venue: The Word, South Shields
Booking essential.
Tuesday 14 June 2022 at 1.30pm
RYHOPE HERITAGE SOCIETY
A talk on Writing Historical Fiction set in Old Ryhope.
Venue: Ryhope Community Centre, Black Road, Ryhope, Sunderland.
View PDF poster
Monday 20 June 2022 at 7pm
WHITBURN COMMUNITY LIBRARY
A talk on writing Sunderland Sagas and Scarborough Cosy Crimes.
Website
Saturday 6 August 2022 from 11am to 1pm
Book launch for my cosy crime novel set in Scarborough
Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel.
Meet and greet, pop-in to say hello, have your book signed
Waterstones Scarborough will be there selling books
Tombola - win a book! Live music!
Refreshments provided by EatMe Cafe!
Venue: Beeforth's Hive, Italian Gardens, South Cliff Gardens, Scarborough.
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Saturday 13 August 2022 from 12 noon to 2pm
WATERSTONES SUNDERLAND
Book signing for my Scarborough-set murder mystery, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel
Saturday 10 September 2022 at 11am
HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 2022
Belle of the Back Streets, a walk around Ryhope showing locations in my books.
Full details coming soon.
Wednesday 28 September 2022 at 2pm
WRITE FESTIVAL 2022
A talk on writing Sunderland Sagas and Scarborough Cosy Crimes
Venue: Jarrow Library
Full details coming soon
Thursday 13 October 2022 at 6.30pm
WEARSIDE FIELD CLUB
A talk on Writing Historical Fiction set in Old Ryhope.
Venue: Fulwell Community Centre, Sunderland.
The full programme of talks is here.
Thursday 3 November 2022 at 6pm
AN AUDIENCE WITH GLENDA YOUNG
Join me in an informal chat about my new book set in the northeast in 1923 – A Mother’s Christmas Wish.
Venue: The Word, South Shields
Book tickets here.
Tuesday 8 November 2022 at 1.30pm
BOOK LAUNCH - A Mother's Christmas Wish
Book launch for my Christmas saga set in 1923, A Mother's Christmas Wish.
Venue: Ryhope Community Centre, Sunderland.
Will include a short film by Brian Ibinson of Ryhope Heritage Society about Ryhope's mining past.
Saturday 12 November 2022 at 2pm
FRIENDS OF SUNDERLAND MUSEUM
A talk on Writing Historical Fiction set in Old Ryhope.
Venue: Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Follow on Facebook for updates
Saturday 26 November 2022 - from 12 noon to 2pm
WATERSTONES SUNDERLAND
Book signing for my Christmas saga set in Sunderland in 1923, A Mother's Christmas Wish.