GLENDA YOUNG, AUTHOR
EVENTS & TALKS
If you'd like me to speak at your writing / literature festival or to your group, please click here to contact me.
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​​TALKS AND EVENTS FOR 2026
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​Friday 27 February 2026 from 11am to 1pm
BOOK LAUNCH IN HARDBACK OF MY NEW TOFFEE GIRLS SAGA
CELEBRATIONS AT THE TOFFEE FACTORY
Crafty Gift Shop, Saint Cuthbert's Walk Shopping Centre
Chester-le-Street
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Saturday 14 March 2026 from 11-1
Fru Fru & Friends, Grangetown, Sunderland
Book signing, the day before Mother's Day
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Sunday 22 March 2026 at 2pm
Meet the Author & Afternoon Tea
Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street
See Talks & Teas page on Venue website
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Saturday 25 April 2026 at 1pm
World Book Night and Murder Mystery Event
South Bank Library, Normanton Road, Middlesbrough
Monday 18 May 2026 at 1.30pm
A talk on my writing life and researching historical Sunderland
Donnison School Heritage Centre, Sunderland
Venue website
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Thursday 28 May 2026 from 12 - 2pm
BOOK LAUNCH IN PAPERBACK OF THE FINAL TOFFEE GIRLS SAGA
CELEBRATIONS AT THE TOFFEE FACTORY
Featherbed Books, Houghton-le-Spring
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Friday 29 May 2026 from 11am to 1pm
BOOK LAUNCH IN PAPERBACK OF THE FINAL TOFFEE GIRLS SAGA
CELEBRATIONS AT THE TOFFEE FACTORY
Crafty Gift Shop, Saint Cuthbert's Walk Shopping Centre
Chester-le-Street
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Saturday 30 May 2026
Sunderland History Fair
Bethany Church, Sunderland
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Saturday 6 June 2026 from 10-4
BOOK LAUNCH: Celebrations at the Toffee Factory and an exhibition
Horner's Toffee Factory & Dainty Dinah toffee
From Chester-le-Street Heritage Group
Venue: The Lambton Arms, Front Street, Chester-le-Street
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Tuesday 9 June 2026 at 1.30pm
Ryhope Heritage Society
A talk on The Toffee Factory Girls
After the main talk by Dorothy Hall of Chester-le-Street Heritage Group
"Dainty Dinah and Horner's Toffee Factory"
Venue: Ryhope Community Centre, Ryhope, Sunderland
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Tuesday 1 September at 2pm
Write Festival, South Shields
Venue: tbc
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Wednesday 4 November 2026
Private Group, Scarborough
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Tuesday 10 November 2026
Private Group, Scarborough
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