EVENTS & TALKS
 

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​​TALKS AND EVENTS FOR 2025

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​Saturday 24 May from 10 to 4
THE LAMBTON ARMS, CHESTER-LE-STREET

Book launch of Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls
Free Dainty Dinah cakes for first 50 books sold
The book launch forms part of a three day exhibition on Dainty Dinah and Horner's toffee factory by Chester-le-Street Heritage Group, from Thurs 22 to Sat 24 May

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Friday 30 May from 11 to 1
BOYES STORE, FRONT STREET, CHESTER-LE-STREET

Book signing, Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls

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Saturday 31 May from 12 to 2
WATERSTONES SUNDERLAND

Book signing, Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls​

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Thursday June 5 from 11-12
FEATHERBED BOOKS, HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING

Book signing, meet the author of Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls
Venue website

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Friday June 6 at 2pm
FRU FRU & FRIENDS GIFT SHOP AND CAFE

Author talk, book signing, meet the author 
Venue: Fru Fru and Friends, 92 Ryhope Road, Sunderland SR2
Venue website

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Thursday June 12 at 1pm 
FULWELL U3A HISTORY GROUP

A talk on my new book Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls

Venue: Fulwell Community Library
Venue website

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Saturday 21 June from 10-12

CRAFTY GIFT SHOP, CHESTER-LE-STREET

Book signing of Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls

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Friday June 27 at time tbc 
WITHERNSEA LIBRARY

A talk on my Scarborough cosy crimes for National Crime Reading Month

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Tuesday July 1 at 2pm
BEEFORTH'S HIVE, SOUTH CLIFF GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH

A talk on my Scarborough cosy crimes in conversation with Scarborough poet Charlotte Oliver
FREE but tickets must be booked here

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Saturday 26 July from 2-3

SUNDERLAND CITY LIBRARY as part of CULTURE HOUSE SUNDERLAND
A talk on my writing life and my new book Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls
I'll be in conversation with Sunderland historian Stuart Miller
Featherbed Books will be at the event to sell books which I'll happily sign

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Saturday August 2 at 11am
WALLSEND LIBRARY

A talk on my new book Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls

Venue: Wallsend Library
Venue website

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Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 2pm
PRIVATE EVENT, Ouston, Chester-le-Street

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Saturday 13 September 2025 from 1-4
WRITE FESTIVAL @ THE WORD
Business & IP Centre North East
I will be on a panel giving advice to NE Writers
Venue: The Word (National Centre for the Written Word), South Shields
Venue website

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Sunday 21 September 2025 at 1pm
WRITE FESTIVAL @ THE WORD
A talk on my new ballroom dancing cosy crime Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel
Venue: The Word (National Centre for the Written Word), South Shields
Venue website

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Thursday 9 October 2025 at 11am
SEAHAM HARBOUR U3A

A talk on my writing life
Venue: Masonic Hall, North Road, Seaham

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Monday 10 November 2025 
PRIVATE EVENT, Scalby, Scarborough

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