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 2025

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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
Book your place here

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Wednesday 17 September 2025 from 2-3
WRITE FESTIVAL @ THE WORD
A talk on my writing life and new cosy crime Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel
Venue: The Word (National Centre for the Written Word), South Shields
Book your place here

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Friday 19 September 2025 from 1-3
Creativity Collaboration Panel 
North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC)
Venue: Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Book your place here

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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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Saturday 25 October 2025 at 1pm
LIGHTBOX LIBRARY, BARNSLEY

A talk on my writing life
Venue website

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Monday 10 November 2025 
PRIVATE EVENT, Scalby, Scarborough

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Tuesday 25 November 2025 at 2pm
BIRTLEY LIBRARY
A talk on Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls

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Friday 5 December from 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Oscar’s Bar Function Room, Bellevue Parade, Scarborough
DEADLY DANCING AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL

BOOK LAUNCH IN SCARBOROUGH 
In partnership with Books by the Beach festival
I will be in conversation with Heather French about my latest book
Includes a short interval for refreshments plus book signing at end
Tickets will be on sale towards end of September from YMCA Theatre box office.
Cake and cocktail included!
Please specify any special dietary requirements when buying tickets

Please note, there is no wheelchair access at venue,
but sturdy handrails are on stairway leading to function room
 

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