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 25 November 2025 at 2pm
BIRTLEY LIBRARY
A talk on Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls
Please book your place here

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Saturday 29 November 2025 at 10am
17nineteen Christmas Fayre

East End, Sunderland

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Friday 5 December from 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Oscar’s Bar Function Room, 75-76 Westborough, Scarborough YO11 1TP
BOOK LAUNCH
DEADLY DANCING AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL

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 from YMCA Theatre box office in person or online here
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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Saturday 6 December from 12 - 1pm
Mrs Lofthouse's Book Emporium, Scarborough
DEADLY DANCING AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL

Book signing of my Scarborough cosy crimes

 

Thursday 11 December from 5pm-6pm
Waterstones, Sunderland

Book signing of my new cosy crime Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel
 

Friday 12 December
Two book signings in Chester-le-Street, County Durham

Crafty Gift Shop, Saint Cuthbert's Walk shopping centre, from 11-12
Boyes Store, Front Street, from 1-2

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Saturday 13 December from 2pm - 3pm
Electric Beacon Books, South Shields

Book signing of my new cosy crime Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel

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Thursday 18 December from 12noon - 2pm

Fru Fru & Friends, Grangetown, Sunderland

I'll be signing books in this gorgeous shop and Mylo's Cafe
Venue website

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Sunday 8 February 2026
Cheshire Crime Writers Festival

Join me for a talk on cosy crimes with author Fiona Veitch Smith
Festival website and tickets 

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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Saturday 30 May 2026

Sunderland History Fair

Bethany Church, Sunderland

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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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