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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​​Thursday 20 February at 1pm

DURHAM LIBRARIES AUTHOR FESTIVAL
A talk on Historical Sagas, Cosy Crimes... and Coronation Street!
Venue: Willington Library, Crook, County Durham

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Monday 24 February
PRIVATE EVENT, Northallerton

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Thursday 27 February from 11am to 1pm
Book signing - Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls (hardback version)
Venue: Crafty Gift Shop, Saint Cuthbert's Walk, Chester-le-Street

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Monday 10 March 2025 
PRIVATE EVENT, York

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Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 1.30pm
RYHOPE HERITAGE SOCIETY

A talk on my new book The Toffee Factory Girls
Venue: Ryhope Community Centre

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Wednesday 12 March 
PRIVATE EVENT, Gateshead

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Monday 19 May 2025 
PRIVATE EVENT, Chester-le-Street

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Tuesday June 3 at 2pm 
BIRTLEY LIBRARY

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

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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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Tuesday 2 September 2025
PRIVATE EVENT, Ouston

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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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