On 1 October I shall be interviewing the wonderful Armistead Maupin, one of my favourite writers! He is the author of the ‘Tales of the City’ series & more, including his recent memoir ‘Logical Family’. Join us for this very special GoldsterClub Author-to-Author at 6pm (UK time) by clicking this link: https://goldster.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e0eb28383150794495352e617&id=88e28433fa
When Audible asked me to write a podcast about ‘The Real Sherlock’ I decided to create a walking tour of London that would take in some of the most important places in the lives of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the world’s most famous detective. Join me on this virtual walking tour, on 23 August, … Read more
My next online event is on the fabulous Marc & Isambard Brunel, two of my favourite Victorians. Tickets are available on Eventbrite. It’s happening on 17 Aug (6.30pm UK time), and is joinable from all over the world. Please spread the word. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/166635231463/
On Saturday 20 March, I’ll be chatting online to award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman. It’s happening at 7pm UK time / 2pm Toronto time. We’ll be talking about writing, songs & hopes for a post-pandemic (fingers crossed…) world. Tickets are available on Eventbrite. Please spread the word! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hawksley-workman-in-conversation-with-lucinda-hawksley-tickets-145509098631 Photo credit: Blake Sittler, CC BY-SA 3.0, … Read more
In 1990, Claire Tomalin published The Invisible Woman, a biography of the actress Ellen Ternan, best known today for her secret relationship with Charles Dickens, which spanned the last thirteen years of his life. In her book, Tomalin suggested a new theory about the death of Dickens: that when he died in 1870, he may have … Read more
On 24 March, I’ll be doing a virtual ‘walking tour’ about William Morris in West London, starting at 6pm UK time, joinable from anywhere. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/william-morris-in-west-london-virtual-walk-tickets-145287289193
In 1842, Charles and Catherine Dickens set sail from Liverpool for a 6-month tour of the USA and Canada. In this online event, I’ll be talking about their journey and how it inspired Dickens’s writing. This is the first in a series of talks I’ll be giving over the next year, inspired by the book … Read more
On 26 Feb, I’ll be talking to YA author Kate Darbishire about her novel ‘Speechless’. We’ll be talking about #writing, representations of disability in popular culture, especially Cerebral Palsy, & what it’s like to self publish. Join us for this Online Event via Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whats-it-really-like-to-self-publish-lucinda-hawksley-kate-darbishire-tickets-141836206913
Liven up your lockdown with the ‘Love Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites‘ – my new online event happening at 5.30pm (UK time) on 13 February, joinable from anywhere in the world. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-lives-of-the-pre-raphaelites-tickets-139878228547 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons