On 24 September I’m doing an event in Broadstairs, Kent, with my friend and fellow author Hallie Rubenhold. Twitter has been making me laugh today, as it has been pointed out that the lack of a comma in this flyer has turned Hallie into my great great great grandmother…
This October, I’ll be speaking about Bitten by Witch Fever at the Warwick Literary Festival. Come along and found out how Victorians were being poisoned by their own homes.
This July, I’ll be one of the speakers at the International Dickens Fellowship Conference in Carrara, Italy. I’ll be talking about Dickens and the Pre-Raphaelites. http://www.dickenscarrara.it/en/programme/
In case you missed it the first time, here is my article on Charles Dickens and the Women Who Made Him: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/06/charles-dickens-and-the-women-who-made-him
Thank you to the Picton Little Theatre for inviting me to speak about Dickens in their beautiful Marlborough Sounds town, on the South Island of New Zealand. The theatre might be ‘little’ but the audience was huge! It was standing room only and a superb atmosphere (helped by the mulled wine, after all, it is … Read more
The Auckland Writers’ Festival was amazing and inspirational. Thank you to Anne and the team for inviting me. What an incredible week!
On 3 August, I’ll be leading a workshop on “Princess Louise and Other Remarkable Women” at the Gerrards Cross Summer School in Buckinghamshire. http://www.gerrardscrosssummerschool.co.uk/ssprogramme/index.html#D58
I’ll be talking about Charles Dickens and his Circle at the Auckland Writers’ Festival on 19 May: http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/event/on-charles-lucinda-hawksley/331132/ Tickets are on sale now.
I am so pleased to have been invited to speak about “Charles Dickens and his Circle” at the Auckland Writer’s Festival in New Zealand. My event will take place at 5.30pm on Friday 19 May; tickets are on sale now. http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/event/on-charles-lucinda-hawksley/331132/