Warwick University has worked on a new Dickens project, here is a video from my interview with them about Dickens as a husband and father (very very bad hair day – this should have been a radio interview!). http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/dickens/victorian/husband-and-father/
I was thrilled to find out about a new stage version of Great Expectations (stage play written by the very talented Jo Clifford). The play begins its UK tour on 12 September at Richmond Theatre in Surrey. It will be travelling around the UK visiting theatres in Woking, Malvern, Brighton, Birmingham, Darlington, Southampton, Aylesbury and … Read more
I had an amazing time at the Hay-on-Wye book festival. What a wonderful insitution it has become. Thanks to everyone who helped make my event such a success, I really do appreciate it.
Thanks very much to Steve Wright for mentioning my Charles Dickens book event at Hay-on-Wye lit fest on his Radio 2 afternoon show. You can listen again here (I get a name check about 12 minutes in): http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01hzkl7/Steve_Wright_in_the_Afternoon_with_Phil_Tufnell_John_Cooper_Clarke_and_Adrian_Evans/
On 15 May, I shall be giving a talk at SAF restaurant, upstairs at Wholefoods on High Street Kensington (London). The evening starts at 6.45pm. I’ll be talking about Charles Dickens and SAF will be serving delicious food. For more information or to buy tickets, email Francesca on: francesca@bboheme I hope to see you there.
I shall be talking about 200 Years of Charles Dickens at Shepherd’s Bush Library, London W12 on Saturday (28th April) at 3pm. A few people have told me they don’t know where the library is. It is on Wood Lane next to Westfield shopping centre (if you go to the old Shepherd’s Bush library you … Read more
A big thank you to everyone who came along to my World Book Night talk at High Wycombe Library on Monday (and to the lovely woman who gave me a WBN free book) and to those of you who came along to Richmond Library last night (and to the very kind man who brought me … Read more
read more p>If you’re a fan of proper bookshops, then one of the shops you should know about is Bookmark in Spalding, Lincolnshire. I gave a talk there last night and was so impressed by how huge, comprehensive and welcoming the shop is. There’s a lovely cafe too, so it’s worth making a special trip … Read more
As you may be aware, the controversial decision has been made to close the Charles Dickens Museum in London for most of the Dickens bicentenary year. I have received many queries about this and I would like to clarify that I took no part at all in this ludicrous decision, nor was I told about … Read more