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Afternoon Tea with Dickens

On 8 June 2018, you can join me for Tea with Dickens, at Devizes Town Hall, as part of the Devizes Arts Festival. Tickets are on sale now: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/HJIEKH

My new book on Katey Dickens Perugini

I have fully updated my 2006 biography of Kate Perugini (née Dickens). Katey, as I came to know her, was a superb artist and a central figure in the late 19th-century art world; she was also my great great great aunt. This updated version was made possible by the many kind people who contacted me … Read more

Writing Biography workshop in Auckland

My other event at the Auckland Writers’ Festival in May is a workshop on “Writing Biography”. Tickets have just gone on sale: http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/event/lucinda-hawksley-biography-writing/597989/

Moustaches, Whiskers & Beards in Auckland

Moustaches, Whiskers and Beards by Lucinda Hawksley (book jacket)

I am very happy to have been invited to take part in the Auckland Writers’ Festival in May. One of my events is a talk on my NPG book Moustaches, Whiskers & Beards, tickets go on sale today: http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/event/moustaches-whiskers-and-beards/597829/

Princess Louise in Mayfair

If you’re a member of the University Women’s Club in London, come along to my talk about Princess Louise on 22 November. If you’re not a member, call the number on the poster and if numbers permit you can also get a ticket.

HLSI on Hallowe’en

On 31 October, I’ll be talking about Bitten By Witch Fever for the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution. http://www.hlsi.net/event/bitten-by-witch-fever-wallpaper-and-arsenic-in-the-victorian-home/  

Download my Dickens’s London walking tour

Planning a trip to London? You can download my walking tour and walk in the footsteps of Charles Dickens: https://voicemap.me/tour/london/charles-dickens-from-furnival-s-inn-to-doughty-street

Dickens & Christmas walking tour

On 21 December, I’ll be leading my newest walking tour, Dickens and Christmas, in London. Tickets have just gone on sale, so please spread the word: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dickens-christmas-walking-tour-tickets-38176856004?ref=estw  

Gibraltar Lit Fest

On 18 November, I’ll be talking about Charles Dickens and his Circle at the Gibraltar Lit Fest: http://www.gibraltarliteraryfestival.com/speakers/2017/lucinda-hawksley-62