Dickens in Carrara
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/
My Guardian article
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
Picton Little Theatre
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
Auckland Writers’ Festival
The Auckland Writers’ Festival was amazing and inspirational. Thank you to Anne and the team for inviting me. What an incredible week!
Princess Louise – summer school
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
Dickens in Auckland
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.
Auckland Writers Festival
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/
The Writer Abroad
Last night I launched my new book The Writer Abroad, an anthology of historic travel writing, from authors as diverse in time and style as Herodotus and Roald Dahl. It’s being published by the British Library on 23 February, this photo has just been tweeted by the library – the start of the book signing … Read more
Sexual Harassment on Planes: BBC 5 Live radio
Last night I was invited onto the Phil Williams Show on radio BBC 5 Live, to talk about my recent experience of being harassed by a male passenger, on a British Airways flight from India (an experience over which BA have really lost my former customer loyalty). Almost no airlines have made an effort to … Read more