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I was invited onto BBC Berkshire on New Year’s Day, to talk about my new book “Bitten By Witch Fever” (Thames & Hudson), my interview starts at 1 hour 13 minutes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04ldm2t#play

My article on Dickens festivals around the world was published by BBC Culture. This December, I shall be back on Galveston Island, Texas, for the 8th year in a row, to attend the Dickens on the Strand festival. Come and say hello if you’ll be there too. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20141216-why-the-world-loves-dickens?  

Tickets are now on sale for my talk on Charles Dickens and his Circle at the Isle of Wight literary festival next month. I’ll be speaking at 4.45pm on Saturday 15 October. http://isleofwightliteraryfestival.com/speaker/lucinda-hawksley/

As my next book will be coming out just before Hallowe’en, it seems suitable that it has the title of Bitten By Witch Fever. It’s about arsenic in the Victorian home, focusing especially on wallpaper. There are many gorgeous wallpapers reproduced in the book, all of which are from the National Archives at Kew – … Read more

One of the most random moments in my life so far was being in a bar in Sri Lanka when my phone went crazy with producers from the BBC trying to contact me. They wanted to tell me the groundbreaking news that Nigel Farage had grown a moustache and to interview me in my capacity … Read more

I’m very excited to be taking part in the Ways With Words literature festival at Dartington Hall, in Devon. I’ll be speaking about my new book Charles Dickens and his Circle at 1.30pm on Weds 13 July 2016. You can book tickets here via their website: http://www.wayswithwords.co.uk/festivals/ways-with-words-festival-of-words-and-ideas-at-dartington-hall-24/events/dickens–co-1793

I’m really looking forward to returning to the Hexham Book Festival. I’ll be speaking about my latest book, Charles Dickens and his Circle on the evening of Tues 3 May. More details here: http://hexhambookfestival.co.uk/programme/lucinda-hawksley-charles-dickens-and-his-circle/

If you’re in Philadelphia this Saturday (30 April), apply now for free tickets to my author talk on Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter at the Free Library (which is also renowned as the home of Grip, Charles Dickens’s pet raven, who the author had stuffed after his sad demise). https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/57176 Books will be being sold afterwards … Read more

Thank you to everyone at the Hudson Library and Historical Centre for a great evening on Tuesday – and thanks as well to the Learned Owl bookshop, for supporting the event and selling books.