Last updated: 17/11/2024

I am available to give talks to history societies, family history groups, W.I’s, book groups etc in-person or on Zoom. I can give talks on the background and writing of any of my books: –

The Memory Be Green: An Oral History of a Devon Village

Fever: A Story from a Devon Churchyard

The Turning of the Tide

The Postman Poet 

The Song of the Skylark

The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones.

Also the following talks;

My Writing Life

Fevers and Fried Mice: Health and Healthcare in Devon 1850-1900

Reflections: The River Torridge in Poetry and Prose

A Devon Christmas: Festive Readings

Here is a calendar of events for 2024

November 2024

• Sunday 3^rd November. Book signing at Hartland Farmers’ Market

• Tuesday 5^th November. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for the Woolsery Society

• Thursday 7^th and Friday 8^th November. Book signing at Butchers’ Hall, Tavistock

• Sunday 10^th November. Book signing at the Early Bird Market, Winkleigh Recreation and Sports Centre

• Wednesday 13^th November. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Northam Library

• Thursday 14^th November. The Song of the Skylark for Shebbear and Buckland Filleigh History Society

• Saturday 16^th and Sunday 17^th November. Book signing at Affinity Christmas Market, Bideford

• Thursday 21^st November, a.m. Book signing at the Hospice Christmas Fair, Durrant Hotel.

• Thursday 21^st November. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Westward Ho! Ladies’ Group

• Saturday 23^rd November.  Book signing at Appledore Craft Market

• Sunday 24^th November.  Book signing at Northam Hall Christmas Fayre, 11-3

• Thursday 28^th November, 7pm. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for The Plough at St Anne’s, Barnstaple

• Saturday 30^th November. Book signing at Swimbridge Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair

December 2024

• Sunday 1^st December.  Book signing at South Molton Fatstock Show

• Thursday 5^th December. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Taw U3A

• Friday 6^th December. Book signing at Butchers’ Hall, Tavistock for Dickensian Evening, 9am – 9pm.

• Monday 9^th December. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Torrington Historical Society

• Tuesday 10^th December. A Devon Christmas for Barnstaple Museum

• Wednesday 11^th December. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for South Molton U3A

• Saturday 14^th December.  Book signing at the Big Sheep

• Sunday 22^nd December, 5-9 p.m.  Book signing at Hartland Farmers’ Market.

February 2025

• Thursday 6^th February. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Northam Methodist Ladies

• Tuesday 11^th February. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Little Torrington W.I.

May 2025

• Tuesday 13^th May. The Postman Poet for Braunton U3A Local History.

• Friday 23^rd May. My Writing Life for Thorverton and District History Society

July 2025

• Tuesday 1^st July. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Braunton U3A

• Tuesday 17^th July. The Postman Poet for the Friends of Barnstaple Museum

• Saturday 26^th July. Book signing at the Mid Devon Show

November 2025

• Wednesday 12^th November. Fever: A Story from a Devon Churchyard for Morchard Bishop W.I.