Last updated: 12/9/2026
I am available to give talks to history societies, family history groups, W.I’s, book groups etc in-person or on Zoom. For evening talks outside the Bideford area, I prefer the summer months so that I do not have to drive too far in the dark. 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 2026 – 27
September 2026
• Tuesday 1st September. My Writing Life for Braunton U3A
• Saturday 5th September. Book signing at Appledore Craft Market
• Sunday 6th September. Book signing at Hartland Arts and Crafts Market
• Monday 7th September. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Barnstaple Taw U3A
• Tuesday 8th September. Book signing at Widecombe Fair
• Wednesday 9th September. The Memory Be Green for Tawstock W.I.
• Sunday 13th September. Book signing at Woolsery Market
• Thursday 17th September. Dr William Ackland: A Nineteenth Century Bideford Doctor for Bideford and Torridge Heritage Open Days. Book free tickets here
October 2026
• Saturday 10th October. I will be giving the Peter Christie Memorial Lecture at the Devon Family History Society Conference in Bideford: From Exploration to Illumination: Using Local History to tell the Stories of the Past.
• Sunday 11th October. Book signing at Woolsery Market
• Saturday 24th October. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market
• Wednesday 28th October. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for High Bickington Historical Society
November 2026
• Sunday 1st November. Book signing at Hartland Farmers’ Market
• Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th November. Book signing at Affinity Christmas Market
• Monday 9th November. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for the North Devon NHS Retirement Fellowship
• Saturday 14th November. Book signing at Appledore Craft Market
• Friday 20th and Saturday 21st November. Book signing at Butchers’ Hall Makers’ Market, Tavistock
• Wednesday 25th November. A Devon Christmas for Buckland Brewer History Group on Zoom
• Thursday 26th November. A Devon Christmas for Kings Nympton Tuesday Club
• Saturday 28th November. Book signing at Swimbridge Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair.
December 2026
• Friday 4th December. Book signing at Dickensian Evening, Butchers’ Hall, Tavistock, 9am – 9pm.
• Saturday 5th December. Book signing at Hatherleigh Christmas Market
• Sunday 6th December. Book signing at South Molton Fatstock Show
• Sunday 13th December. Book signing at Woolsery Market
• Tuesday 22nd December. Book signing at Hartland Farmers’ Christmas Market
January 2027
• Wednesday 6th January. My Writing Life for Bradworthy WI.
March 2027
• Monday 8th March. The Song of the Skylark for Torrington Historical Society
• Wednesday 24th March. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Bideford Probus
• Friday 26th March. My Writing Life for Ilfracombe Coast U3A
July 2027
• Wednesday 7th July. My Writing Life for Silverton Women’s Group
September 2027
• Thursday 2nd September. The Song of the Skylark for Halwill Junction W.I.
November 2027
• Wednesday 17th November. From Exploration to Illumination: using local history to tell stories of the past for Buckland Brewer History Group