Last updated: 4/11/2025

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 2025 – 26

November 2025

• Saturday 1^st November. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market

• Sunday 2^nd November. Book signing at Hartland Farmers’ Market

• Thursday 6^th November. The Postman Poet for Bideford Macular Society

• Saturday 8^th and Sunday 9^th November. Book signing at Affinity Christmas Market

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

• Saturday 15^th November. Book signing at Torrington Christmas Fayre

• Sunday 16^th November. Book signing at Winkleigh Early Bird Craft Market

• Thursday 20^th November. Book signing at the North Devon Hospice Christmas Fair, Durrant Hotel.

• Sunday 23^rd November. Book signing at Parkham Christmas Market

• Thursday 27^th November. The Song of the Skylark for Parkham History Group

• Saturday 29^th November. Book signing at Swimbridge Christmas Fair

December 2025

• Saturday 6^th December. Book signing at Hatherleigh Christmas Market

• Monday 8^th December. A Devon Christmas for Bishop’s Nympton History Group.

• Saturday 13^th December. Book signing at The Big Sheep Christmas Market

• Sunday 14^th December. Book signing at Woolsery Food and Craft Market

• Saturday 20^th December. Book signing at The Big Sheep Christmas Market

January 2026

• Friday 16^th January. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for The Devonshire Association. 

February 2026

• Wednesday 4^th February. My Writing Life for Clawton Wednesday Group.

• Saturday 28^th February. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Holsworthy Library.

March 2026

• Tuesday 3^rd March. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Harracott W.I.

• Tuesday 10^th March. The Memory Be Green for Braunton U3A Local History Group.

June 2026

• Monday 22^nd June. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Bow and District Historical Society

September 2026

• Tuesday 1^st September. My Writing Life for Braunton U3A

October 2026

• Saturday 10^th 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.

November 2026

• Wednesday 25^th November. A Devon Christmas for Buckland Brewer History Group on Zoom.