Last updated: 20/4/2026
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
April 2026
• Sunday 5th April. Book signing at Hartland Farmers’ Market
• Wednesday 8th April. My Writing Life for Bovey Tracey Over 60’s.
• Saturday 11th April. Book signing at Appledore Craft Market
• Sunday 12th April. Book signing at Woolsery Market
• Saturday 25th April. Book signing at Hatherleigh Community Market Spring Fair
May 2026
• Saturday 2nd May. Book signing at Northam Mayfair
• Sunday 3rd May. Book signing at Hartland Farmers’ Market
• Sunday 10th May. Book signing at Woolsery Market
• Thursday 14th May. Fevers and Fried Mice for Shebbear and Buckland Filleigh Historical Society
• Saturday 16th May. Book signing at Bradworthy Market
• Friday 22nd May. My Writing Life for Combe Martin Museum
• Saturday 23rd May. Book signing at Appledore Craft Market
• Sunday 24th May. Book signing at Clovelly Seaweed Festival
• Tuesday 26th May. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market
June 2026
• Thursday 4th June. The Postman Poet Show with Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll for the Edward Capern Festival, Heanton Punchardon. Details here
• Saturday 20th June. Book signing at Instow Makers and Bakers Summer Fayre
• Monday 22nd June. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Bow and District Historical Society
July 2026
• Sunday 12th July. Book signing at Woolsery Market
• Saturday 18th July. Book signing at Bradworthy Market
• Saturday 25th July. Book signing at the Mid Devon Show
• Tuesday 28th July. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market
• Thursday 30th July. Book signing at Launceston Show
August 2026
• Saturday 1st August. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market
• Sunday 2nd August. Book signing at Hartland Farmers’ Market
• Tuesday 4th August. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market
• Wednesday 5th August. Book signing at the North Devon Show
• Sunday 9th August. Book signing at Woolsery Market
• Tuesday 11th August. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market
• Thursday 13th August. Book signing at Okehampton Show
• Saturday 15th August. Book signing at Ashwater Show
• Tuesday 18th August. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market
• Thursday 20th August. Book signing at Chagford Show
• Saturday 22nd August. Book signing at Appledore Craft Market
• Tuesday 25th August. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market
• Thursday 27th August. Book signing at Holsworthy Show
September 2026
• Tuesday 1st September. My Writing Life for Braunton U3A
• Saturday 5th September. Book signing at Appledore Craft Market
• Monday 7th September. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Barnstaple Taw U3A
• Tuesday 8th September. Book signing at Widecombe Fair
• Saturday 12th September. Book signing at Tedburn St Mary Fair
• Sunday 13th September. Book signing at Woolsery Market
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. A talk for High Bickington Historical Society
November 2026
• 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
December 2026
• Friday 4th December. Book signing at Dickensian Evening, Butchers’ Hall, Tavistock, 9am – 9pm.
• Sunday 13th December. Book signing at Woolsery Market
January 2027
• Wednesday 6th January. My Writing Life for Bradworthy WI.