Last updated: 4/7/2025

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

 

July 2025

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

• Saturday 5^th July. Book signing at Littleham Fete

• Sunday 6^th July. Book signing at Hartland Farmers’ Market

• Sunday 13^th July. Book signing at Woolsery Food and Craft Market

• Tuesday 15^th July. The Postman Poet for the Friends of Barnstaple Museum

• Saturday 19^th July. Book signing at Appledore Craft Fair

• Sunday 20^th July. Book signing at Clovelly Maritime Festival

• Tuesday 22^nd July. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market

• Wednesday 23^rd July. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Filleigh History Group

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

• Tuesday 29^th July. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market

• Thursday 31^st July. Book signing at Launceston Show.

August 2025

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

• Tuesday 5^th August. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market

• Wednesday 6^th August. Book signing at North Devon Show.

• Saturday 9^th August. Book signing at Appledore Craft Fair

• Sunday 10^th August. Book signing at Woolsery Food and Craft Market

• Tuesday 12^th August. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market

• Thursday 14^th August. Book signing at Okehampton Show.

• Saturday 16^th August. Book signing at Ashwater Show

• Thursday 21^st August. Book signing at Chagford Show.

• Tuesday 19^th August. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market

• Monday 25^th August. Book signing at Lustleigh Show

• Tuesday 26^th August. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market

• Thursday 28^th August. Book signing at Holsworthy Show.

• Saturday 30^th August. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market

• Sunday 31^st August. Book signing at Clovelly Crab and Lobster Festival

September 2025

• Wednesday 3^rd September. A talk for Buckland Brewer W.I.

• Saturday 6^th September. Book signing at Hatherleigh End of Summer Market

• Sunday 7^th September. Book signing at Hartland Farmers’ Market

• Monday 8^th September. The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones for Roborough Women’s Group

• Saturday 13^th September. Book signing at Tedburn St Mary Fair

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

• Wednesday 17^th September. Sickness and Superstition in Devon for Appledore Book Festival.

• Saturday 27^th September. Book signing at Appledore Craft Fair

October 2025

• Saturday 25^th October. Book signing at Appledore Craft Fair

• Tuesday 28^th October. Book signing at Westward Ho! Artisan Market

• Thursday 28^th October. Book signing at Bampton Fair

November 2025

• 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

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.

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.

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.

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.