Upcoming Events
2019
December 12
Whitchurch Primary
(Speaking of Books arranged)
December 14
Old Vic performance. 11 am. Bah! Humbug!
This is a public event. All welcome. Please come
2020
January 2
I’ll be on the Jeremy Vine Show, Radio 2
talking about new book The Missing
(around 13.00 approx)
January 16
Talk for NHS at Olympic Park
(Speaking of Books arranged)
January 25
Excel Education Show
Short talk and signing
Please come to the stand of Roving Books for a chat and a signing
January 26
Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration
Guildhall, Cambridge
All welcome
(History Works arranged)
January 30
Wolverhampton
Event with Sixth Formers based on BBC Radio 4‘s programme ‘Word of Mouth’
(Speaking of Books arranged)
February 2
Jewish Book Week event
Nicolette Jones chairs talk about The Missing my book about my relatives during WW2
February 9
Workshopping play about Emile Zola based on my book The Disappearance of Emile Zola
February 11
In Rochdale
(Speaking of Books arranged)
February 12
Symposium on Queer Theory and children’s literature
Goldsmiths, University of London
February 14
Horsham
(Speaking of Books arranged)
February 19
Wiener Holocaust Library
Event around my book The Missing
All welcome but it’s a ticketed event. You must book first
February 21
Albert Hall – one of the performance rooms
Family show
All welcome, please book first
(Speaking of Books arranged)
February 22
Faversham, family event talking about my Book of Play
All welcome
(Speaking of Books arranged)
February 23
Southbank Festival
Family event
All welcome
February 26
School in Great Malvern
(Speaking of Books arranged)
March 1
Jewish Book Week
Panel to discuss book by Daniel Sonarbend about the 43 Group a group who resisted Oswald Mosley immediately after WW2
March 3
Glasgow event
(Speaking of Books arranged)
March 4
Wiener Holocaust Library
Launch of the Wiener Holocaust Library’s website.
See the library website for details.
March 12
Wiltshire Headteachers event.
(Speaking of Books arranged)
March 17
Philip Pullman
Philip comes to Goldsmiths, University of London and talks about his work
Public event, must book. See Eventbrite
March 19
Ravenscote
(Speaking of Books arranged)
March 25
Stratford-upon-Avon
Schools events
Twilight event for adults
March 27
Dublin family event
(Speaking of Books arranged)
March 31
Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, London
Conference
April 2
British School, Warsaw, Poland
(Speaking of Books arranged)
April 23
Audley Primary School
Birmingham
(Speaking of Books arranged)
May 1
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt puppet show starts a run at the Little Angel Puppet Theatre in Islington, London
Ideal for very young children
Great show, music by Barb Jungr
May 6
Brindishe Primary School
(Speaking of Books arranged)
May 9
Questors Theatre, Ealing, London
Two performances
Public events. All welcome, please come
May 14
Bristol
Bereavement conference
(Speaking of Books arranged)
May 16
Diss, Norfolk
Family event
(Speaking of Books arranged)
May 21
Hay Festival
Primary schools event
May 22
Hay Festival
Evening event on The Missing
May 23
Hay Festival
Family event
May 29
Listowell Book Festival
Ireland
Family event
June 4
Pinner
West Lodge School
My old primary school
June 5
Goldsmiths, University of London
Digital Storytelling Festival
June 6
City of London
Family event
(Speaking of books arranged)
June 12
Newcastle school
(Speaking of books arranged)
June 13
Bournville Book Festival.
(Speaking of Books arranged)
June 17
Portsmouth Festivities
June 18
Norwich
(Speaking of books arranged)
June 24
Plymouth Oracy conference
(Speaking of Books arranged)
June 25 or June 26
Manchester Children’s History Society
Reading and Rebellion discussion with Kim Reynolds and Jane Rosen
July 3
Oswestry
(Speaking of Books arranged)
July 5
UKLA annual conference
Harold Rosen lecture
July 6
University of Chichester
(Speaking of Books arranged)
July 16
Grange Primary School
Ealing
(Speaking of Books arranged)
September 10
Edward Bryant school
Bognor Regis
(Speaking of Books arranged)
September 15
Cathedral School, Southwark
(Speaking of Books arranged)
September 17
Scarborough
(Speaking of Books arranged)
September 22
Reading conference
(Speaking of Books arranged)
September 22
Elsley Primary School
Wembley
(Speaking of Books arranged)
October 1
School in Bournemouth
(Speaking of Books arranged)
October 8
Malmesbury School, Bow, London
(Speaking of Books arranged)
October 15
Waulud Primary School, Luton
(Speaking of Books arranged)
October 22
Teachers’ conference
Manchester
(Speaking of Books arranged)
November 5
Hobbayne Primary School, Hanwell
(Speaking of Books arranged)
November 12
Harold Wood Primary School, Romford
(Speaking of Books arranged)
November 19
Haberdasher Aske’s Hatcham Temple Grove Primary School, New Cross, London
(Speaking of Books arranged)
November 26
Sketchley Primary School, Nuneaton
(Speaking of Books arranged)
November 30
Woolton Hill School, Newbury
(Speaking of Books arranged)
December 3
Francis Baily Primary School, Thatcham
(Speaking of Books arranged)
December 10
Amherst Primary School, Sevenoaks
(Speaking of Books arranged)
December 14
Gorringe Park Primary School, Mitcham
(Speaking of Books arranged)
For school, library, festival, conference and college bookings where you have no arrangements as yet for selling books, contact Ellie or Jan at: jan@speakingofbooks.co.uk
