Upcoming Events
2019
January 15
British Library evening event for the public to celebrate Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. All welcome, please book.
January 16
Cambridge: HistoryWorks workshops
January 17
Wandsworth teachers’ workshop
January 18
Teachers’ CPD at the Barbican, London
January 23
Cambridge: HistoryWorks workshops
January 25
Joining a panel at the Education Show in London
All welcome
January 27
Event in Cambridge to commemorate the Holocaust and Holocaust Memorial Day
University Church of Great St Mary’s on Cambridge Market Square CB2 3BQ
3pm (no tickets needed, seating from 2.45pm)
All welcome
January 29
Whitley Bay Playhouse Shakespeare event
February 7
Conference for Islington teachers
February 14
Lollies Award for the funniest children’s books of the year.
February 25
A Wokingham school event
March 3
Jewish Book Week event to talk about Workers’ Tales published by Princeton University Press
March 7
1/. Two events for children in Tower Hamlets at the Genesis Cinema
2/. Event in Stratford talking about So They Call You Pisher! with Danny Braverman and Newham Bookshop.
March 11
Cambridge, HistoryWorks
March 13
Teachers’ Conference in Leicester
March 16
Stand up to Racism march and meeting.
March 21
Bournville Children’s Literature Festival
March 26
Event in a school in Sunderland
April 2
Haringey Library Awards, Alexandra Palace
April 3
Teaching assistants’ event in Cheltenham
April 4
Oxford Literary Festival
April 30
Event at the Barbican bringing together children’s work on ‘boxes’ which tell the stories of their families.
May 1
Hexham Literature Festival
May 3
British Library event on writing, alphabets etc.
(to be confirmed)
May 5
Royal Academy, London
Talk (plus Q and A) about literature and education
May 10
Conference about Play
May 13
South Tyneside Festival
Kevin Maguire interviewing me about work, life and writing including my memoir So They Call You Pisher!
May 18
Goldsmiths, University of London
Conference: ‘New Ways to Promote Reading for Pleasure’
All welcome, please get in touch with Goldsmiths
May 20
Nottingham conference on early reading, phonics, stories…
May 22
Launch event of National Poetry Archive for Children
May 24, 25
Hay Festival events for schools, families and an evening event to talk about my memoir So They Call You Pisher! and other work.
June 7
Goldsmiths, University of London
Digital Storytelling Conference
June 13
Loughborough University Festival
Performance for children, book signing, and a discussion panel on creativity in education and the value of culture
June 20
Symposium based on the work of Bob Leeson and his book Reading and Writing
Venue: University of East London
June 22
Poetry events at Stratford-on-Avon
July 3
Teachers CPD event at Surrey Race Course
July 4
Bradford
Event to talk about Workers’ Tales and Reading and Writing and So They Call You Pisher!
July 11
Wandsworth teachers finishing their year long poetry course with me.
September 2
Bolton
September 11
Edge Festival
October 4
Bournemouth event
November 21
Event in Cumbria
November 27
Children’s Bookshow Event
Hull Theatre
For school, library, festival, conference and college bookings where you have no arrangements as yet for selling books, contact Jan or Kate at: jan@speakingofbooks.co.uk
