Upcoming Events
(Not including my teaching at Goldsmiths on our MA in Children’s Literature; or work for BBC Radio 4 ‘Word of Mouth’ available on BBC Sounds)
2021
April 22
School visit
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
April 23
Talk about On the Move
(virtual)
April 26
Event for the Flying High Trust
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
April 28
Event for an English Hub
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
April 29
Event (virtual) at Wiener Holocaust Museum to launch Palgrave Handbook of Britain and the Holocaust, eds Tom Lawson and Andy Pearce
May 5
(1) Event in Liverpool
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
(2) Discussion (virtual) about ‘Grammar in Schools’
May 6
Event in Liverpool for Many Different Kinds of Love
May 10
Panel event (virtual) to discuss ‘Diversity in Children’s Books’
arranged by Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham
May 13
(1) School event
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
(2) Event at JW3, Jewish community centre
May 15
Interview about my work for Brighton Festival
(interviewer Hannah Poole)
(virtual)
May 19
People’s Enquiry into the Covid Pandemic
short contribution from me
(virtual)
May 20
(1) School event (virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
(2) Event at London’s South Bank for Many Different Kinds of Love
(virtual)
May 21
(1) Talk (virtual) for the Folklore Society on growing up in a household which used Yiddish words and phrases
(2) I interview Philip Pullman at Goldsmiths, University of London
(virtual)
Public event
May 24
Oxford Union talk about Many Different Kinds of Love
(virtual)
May 27
(1) Hay Festival talk about Many Different Kinds of Love
(virtual)
(2) Link with bookshops in Egypt
(virtual)
June 3
Talk (virtual) for Jewish Care about Many Different Kinds of Love
June 7
Hook up with Norway – Event
(virtual)
June 9
Speaking of Books event
(virtual)
June 1
(1) Speaking of Books event
(virtual)
(2) Empathy Show
(virtual)
June 11
‘Our Planet’
Event at Goldsmiths, University of London)
Multi-lingual, digital storytelling
June 17
Panel event with Kimberley Reynolds and Jane Rosen on Reading and Rebellion (OUP)
June 21
Talk for Royal College of Psychiatrists
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
June 23
English Hub event
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
June 24
School event
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
June 25
Event at Nottingham Trent university
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
June 29
Continuing work with Norfolk schools and Barbican Education
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
June 30
Short talk on my patient experience at Whittington Hospital
July 1
School event
(virtual)
arranged by Speaking of Books
July 4
Harold Rosen lecture on Tracy for the UKLA
(virtual)
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
