Upcoming Events
2018
March 11
Albert Hall
Hertfordshire Schools – singing ‘Daedalus and Icarus’ – words Michael Rosen, music Will Todd
March 12
Words by the Water, Keswick
So They Call You Pisher! (Verso Books)
March 15
NETS conference
March 16
Birmingham NEC
Education Show
I’ll be doing several presentations and hosting a stall where Roving Books will be selling my books and I’ll be signing
All day!
March 21
Birmingham, Bonneville Festival
March 22
Help with announcing the Egmont Award for the best Reading for Pleasure school
(with UKLA)
March 23
Cardiff headteachers
March 24
Chocolate Cake
Opens at the Polka Theatre, Wimbledon, London
March 27 & 28
Recording audio of So They Call You Pisher!
March 30
I speak at the National Union of Teachers Conference
April 18
Institute of Education (London)
Seminar
April 20
Sixth Form, Fortismere School
Evening event on Emile Zola
National Gallery, London
All welcome
April 25
I’ll be in Middlesborough reading from my book Listening to a Pogrom on the Radio and working with children too
April 27
Teachers conference, Bolton
NAHD
May 2
London Education Research Group
May 3
Thamesmead school
May 4
Celebration of 40 years of Newham Bookshop with a talk about So They Call You Pisher!, my memoir published by Verso Books
May 9
Swindon for a talk about So They Call You Pisher!
May 10
A school in Slough
May 11
I chair a panel of writers who have written about the Middle East (details to follow)
May 17
Brighton Festival
May 19
Provisional booking for Dublin
May 21
Video conferencing in the borough of Redbridge
May 23
Peterborough
Event as part of Peterborough developing their university
May 24
Goldsmiths, University of London
I introduce Jack Zipes talking about his work
June 6
Event in Essex
June 21
Event in Wolverhampton
June 28
Event in Leyton
June 30
Matchgirls Festival commemorating the strike of the workers who worked at the Bryant and May Factory in London’s East End
I’ll talk about my parents as they appear in So They Call You Pisher!
July 5
Islington headteachers’ event
July 11
Enfield event
September 3
INSET for Sutton teachers
September 13
Poetry Workshop 1 for Wandsworth teachers
September 17
Children’s Bookshow
September 27
Event in Anerley
October 5
James Berry conference
October 10
Event Croydon
October 13
Reading Revolution conference
Goldsmiths, University of London
Teachers, librarians etc welcome
October 18
Sandwell event
November 7
Event Chelmsford
November 12
Children’s Bookshow Event
Chester
November 15
Event Ashford
November 29
Event Ealing
December 20
Albert Hall
Two events:
All welcome
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
