Publicity for INTO BEING, autumn 2025

Events are coming in for INTO BEING and I’ll start to list them here and add to them as we go along. But if you’d like to attend any of the following, please make a note in your diary for now.

6th OCTOBER 

Live online event with Clover Stroud on Substack Live. This is a free event. Find it here  

7th OCTOBER 

DAUNT Notting Hill 21 Kensington Park Road, London, W11 2EU

INTO BEING is published on 7th October and, to celebrate, I’ll be doing an event at Daunt Notting Hill with Joanna Pocock, whose memoir Greyhound is published by Fitzcarraldo Editions. The event will be chaired by Marina Benjamin. Book tickets 

13th OCTOBER 

Cheltenham Literary Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall, 4pm

I will be in conversation with Caroline Sanderson, at Cheltenham Literary Festival. Caroline is The Bookseller Nonfiction editor, and also author of memoir, Listen with Father, which is published in July. Book tickets

16th OCTOBER 

Gloucester Road Books, Event at Boston Tea Party, Gloucester Road, Bristol BS7 

This will be a discussion with Marianne Brooker. Book tickets here. You can also pre-order signed and dedicated copies of INTO BEING from Gloucester Road Books. Pre-order signed and dedicated INTO BEING

22nd OCTOBER 

Ink@84 Books, 84 Highbury Park, London, N5 2XE 

I’ll be running a memoir writing workshop. If you’d like to learn about how to write compelling memoir, come along. Book tickets

23rd OCTOBER 

Fabled events, Mortimer House by Maslow’s, 37-41 Mortimer Street London W1T 3JH

Come along to this lovely social event, with a bar and lots of opportunity to chat. It will be an interview and discussion. Book here: 

29th OCTOBER 

Collected Books, Unit 44, The Riverwalk, Durham DH1 4SL

I’ll be doing an event with author Caro Giles. Caro is publishing her second memoir, Unschooled, with Little Toller, and we will be in discussion about both our new books.  

11th November 

Blackwell’s, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, 5.30-6.30pm

I will be in discussion with Jenn Ashworth. Jenn publishes her memoir, The Parallel Path this summer. Tickets to this event are £6. You an book here

14th November 

Clifton Literary Festival, Bristol

I will be teaching a memoir workshop. Details coming soon.

19th November 

Creative Folkestone Book Festival, Quarterhouse, Mill Bay, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1BN, 11am

I will be teaching an intimate and powerful memoir writing workshop. Find out more here, and book tickets