If you would like to invite me to speak at an event please do write to me via the contact form on the Contacts page or by contacting Kerry Hood at Hodder via kerry.hood@hodder.co.uk
Upcoming events
Oct 2017
15-16th – Isle of Wight Festival
21st – Asian Writers Festival, London
25th – Idea Store Canary Wharf, London
26th – Sheffield Lit Fest
28/29th – Killer Women festival, London
30th – Mill Hill Partnership Library, NW7 2HX, London (Starts: 8pm – Admission Free)
Nov 2017
6th – Monday Night Crime, London
16th – Newham Word Festival, London
Previous events
May 2015
24/5 – I was at the Greenwich Book Festival sitting on a panel discussing “From the CID to elephants: what inspires a crime writer?” on Sunday 24th May, 1.30-2.30pm.
September 2015
6/9 Bertrams Trade Show at Windsor Racecourse – to an audience of indie booksellers
10/9 – At the Chorleywood Bookshop to speak about the book, India and elephants at an India themed event.
30/9 – On the ‘Dazzling Debuts’ panel at the Henley Literary Festival on Wednesday September 30th at 1pm.
October 2015
27/10 – I met the bibliophiles of the Wallingford Bookshop book club in the lovely market town of Wallingford in Oxfordshire
November 2015
10/11 – I spoke at a New Writers event at Foyles with writer Natasha Pulley and chaired by Suzy Feay. See here for a write-up of the event
14/11 – I talked about India and ‘The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra’ at the Write Idea Festival run by Tower Hamlets Council.
April 2016
23/4 – I spoke with writers Mark Billingham and Chris Brookmyre at the wonderful Chipping Norton Literary Festival
May 2016
14/5 – I spoke at an event in the New Forest
19-20/5 – I spoke at Crimefest 2016 in Bristol, in two sessions:
19/5 – Debut Authors: An Infusion Of Fresh Blood
20/5 – Deadly Duos: Partners And Sidekicks
23/5 – I spoke at the delightful Mostly Books bookshop in Abingdon
27/5 – I spoke at the Alchemy Festival at the Southbank Centre
June 2016
8/6 – I will be speaking at Topping & Company booksellers bookshop in Ely
9/6 – I will be speaking at Warwick books in Warwick
22/6 – I will be speaking at Booka bookshop in Oswestry, Shropshire
25/6 – I will be speaking at the Finchley Literary Festival
Sept 2016
15th – I will be speaking in Bedford at The Pavilion’s Supper Club Evening
Oct 2016
22nd – I will be speaking at the Yeovil Literary Festival
Nov 2016
12th-13th – I will be speaking at the Write Idea Literary Festival with fellow crime authors AA Dhand and Abir Mukherjee. We will host a mini-workshop: ‘THE SECRET TO WRITING BESTSELLING CRIME FICTION.’
Dec 2016 – April 2017
Every Tuesday – I will be running a Book Club and Creative Writing Group at the Manor Park Library in East London
Mar 2017
2nd-8th – I will be speaking at the Dubai Literary Festival
10th – I will be speaking at Aye Write! in Glasgow
Apr 2017
23rd – I will be speaking at St. Mary’s Church, Manor Park, East London for World Book Night
25th – I will be speaking at Manor Park Library with fellow authors Abir Mukherjee and Barbara Nadel
26th – I will be speaking at the Stratford Literary Festival
28th – I will be speaking at Waterstones Picadilly at Writers of the World Unite!
May 2017
4th – I will be speaking at the Hexham Literary Festival
17th – I will be speaking at Waterstones Yeovil
27th – I will be speaking at Bourne End library, Bourne End
June 2017
1st – I will be speaking at Booka Bookshop, Shropshire
2nd – I will be speaking at Nantwich book shop, Nantwich
July 2017
1st – I will be running a crime writing masterclass at Finsbury Library, London
6th – I will be doing a reading at Whats your Poison? in the Heffers bookshop, Cambridge
8th – I will be speaking at the Bradford Literary festival
Aug 2017
1st – I will be speaking at the British Library
