12/11/25 I really enjoyed presenting my talk "Stranger Than Fiction" to the Society of Women Writers and Journalists. The three authors I spoke about were: - the ambitious writer who…
26/10/25 I was very lucky to have the opportunity to be part of The Doddy Day Happiness Show at Liverpool's Royal Court this year. The special day celebrates the legacy…
15/10/26 I have written an article for The Self-Publishing Guide 2026, published by Warners Group Publications, publishers of Writing Magazine. "Your Book Page MOT" is on pages 48 and 49,…
29/09/25 We celebrated a very successful Smithdown Litfest this September, with fantastic guest speakers and our biggest audience numbers yet. We were delighted to welcome Sir Michael Palin to the…
01/09/25 I'm delighted that a second season of The Hardacres has been announced. The period drama, produced by Playground Entertaintment, is inspired by C L Skelton's Hardacre, which is published…
02/07/25 I enjoyed interviewing musician and author R Peter Davies, who was a lunchtime guest at Liverpool's Athenaeum. R Peter was one of the original subjects of the ground-breaking Granada…