I founded the Smithdown Litfest after moving to Liverpool. Being involved in and contributing to the local community is important to me, particularly because my family roots are in the…
Events
The Liverpool Book Club is a series of year-round special events with big name authors in iconic Liverpool venues, including Sefton Park Palm House and The Athenaeum. I was inspired…
The Exchange organises and hosts public conversations about the important issues of our age. The events encourage debate and the sharing of opinions and experiences in a welcoming and respectful…
The Perfect Crime events were co-organised by me and crime fiction authors Margaret Murphy and Caz Finlay. Our live event in 2021 was the first crime writing festival set in…
Perfect Crime 2020, an afternoon of unique and fascinating online crime writing events, took place on Saturday 14th November 2020. Perfect Crime is the first crime writing festival set in…
I founded National Short Story Week after talking to lots of writers about ways to promote the form to a wider public. It ran from 2010 to 2017. The aims…