Events
2023
October
7-8 October, Mani Lit Fest, Greece
March
8 March, International Women’ Day: talk at Bridport Library, Dorset, 11:30am
21 March, podcast interview with Deborah Klee for The Mindful Writer
2022
November
15 November, Book Club talk at The Crown, Blandford
April – October
Events suspended due to travel including sojourns in Edinburgh, London, Porto and Santiago.
2021
November
Three week residency at Brisons Veor.
October
1 & 2 October, Mani Lit Fest, Stoupa, Greece
2 October, online reading as a shortlistee of the Novel London Literary Competition.
2020
June 2020
Thursday 18 June 2020 cancelled due to Covid19
2:30pm Talk for Wimborne Seniors: inspiration behind poetry and fiction
St John’s Church, Leigh Road, Wimborne BH21 1AE
May 2020
Monday 18 May 2020, online
10–12pm, Flash Fiction workshop for Chudleigh Writers (members only)
22–24 May 2020, online
Faculty Member of the Stockholm Writers Festival
2019
November
Sunday 4 November 2019
3pm, Spirit of Place, Bridport Literary Festival
Tickets from Bridport TIC or the BridLit website
Monday 11 November 2019
10:30am–11:30am, Book Chat Special, Wareham
Everyone welcome!
Monday 18 November 2019
2pm, How to Find Inspiration for Writing
Blandford Literary Festival, Pavillion Gardens, Blandford
7pm for 7.30pm, Why Murder? Panel discussion
Blandford Literary Festival, Pavillion Gardens, Blandford
Friday 22 November 2019
My Publishing Journey, 5pm Beatons Tearooms, Blandford Forum
March
Flash Fiction judge at Bridport Story Slam
7:30pm, Wednesday 20 March 2019
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport DT6 3NR
adversaries/comrades poetry pamphlet launch
7–9pm, Wednesday 27 March 2019
Books Beyond Words, 25 High East Street, Dorchester, DT1 1EZ
April
Reading from The String Games at Novel Nights, Bath to accompany Maggie Gee‘s talk on character and comedy
7:30–9:30pm, Friday 12 April 2019
Burdall’s Yard, 7a Anglo Terrace, Bath.
Author interview as part of World Book Night
5:30–7pm, Tuesday 23 April 2019
Wareham Library, South St, Wareham BH20 4LR
May 2019
The String Games launch
6:30–8pm, Thursday 30 May 2019
Waterstones, 45–47 South Street, Dorchester DT1 1DQ
June 2019
Waterloo Writing Competition Celebration Event for Winners and Open Mic
Saturday 8 June 2019
Waterloo Festival, St John’s Church, Waterloo.
Author Trail, Sturminster Newtwon Literary Festival
10–noon Saturday 15 June 2019
Joshua’s Coffee Shop, 3 Market Cross, Sturminster Newton, Dorset DT10 !AN
Writing workshop on place in fiction, Sturminster Newton Literary Festival
2–4pm Saturday 15 June 2019
Sturminster Newton Library, Brinsley Cl, Sturminster Newton DT10 1EE
The String Games, London launch
6:30–8:00pm, Saturday 22 June 2019
Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, King’s Cross, London N1 9DX,
10-minute performance at Scratch and Spit
7:30pm, Monday 24 June 2019
The Lyric Theatre, 9 Barrack Street, Bridport DT6 3LX
Workshop to celebrate National Writing Day
Wednesday 26 June 2019
For pupils at Thomas Hardye School only
The Write Place with Wordsmith_HQ at Loughborough University Celebration Event with poetry reading
Friday 28 June 2019, 6:30–9:00pm, Celebration event and poetry reading Saturday 29 June 2019, whole day event with a talk and Q&A at 10am on Gail’s writing and publication journey
Noon Saturday 6 July 2019
Big Heads & Others, a comedy sketch show written as part of 3-She
Shaftesbury Fringe, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AR
Monday 8 July
Book Group focus on The String Games, with Cerne Abbas Readers
Saturday 20 July 2019
11–12:30pm Meet the Author Talk: inspirations for fiction and poetry
Dorchester Library, South Walks House, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1EE
September
Wednesday 18 September 2019
8pm Big Heads & Others, a comedy sketch show written as part of 3-She
Dorchester Arts Centre, The Corn Exchange, High East Street, Dorchester DT1 1H
October
Wednesday 9 October 2019
2pm Open Talk for Charmouth Village People Pop Up Writers
You’ve thought about writing a novel – now is the time to give it a go!
The Elms, (Council Offices, First floor), The Street, Charmouth. DT6 6LN
Contact Judith Howells to book – 07906 840950 (limited places available)
Wednesday 9 October 2019
7.30pm Talk for Southbourne Ladies Group (invitation only)
Saturday 12 October 2019
2pm, Poole Library, Dolphin Centre, Poole.
Talk: My journey to becoming a published author
Wednesday 16 October 2019
10:30–12:00pm, Creekmoor Library, 34 Northmead Dr, Poole BH17 7XZ
Talk: my books and why I wrote them
Wednesday 16 October 2019
7pm, Wimborne Library, Crown Mead, Wimborne BH21 1HH
Meet the Author Talk: inspirations for fiction and poetry
Saturday 26 October 2019
10am–2pm Meet the Author Event
Wellington Arts Festival, Wellington Library, 16 Fore Street, Wellington TA21 8AQ
Saturday 2 November 2019
Flash Fiction workshop for Exeter Writers (members only)
Sunday 3 November 2019
4pm, The Spirit of Place panel discussion with Maria Donovan and Rosanna Ley
Bridport Literary Festival, The Library, South Street, Bridport DT6 3NY
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