Rugby Literary Festival 3rd-5th October 2025

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I’ll be at three events at the Rugby Literary Festival this year…

Rugby Literary Festival 2025

Word of Mouth – An evening of spoken word

Friday 03 October
7:30PM-9:30PM

Venue: The Rugby Hotel

Storytelling & Performance
Word of Mouth

A fun evening of spoken word with a mixture of literary and funny writers. Featuring, Zena Barrie, Jo Howard, Dave Williams, Fat Roland, Tom Jenks, Nicole Swengley, Eamon Somers, Jason Cobley, Lulu Allison, Mark Bowsher. Event will have an interval. Books will be available to buy directly from the authors. Age 18+.

Book Free Tickets Here

Saturday 04 October
11:30AM – 12:30PM

Venue: The Rugby Hotel

Author Talks
Fact, Fiction, Faction?

You have probably seen the disclaimer at the start of a film or TV series: Based on a true story. Some characters and events have been created for dramatic purposes. Have you ever wondered how writers of historical novels go about creating the past? How much research they need to do? How they balance competing viewpoints? Perhaps they offer a completely different perspective. Perhaps they play fast and loose with the facts. And how much have they imagined for dramatic purposes? You can find the answers to these and many other issues at the Fact, Fiction, Faction Forum, where local authors will describe their writing experiences and answer the questions that you want to put to them.

No Booking Needed - just turn up!

Afterwards, I’ll be signing books, along with fellow historical fiction author, the wonderful Jennifer Jenkins, amongst many other local authors, at:

Saturday 04 October and Sunday 05 October
11AM – 4PM

Venue: Rugby Central

Book Fair
Rugby Literary Festival Book Fair

A chance to meet some authors, buy some books and immerse yourself in all things books. I’ll be selling, signing and showing off copies of A Hundred Years to Arras, Calendar of Ghosts, and the novella The Rock Bled Black.

Please come along if you can!

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