2013 July 18: Buxton Festival
2013 September 25: Rye Festival
2013 September 28: Henley Festival
2013 October 1: Calcot Manor
2013 October 10: Cheltenham Festival
2013 October 26-27: Durham Festival
2013 October 31: Royal Overseas League
Anne was invited to the Perth, Albany and Adelaide Literary Festivals in February and March of this year. At Adelaide, the largest Free Festival in Australia, The Fishing Fleet topped the list of the ten Festival best-sellers.
Anne was also the author picked to speak at the Booklovers’ Breakfast at Government House, Adelaide.
If anyone reading this holds, or knows of, diaries, letters, memoirs or journals covering the above years, or talking about life then, I would be so grateful if you would be kind enough to get in touch with me. It is for a book I am writing. Everything will be faithfully copied and returned, postage paid, etc. (Please contact via the website contact page)
17 October 2012
3.30pm, Afternoon Tea event at Bowood House in WiltshireWednesday 24 October
3.30pm, Talk to The Friends of Sri Lanka Association at
The Linnean Society, Gate Lodge, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BFFriday 26 October
afternoon, Panel event at Durham Book Festival (15-28 October)
A historical biography themed panel event with Victoria GlendinningWednesday 31 October
evening, Event at Royal Overseas LeagueTuesday 6 November
1pm, Folkestone Book Festival (2-10 November)Saturday 17 November 2012
2.30, Bridport Literary FestivalSaturday 20 November
Talk and signing at the Chelsea Arts ClubMonday 21 January 2013
Lecture at the Royal Geographical SocietyFebruary-March 2013
Visit to Australia to talk at Adelaide and Perth Literary Festivals,
with events in Sydney and Melbourne.
You can listen to the podcast online via the following link:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/husband-hunting-in-the-raj/4164578
The Fishing Fleet: Husband-hunting in the Raj was published on 12 July 2012 and jumped straight to no 1 in Amazon’s Mover and Shakers, to no 4 in the (non-fiction) best-sellers list, no 2 in the Telegraph Books list and no 1 in the Evening Standard best-sellers list.
Anne will be talking about her new book on the following dates:
Buxton Festival, 18 July
Rye Festival, 25 September
Henley Festival, 28 September
Calcot Manor, 1 October
Cheltenham Festival, 10 October
Bowood House, 17 October
Durham Festival, 26/27 October
Royal Overseas League, 31 October