Ministry of Unladylike Activity – autumn tour 2022!

September 2, 2022

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Huge news, Detectives – my autumn 2022 tour is now LIVE and available to book!

Drumroll please … here we go!

Saturday 1st October Bath Literature Festival talk, 2:30pm (NO signing after this one due to venue restrictions)

Saturday 8th October – Cheltenham Literature Festival talk and signing, 10:15am (tickets on sale 7th September)

Sunday 9th October – Easons Dublin signing. 2pm, O’Connell Street.

Sunday 16th October – Sevenoaks Bookshop signing, 12-2pm (ticketed entry, get yours asap!)

Saturday 22nd October – Waterstones Altrincham signing, 10am

Tuesday 25th October – Waterstones Piccadilly, St James’s Church talk and signing, 12pm

Saturday 29th October – Waterstones Birmingham, the Glee Club talk and signing, 2pm

And that’s all … for now! Please note that this is NOT final, there are at least two more events in the works, one of which will be virtual for everyone who isn’t able to travel at the moment.

If you’re sad that I’m not visiting your town or city this time around, I really am sorry. This tour has to be shorter than usual because of my baby, and also because I’m still not back to normal after covid. I can promise, though, that when the paperback comes out in May 2023 I will be doing another tour, to places I haven’t managed to get to this time around – and (hopefully) you’ll also be able to spot me at festivals throughout the year in 2023.

A few more things:

  1. We’ve taken the decision to limit the number of books I’m signing for each person to two. This is to keep me from getting too tired while I’m still a bit unwell, and to keep the lines moving! The only exception to this is for the Bath event, which has NO SIGNING because of timing restrictions at the venue I’m speaking in.
  2. I’m trying to make this tour as covid-safe as possible. This is to try to do everything we can to make sure I can actually do every event on the list! I’ll be wearing a mask at the signings and we encourage you to do the same – we really want to avoid cancellations due to covid!

And I think that’s it! Exciting news all round – I’ll be back here again with more updates when I can. Publication day is almost here!

More posts to explore

There’s a new exhibition coming to Oxford’s Story Museum this summer, and it’s all about young detectives! Created by young curators using a storyline by Sharna Jackson, it’ll feature plenty of your favourite detectives – including Daisy and Hazel!
I am doing two festival events this spring: one in Dublin and one in London. They are: International Literature Festival Dublin, 16th May, 12pm – a talk followed by a signing London Children’s Book Festival, 28th June, 3:30pm – a talk followed by a signing
I’m partnering up with the National Archives for their first ever school event, a free online event on Wednesday March 25th at 1:30pm.
I’m delighted to announce that I have something for schools who’d like a visit from me – I’ll be appearing in a virtual schools event on the 20th March at 1:30pm in partnership with my publisher Puffin.
I’m delighted to say that I’ll be visiting Lincoln in February to talk about my books! I’ll be at the Engine Shed on Saturday 14th February at 3pm – tickets are on sale NOW and include a book with the price of the ticket.
If you missed out on my pre-order campaign with Daunt Books … it’s back for a limited time only! From today until the 3rd of December, you can order a signed and personalised copy of A Stocking Full of Spies from the Daunt Books website.