Here’s a page dedicated to forthcoming events where I’ll be out and about, reading poems, signing books and generally inflicting myself on an unsuspecting or unreceptive public:
2026 Festivals
14 Feb: BEVERLEY: Stage4Beverley Festival, East Riding Theatre, 7.30pm SOLD OUT
12 Mar: KESWICK: Words on the Water Festival, Theatre by the Lake, 7.30pm Last Few Tickets
28 Apr: GUERNSEY: Guernsey Literature Festival Tickets on sale 14th February
30 Apr: WREXHAM: Carnival of Words, Wrexham Memorial Hall, 7pm Buy Tickets
1 May: TUNBRIDGE WELLS: Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival, Trinity Theatre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
2 May: DORCHESTER-ON-THAMES: Dorchester Festival, Dorchester Abbey, 7.30pm Tickets on sale 14th February
9 May: FILEY: Filey Literature Festival, Evron Centre, Filey, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
3 Jun: LEEK: Leek Arts Festival, Foxlowe Arts Centre, 8pm Buy Tickets
Autumn 2026 – How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside tour
23 Sep: MONMOUTH: Savoy Theatre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
24 Sep: ABERYSTWYTH: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
25 Sep: CARDIGAN: Mwldan, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
26 Sep: WINCHESTER: Guildhall, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
27 Sep: GUILDFORD: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
30 Sep: HARPENDEN: Eric Morecambe Centre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
1 Oct: COVENTRY: Warwick Arts Centre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
2 Oct: DARWEN: Darwen Library Theatre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
4 Oct: MALTON: Milton Rooms, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
7 Oct: CROYDON: Fairfield Ashcroft Theatre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
8 Oct: DEAL: Astor Theatre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
9 Oct: NORWICH: The Halls, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
10 Oct: COLCHESTER: Colchester Arts Centre, 8pm Buy Tickets
14 Oct: LOUGHBOROUGH: MMC, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
15 Oct: MANCHESTER: Stoller Hall, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
16 Oct: ULVERSTON: Coronation Hall, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
21 Oct: KIDDERMINSTER: Town Hall, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
22 Oct: GLASGOW: Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, 8pm Buy Tickets
23 Oct: ABERDEEN: The Lemon Tree, 7pm Buy Tickets
24 Oct: STIRLING: Tolbooth, 7pm Buy Tickets
28 Oct: STAMFORD: Corn Exchange, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
29 Oct: BURY ST EDMUNDS: The Apex, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
30 Oct: CORSHAM: Pound Arts Centre, 7.30pm Last few tickets
31 Oct: OXFORD: The North Wall, 7.30pm SOLD OUT
4 Nov: WORTHING: Worthing Pavilion, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
6 Nov: BELLAGHY: Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Northern Ireland, 7.30pm Last few tickets
11 Nov: LEEDS: City Varieties, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
12 Nov: SUNDERLAND: The Fire Station, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
13 Nov: HELMSLEY: Helmsley Arts Centre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
14 Nov: POCKLINGTON: Pocklington Arts Centre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
15 Nov: SHEFFIELD: Memorial Hall, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
18 Nov: OXFORD: The North Wall, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
19 Nov: STROUD: Sub Rooms, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
20 Nov: BRIDPORT: Electric Palace, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
21 Nov: EXETER: Corn Exchange, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
22 Nov: BUDE: The Parkhouse Centre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
25 Nov: NEWARK: Palace Theatre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
26 Nov: BAKEWELL: Town Hall, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
27 Nov: CHORLEY: Chorley Theatre, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
28 Nov: LIVERPOOL: The Tung Auditorium, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
30 Nov: BRISTOL: St George’s, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
1 Dec: CARDIFF: Glee Club, 7.45pm Buy Tickets
4 Dec: LONDON: Union Chapel, 7.30pm Buy Tickets
