LOCAL AUTHOR DAY
Saturday 21 November
Old Town Hall
Join us at Richmond’s Old Town Hall for a day of events to celebrate the talent of authors living and working in the borough
Each event £10 / £8
Writing Workshop with
Mary Chamberlain
11.30am – 1pm
After the success of historian and author Mary Chamberlain’s workshop last year, she has agreed to return to the Richmond Lit Fest to once again share her expert knowledge on how to research and write compelling fiction.
Mary has published a number of landmark studies including Fenwoman: A Portrait of Women in an English Village and international bestseller The Dressmaker of Dachau. Her second novel, The Hidden, was published by Oneworld in February 2019 and was a Sunday Times MUST READ choice of the best recent books. Her next novel will be published September 2021.
Running time: 90 minutes
Mary Chamberlain
11.30am – 1pm
After the success of historian and author Mary Chamberlain’s workshop last year, she has agreed to return to the Richmond Lit Fest to once again share her expert knowledge on how to research and write compelling fiction.
Mary has published a number of landmark studies including Fenwoman: A Portrait of Women in an English Village and international bestseller The Dressmaker of Dachau. Her second novel, The Hidden, was published by Oneworld in February 2019 and was a Sunday Times MUST READ choice of the best recent books. Her next novel will be published September 2021.
Running time: 90 minutes
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Writing Workshop with
Louise Fein and Molly Gartland 4pm – 5pm Join Creative Writing Masters graduates of St Mary’s University and newly published authors Louise Fein & Molly Gartland as they take you on a creative writing journey, sharing advice and tips informed by their own experiences. |
Louise Fein's debut novel People Like Us, is a story of love, loss and finding oneself in a nation gripped by tyranny. Louise ran her own consultancy business following a career in banking and law before realising her childhood dream of becoming an author. She lives in Surrey with her husband, children and her writing companion, Bonnie the dog.
Molly Gartland, originally from Michigan, now lives in Teddington. She worked in Moscow for six years and has been fascinated by Russian culture ever since. Her debut novel The Girl from the Hermitage, guides us from the old communist world, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, to the bling of 21st-century St Petersburg.
Running time: 60 minutes
Molly Gartland, originally from Michigan, now lives in Teddington. She worked in Moscow for six years and has been fascinated by Russian culture ever since. Her debut novel The Girl from the Hermitage, guides us from the old communist world, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, to the bling of 21st-century St Petersburg.
Running time: 60 minutes
Ellen Alpsten
Tzarina
7pm – 8pm
Meet Ellen Alpsten, author of Tsarina, 'a vivid page-turner of a debut' (The Times) who brings to life the astounding rags-to-riches tale of the serf who became an empress - Catherine I, the first woman ruler in her own right, of imperial Russia. Ellen Alpsten combines startling historical detail to create a superlative work of historical fiction that ‘makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme’ (Daisy Goodwin).
Running time: 60 minutes
Tzarina
7pm – 8pm
Meet Ellen Alpsten, author of Tsarina, 'a vivid page-turner of a debut' (The Times) who brings to life the astounding rags-to-riches tale of the serf who became an empress - Catherine I, the first woman ruler in her own right, of imperial Russia. Ellen Alpsten combines startling historical detail to create a superlative work of historical fiction that ‘makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme’ (Daisy Goodwin).
Running time: 60 minutes
