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Guest Speaker at
Nottingham Trent University

4 March 2024

Nottingham Trent University

Clifton Campus

Following a recommendation from Bev Baker (Senior Curator and Archivist at The National Justice Museum), I was amazed and delighted to receive an invitation from Dr Sarah Jackson (Associate Professor in Modern and Contemporary Writing) to appear as the Guest Speaker to third-year students enrolled on the university’s ‘Creative Writing in the Community’ course. I read a selection from the chapter ‘Remember When’ in my first volume of memoir, and explained the process of how my literary adventures had taken shape over the years.

A couple of days later I ‘gifted’ twelve copies of my book to the course students on what was - coincidentally - World Book Day. Here I am presenting the volumes to  Dr Sarah Jackson.

17 November 2023

Punk: Rage & Revolution

Backlit Gallery

Ashley Street

Nottingham.

See dedicated report here: Page: punk: rage & revolution

1 September 2023

Silver Pride

The Health Shop

Broad Street

Nottingham.

19 November 2022

Five Leaves Bookshop ‘Reading Proud’

St. John’s Church & Community Centre

Carrington

Nottingham.

2020

Global Wordsmiths

Queer The Shelves online book festival.

2019

Hockley Hustle

Reading from my contribution to the Desire, Love, Identity anthology which led onto me writing my first book.

2019

Desire, Love, Identity

Book launch

National Justice Museum

High Pavement

Nottingham

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