Talks and Lectures
Forthcoming events
February 9th, 2012 11am
Anne will give a talk to Gloucester Dfas on Laura Ashley
www.nadfas.org.uk
February 11th, 2012 2.30 pm
Anne will be part of a British Library panel discussing Love Letters in the light of letters written by Wallis to Ernest Simpson while trying to divorce him.
February 14th, 2012 11am
Anne will give a talk on Laura Ashley in West Wales
www.nadfas.org.uk
February 15th, 2012 7.45pm
Anne will give a talk to Northampton DFAS on Jennie Churchill
www.nadfas.org.uk
February 19th 2012 11 am
A talk about Wallis Simpson for Jewish Book Week
with biographer Jane Ridley in the Chair
February 19th, 2012 pm
Anne will give a dinner talk about Wallis Simpson to Storyline Journeys
michael.lamb@storylinejourneys.co.uk for information
February 22nd-23rd, 2012
Hamburg and Osnabruck Anne will be discussing her newly republished biography of Laura Ashley
Watch This Space www.nadfas.org.uk
February 29th- March 5th, 2012
Anne will be in China
March 6th, 2012 10.30
Anne will talk about Jennie Churchill in Andover, Hants Test Valley
www.nadfas.org.uk
March 8th, 2012 2pm
Anne will talk about the Dollar Princesses in Lechlade, Upper Thames
www.nadfas.org.uk
March 12th, 2012 2 pm
Anne will give a private talk to in aid of charity about the Dollar Princesses
March 13th, 2012 11am
Anne will give a talk to N. Staffordshire DFAS on Laura Ashley
www.nadfas.org.uk
March 14th, 2012 noon
Anne will give a private lunchtime talk to in aid of charity about That Woman
March 16th – April 5th, 2012
To promote That Woman IN US, Anne will be touring USA from Florida to Memphis Chicago New Orleans Philadelphia New York Washington Boston New York Watch this space!
April 8th-11st, 2012
Costa Del Sol Anne will give a series of lectures details to be confirmed.
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April 16th, 2012 11am 2pm
Anne will give 2 talks on William Bankes in Bath.
www.nadfas.org.uk
April 17th, 2012
Anne will give a talk on William Bankes to Chester Dfas
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April and May 2012
Anne will be on a 6 week long tour of Australia and New Zealand talking about various subjects, including Wallis Simpson for Australian and New Zealand Adfas
June 6th 2012, 11am
Anne will give a talk on Laura Ashley to Romsey Dfas
www.nadfas.org.uk
June 20th, 2012 1.45pm
Anne will give a talk about Laura Ashley to Windsor and Maidenhead Dfas
www.nadfas.org.uk
June 26th, 2012 11.30 am
Anne will give a talk about That Woman to the League of Jewish Women charity lunch
June 27th, 2012 1.45pm
Anne will give two talks about The Dollar Princesses to Limpsfield members of Nadfas
www.nadfas.org.uk
July 10th, 2012
Buxton Literary Festival Anne will give a talk about That Woman
September 13th, 2012 10.30am
Anne will give a talk about William Bankes to New Milton members of Nadfas
September 13th, 2012 6.30pm
Anne will give a talk about That Woman at the National Archives in Kew
September 19th, 2012
Anne will give a talk to Beverley Dfas in York about Laura Ashley, The Woman who changed the way we thought about clothes and houses
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October 2nd, 2012
Anne will talk at Grimsby about Jennie Churchill
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October 3rd, 2012
Anne will talk on Wallis Simpson at Beaconsfield 6.30 pm
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October 9th, 2012 2pm
Anne will talk about William Bankes to Lavant Valley Dfas
www.nadfas.org.uk
October 17th, 2012 2.00pm
Anne will give a talk in Shrewsbury about Laura Ashley The Woman who changed the way we thought about clothes and houses
www.nadfas.org.uk
December 5th, 2012 2.00pm
Anne will be in Saltaire, West Yorks talking about Wallis Simpson
www.nadfas.org.uk
The Daffodil Maiden BBC Radio 3
Written and Presented by Anne. The Daffodil Maiden is the story of the beautiful pianist Harriet Cohen, who inspired the composer Arnold Bax when she wore a dress adorned with a single daffodil and became his mistress for the next 40 years. Sorry, Listen Again no longer available.
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February 7th, 2012 10am
Anne will talk to the American Women of Surrey about That Woman
February 6th, 2012 7pm
Anne will talk in Bath about William Bankes, the Exiled Collector
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January 31st, 2012 6pm
Anne will give an after dinner talk on Wallis Simpson -That Woman at Hurlingham Club
January 24th 2012, 2.15pm
Anne will give an afternoon talk on The Dollar Princesses at Alresford
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January 20th, 2012 3pm
Anne will give a talk on That Woman at East Sheen Library
January 19th, 2012 8pm
Anne will give a talk on Jennie to Vectis Dfas, Isle of Wight
www.nadfas.org.uk
January 17th, 2012 3-5pm
Anne will talk to pupils at Pimlico Academy
January 16th, 2012 2.30pm
Anne will give a talk at Betchworth Nadfas on Jennie Churchill
www.nadfas.org.uk
January 12th, 2012 time tbc
Anne will talk about Wallis Simpson THAT WOMAN at the London Business School
January 10th, 2012 7.30pm
Anne will give a talk at Woodford Green Nadfas on The Dollar Princesses
www.nadfas.org.uk
January 9th, 2012 8.00 pm
Anne will give a talk at Greenwich Nadfas on William Bankes
www.nadfas.org.uk
December 14th, 2011 10.45am
Anne will talk about The Dollar Princesses to Mid Sussex Dfas
www.nadfas.org.uk
December 12th, 2011 11. am
Anne will give a talk about The Dollar Princesses in Wiltshire -Kennet
www.nadfas.org.uk
December 8th, 2011 10.45am
Anne will give a talk about The Dollar Princesses in Marlow
www.nadfas.org.uk
December 7th, 2011 7 pm
A discussion with Justine Picardie at Keats House London NW3 about Heroes and Villains
Tel 0207 794 8206 for tickets from Daunts Books
December 6th, 2011 Lunchtime talk about ‘How I wrote That Woman’ for Buckingham University Biography student
December Ist, 2011 Lunchtime talk on Wallis Simpson for charity
November 29st, 2011 Lunchtime
Anne will be giving a talk about That Woman in aid of Combat Stress in Richmond Surrey
November 28th, 2011 Monday 6.30 pm
Anne will give a talk at Putney Library, Disraeli Rd. Sorry now sold out!
November 27th, 2011 7pm
Anne will be giving a talk about That Woman and the C4 film The Secret Letters in aid of charity
November 25th, 2011 BELTON House Lincolnshire home of Perry Brownlow
Anne will give two talks about Wallis Simpson at a National Trust lecture lunch and lecture supper
November 24th, 2011 10am to 3pm
Anne will be talking at a study Day in Epsom about American women who shocked the establishment Jennie, Wallis and the Dollar Princesses
www.nadfas.org.uk
November 21st, 2011 2pm
Anne will be giving a talk about Jennie Churchill in Liverpool at the Williamson Art Gallery www.nadfas.org.uk
November 16th, 2011
Anne will be talking about Wallis Simpson as part of the Richmond Literary Festival at the American University in Richmond. Sorry Sold out!
November 14th, 2011 7 pm
Public lecture at Godolphin and Latymer school Iffley Rd., Hammersmith In aid of the Bursary Fund
Further information www.godolphinandlatymer.com
November 13th, 2011 noon
Lunchtime talk at Chewton Glen Luxury Hotel Hampshire
Further information www.Chewtonglen.com
November 12th, 2011 11 am
Anne will give a talk about That Woman at the Bridport Literary Festival
www.westdorset.com
November 11th, 2011 11 am
A talk about That Woman Wallis Simpson to the Petroleum Women’s Club, St Columba’s church Pont Street SW1
November 10th, 2011 8.15pm
Anne will give a talk in Chorleywood about the Dollar Princesses
www.nadfas.org.uk
November 9th, 2011
Anne will be the guest speaker at a Conservative Party Fundraising dinner in Kensington and Chelsea
November 8th, 2011 10.30am
Anne will give a talk at Havering on Jennie Churchill
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November 2nd, 2011 7.30pm
Anne will talk at the Upper Wimpole Street Women’s literary salon about how to find a fresh angle when writing a biography of a well known figure such as Wallis Simpson for tickets contact jenny@upperwimpolesalon.com
November 1st, 10.30 am
Anne will give a talk on William Bankes to Gade Valley Nadfas, Herts
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October 27th, 2011
Anne will be talking about That Woman at a lunch in aid of the NSPCC with Jehanne Wake at the Gore Hotel 190, Queens Gate London SW1 for tickets
October 23rd, 2011 2 pm
Anne will be talking at the Knutsford Literary Festival
www.knutsfordlitfest.org
October 20th, 2011
Anne will talk at lunchtime at the Wells Literary Festival
www.wellslitfest.org.uk
October 18th, 2011 6.30- 8.30 pm
Anne will talk about THAT WOMAN at the English Speaking Union in Charles Street Meet The Author
October 17th, 2011 7 pm
A talk about Wallis Simpson That Woman at The Royal Overseas League Park Place
www.rosl.org.uk
October 13th, 2011
A talk about Wallis Simpson at Cheltenham literary festival with Caroline Baum and Hugo Vickers
October 11th, 2011 2.30/7pm
Anne will be in Edinburgh giving two talks about Jennie Churchill
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October 10th, 2011
11 am and 2 pm Anne will be talking about the Dollar Princesses to two groups of Perth Nadfas
www.nadfas.org.uk
October 6th, 2011 10.30
Anne will be talking to the Kensington and Chelsea Women KCWC at The RGS about THAT WOMAN More details soon
www.kcwc.org.uk
October 5th, 2011 7.30pm
Anne will give a talk to Epsom Literary Society about That Woman -Wallis Simpson
October 4th, 2011 11am
Anne will give a morning talk on Jennie Churchill at Kingston Langley Wilts
www.nadfas.org.uk
October 4th, 2011 7pm
Anne will give a talk about That Woman -Wallis Simpson Private event in aid of charity Connections supporting students in Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia
www.wjr.org.uk
October 3rd, 2011 evening
Anne will be talking to the friends of the V and A about how the London Library helped her write her latest biography of Wallis Simpson That Woman further information from
www.londonlibrary.co.uk
September 28th, 2011
2.15 Camberley Dfas Anne will give an afternoon talk on The Dollar Princesses
www.nadfas.org.uk
September 27th, 2011 10.30
Anne will give a morning talk to Sanderstead DFAS on Jennie Churchill
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September 25th, 2011 5pm
Anne will talk about That Woman at The Marlborough Festival of Literature
www.marlboroughlitfest.org
September 24th, 2011 4pm
Anne will be in conversation with Kate Auspitz about That Woman at the Soho Literary festival
September 22nd, 2011
Anne will talk about THAT WOMAN at a Biographer’s Club dinner at The Savile
September 20th, 2011
Anne will talk about Laura Ashley to the Tuesday Lunch Book Club at Llangoed Hall Hotel.
September 9th, 2011
Anne will talk at the Theatre Royal Bath about That Woman.
www.theatreroyal.org.uk
September 7th, 2011 pm
Dollar Princess talk Claygate Nadfas
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September 4th, 2011
Anne will be talking about Wallis Simpson – That Woman in Sunbury on Thames in aid of the Princess Alice Hospice followed by a garden tour of the house where King Edward’s previous mistress lived often visited by him.
www.pah.org.uk
July 6th, 2011 7 pm
Anne will give a talk on William Bankes as part of the Hendricks Lecture Series at Viktor Wynd’s Academy of Domestic Science in Hackney
www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/hendrickslectures.html
June 22nd, 2011 1.45 and 8pm
Anne will give an afternoon and evening talk on The Dollar Princesses in Cranleigh
www.nadfas.org.uk
June 21st, 2011 10.30am
Anne will give a talk to Bromley U3A about Jennie Churchill
www.u3a.org.uk/find-a-u3a.html
June 20th, 2011 8 pm
Anne will give a talk to Wimbledon WI about The Cook Sisters, British Heroes of the Holocaust
www.thewi.org.uk
June 16th, 2011 7.30 pm
Anne will give a talk at the King’s School Ely on the Dollar Princesses
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June 15th, 2011 10.30am
Anne will give a talk to Guildford Dfas on the Dollar Princesses
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June 13th, 2011 2.30pm
Anne will give a talk about the Dollar Princesses in West Sussex Adur valley
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June 9th, 2011
Anne will be giving a lecture lunch at Chartwell to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the date Jennie Churchill died. Tkts from National Trust Chartwell
June 7th, 2011 11am
Anne will give a talk about William Bankes in Ipswich
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May 19th, 2011 10.30am
Anne will give a morning lecture to members of Cheam Nadfas about Jennie Churchill, Pushy Mother, Style Icon or Ambitious Seductress
www.nadfas.org.uk
April 8th, 2011 Lunchtime
Sheffield Women’s Lecture Club Anne will be giving a talk on the Dollar Princesses at the Mercure St Pauls Hotel Sheffield
www.mercure.com
April 5th, 2011 8 pm
Anne will be talking In Regents Park, London about Jennie Churchill
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April 5th 2011, 10.45 am
Anne will be talking at Brighton and Hove on Laura Ashley
www.nadfas.org.uk
March 30th, 2011 11.30 am
Anne will be talking at a private event at Chartwell in Kent to customers of Cricketer Holidays about Jennie Churchill
www.cricketerholidays.co.uk
March 24th, 2011 7.30 pm
Anne will be talking about William Bankes at Wimborne
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March 22nd, 2011
Anne will be talking at a Study Day in Nottingham about Jennie Churchill and The Dollar Princesses
www.nadfas.org.uk
March 17th, 2011 2.30pm
Lunchtime talk to Kensington and Chelsea Nadfas on The Dollar Princesses Kensington Town Hall
www.nadfas.org.uk
March 9th, 2011 10.30am
Anne will be talking at Ribble Vale on Jennie Churchill
www.nadfas.org.uk
February 23rd, 2011 2.30pm
Anne will be talking about Laura Ashley at Felstead Dfas in Essex
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February 15th, 2011 11am
Two lectures in Winchester on The Dollar Princesses
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February 9th, 2011 7.30 pm
Anne will be talking about William Bankes at Plymouth DFAS
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February 2nd, 2011
Anne will be talking at Saffron Walden at an all day Study Session
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January 20th, 2011 11.am
Anne will be talking about Jennie Churchill at Rutland DFAS
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January 13th, 2011 10.30
Anne will be talking about Jennie Churchill to Thames DfAS at Bourne End
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November 21st, 2010
Anne will be interviewing the Newsnight presenter and thriller writer Gavin Esler at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond at an Artsrichmond event. Lunch first at Thai Square
www.richmond.gov.uk/literaturefestival
November 20th, 2010 7.30pm
Anne will be talking to A.N Wilson, Biographer of Tolstoy at an event to celebrate the centenary of the great writer. They will discuss Tolstoy’s complex relationship with his wife Sofia and her diaries. The event will be held at the Langdown Down Center www.langdondowncentre.org.uk/room-auditorium.php as part of the Richmond Festival of Literature www.richmond.gov.uk/literaturefestival
October 7th, 2010 11.30
Anne will be talking about William Bankes the Exiled Collector to Blackmore Vale Nadfas
www.nadfas.org.uk
September 15th, 2010
All day lecture to Abingdon Nadfas members on Jennie Churchill
www.nadfas.org.uk
May 24th, 2010 7pm
Private Book Club session to discuss Jennie Churchill
May 13th, 2010 10-1pm
Specialist Study morning Anne will be giving a lecture on Jennie Churchill followed by a supplementary lecture on The Dollar Princesses to the American Women of Surrey
May 9th, 2010 2pm
The Richmond Book Picnic
Anne will be in conversation with Lady Antonia Fraser to discuss Must you Go? Antonia’s Memoir of life with Harold Pinter Further Information from
www.ArtsRichmond.org.uk
April 19th, 2010 3pm
A JUST LIFE
Anne will be in conversation with Dr Sam Naidu, Rhodes University, author of a biography of Navi Pillay, UN Commissioner of Human Rights at the London Book Fair for information find Seminars at www.LondonBookFair.co.uk
March 10th, 2010
At the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum. Anne will be giving a pre dinner talk on Jennie Churchill followed by a tour of the Museum and dinner. Organised by the Worshipful Company of Feltmakers Further information from www.feltmakers.co.uk in aid of Welsh Guards Afghanistan Appeal www.welshguardsappeal.com and the Feltmakers Charitable Foundation.
February 28th, 2010 12.30 pm
Anne will be in conversation with Anita Diamant, bestselling author of The Red Tent, to discuss her new book Day After Night. Tickets from
www.Jewishbookweek.com
February 23nd, 2010 7pm
Godolphin and Latymer School Inaugural Arts Festival.
Anne Sebba in conversation with Francine Stock on Women Behind the Throne
www.godolphinandlatymer.com or email artsfestival@godolphinandlatymer.com
February 9th, 2010 7pm
Rescue and Romance Anne will be giving a specially commissioned talk on behalf of The Wiener Library Love in Word and Deed about Ida and Louise Cook, sisters who saved Jews and became Righteous Gentiles
Further information from www.wienerLibrary.co.uk
December 1st, 2009
Anne will talk about Jennie Churchill at Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution Further Information from
www.hlsi.net
November 30th, 2009
Morning Lecture On William Bankes the Exiled Collector to members of U3A Hampstead Town Hall
November 18th, 2009
Anne will be chairing a discussion lunch at the Savile Club with William Shawcross talking about his new biography of Queen Elizabeth in aid of PEN.
Details from www.savileclub.co.uk
November 15th, 2009
Anne will be on the panel for Desert Island Books at the Orange Tree Theatre chaired by Lee Langley
Further information from www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk
November 12th, 2009
Watch Anne talking about Laura Ashley on BBC TV’s Flog it!
November 2009
USA Lecture Tour on THE DOLLAR PRINCESSES Further information from www.Royal-Oak.org
For tickets email jmmcahey@royal-oak.org
Nov 2nd Grolier Club New York
Nov 4th with the ESU at the Women’s Athletic Club, Chicago
Nov 5th Union League Club Philadelphia
Nov 6th Acorn Club lunch
Nov 7th Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
December 16th 2010
Anne will be talking about Jennie Churchill to Walton Heath Nadfas
www.nadfas.org.uk
October 15th, 2009
Anne will talk to the American Women of North West Surrey about THE DOLLAR PRINCESSES American Women who traded their money for titles and helped shore up Europe’s crumbling aristocracy. Artful lessons in power dressing Evening Standard. Anne Sebba talking about women of Influence at Godolphin and Latymer School for Girls in Hammersmith first Arts Festival February 2010.
October 4th, 2009
Chewton Glen, Hampshire
Anne will give a lunchtime talk on Jennie Churchill as part of the luxury hotel’s special events programme www.chewtonglen.com
September 12th, 2009
Anne will be leading a workshop on “How to get published in non- Fiction” at the Kingston Conference
http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/activities/item.php?updatenum=1044
June 30th, 2009
Anne is a judge for a U3A Creative Writing project and will present the prizes on June 30th
June 12-14th, 2009 London
Anne will be Speaking at the King’s College Literary Festival as part of the Alumni Weekend.
Details to Follow. Read the interview
www.kcl.ac.uk
April 23rd 2009
Anne will give an evening talk on Women of Influence to a Working Women’s Network
April 2nd, 2009
OxfordFringe/SundayTimes Oxford Literary Festival
The Relevance of Biography to History with Susan Ronald as moderator. Panellists include Dr Anna Beer of Oxford University (Young John Milton), Ian Kelly (Casanova, Sunday Times’ Biography of the Year) and Kate Williams (Young Victoria)and Anne Sebba (Jennie CHurchill and William Bankes). 6pm start. To book, go to www.oxfringe.com
March 19th, 2009 8pm
Panel Discussion chaired by Daniel Finkelstein London with Mark Urban, Valerie Solti, Irma Kurtz and Norman Lebrecht
March 19th , 2009 2pm
Anne will lecture to the Windlebrook Decorative and Fine Arts Society on William Bankes, the Exiled Collector. Details to follow
March 11th, 2009 7.30 pm
Evening Talk to the East Dorset Heritage Trust on William Bankes The Exiled Collector
March 3rd, 2009
Anne will give an Illustrated Talk about Jennie Churchill to the American Women of Berkshire and Surrey (AWBS), members only.
February 28th, 2009 BBC Radio 3 12.15 pm
The Daffodil Maiden, a 50 minute drama documentary about the life of pianist Harriet Cohen written and presented by Anne Sebba.
February 23rd, 2009
Lewes Monday Literary Club 8.00 pm Anne will give a talk about Jennie Churchill
February 22nd, 2009
12.30 pm – Sea of Azov
Anne will chair a discussion on this collection of Short Stories at Jewish Book Week with Michelene Wandor, Tamar Yellin, Karen Maitland and Tania Hershman
www.jewishbookweek.com
February 9, 2009
Anne in conversation with Anne de Courcy, author of a new biography of Anthony Armstrong Jones, discussing: How to write about subjects who have had many lovers? The literary and musical soiree will be at the new Musical Museum across Kew Bridge in Brentford and will include a recital by the American pianist, Miriam Brickman.
Further information from www.artsrichmond.org.uk
January 30th, 2009
Anne Sebba in conversation with Lydia Syson, author of Doctor of Love, at East Sheen Library 3pm to discuss the changing nature of biography and the cult of celebrity.
January 28th, 8.30 pm 2009
Book club evening to discuss Jennie Churchill
Private Event
January 22nd, 4pm 2009 Puney Ideas Exchange (Pie)
Anne will give a talk to the girls of Putney High School, London
January 21st, 2009 Barnes Literary Society
Anne will talk about Women of Influence… How they acquire it and how they use it. Laura Ashley, Mother Teresa and Jennie Churchill 8pm, The Old Sorting Office Barnes
www.barnesliterarysociety.org.uk
November 29th , 2008 Dorset History Centre
Anne will give a talk on William Bankes, the Exiled Collector.
Further information tel 01305 250550
November 25th, 2008 London
British Library Panel on Research for History Post Graduate Students
November 8-10th, 2008
Florida Anne will be the Guest Speaker at the Florida branch of the English-Speaking Union at a Gala Anniversary dinner, Followed by a day of publicity in New York to promote Safe Passage (Mira Books)
November 6th, 2008
Anne will join Jonathan Aitken, Simon Hoggart and Sarah Tucker to discuss: “The most important Book ever written.”
November 2nd, 2008
Anne will chair an event with Philip Hensher and Elizabeth Jane Howard on Virago Modern Classics.
October 29th, 2008
Anne will give a talk to the Friends of Croydon Libraries about Jennie Churchill
October 16- 23, 2008 Cruise
Anne will be the Guest Lecturer for Fred Olsen on the Braemar in the Western Mediterranean calling at Cannes, Rome, Barcelona and Ceuta
September 4th, 2008
Suffolk Book League talk
Ipswich 7.30 p.m.
July 16th, 2008 London
Jerwood Theatre Rada post show discussion between Anne and American-Israeli playwright Iris Bahr after a one day only showing of her one woman play, DAI. A sell out at Edinburgh last year for tickets www.jcclondon.org.uk
July 12th, 2008 Dartington Festival
Anne will talk about Jennie Churchill contact www.wayswithwords.co.uk
tel 01803 867373
July 11th, 2008 Kingston Lacy
Anne will be giving a lunchtime talk about William Bankes the Archaeologist as part of National Archaeology Week.
July 10th, 2008 Richmond
The History Girls
Anne Sebba and Mavis Cheek in conversation at Waterstones. How two women calumnied by History have had their reputations restored by two women today. Free event. To reserve a place apply to Waterstones in Richmond or anne@annesebba.com.
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Anne Sebba has made a huge contribution to our window into the troubled times of the abdication; and of course has readjusted the common, prejudiced view of Wallis Simpson.
The Chairman of the Friends’ Association of Godolphin and Latymer School, Dr Kenneth Wolfe