Here is a selection of forthcoming and recent live appearances (not including school visits or exclusively grown up gigs)
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Appledore Book Festival, Devon - Mon 4th and Tue 5th Oct 2021
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Bournville Book Festival - Sat 12 June 2021
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Tameside Children's Book Festival - Wed 24th Feb 2021
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Chiswick Book Festival - Sat 12th Sep 2020
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Barnes Literature Festival - Fri 12th June 2020
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Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye - Thur 28th May 2020
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Poetry International Festival, Southbank Centre - Sun 20th Oct 2019
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Appledore Book Festival, Devon - Thur 10th and Fri 11th Oct 2019
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Cheltenham Literature Festival - Mon 7th Oct 2019
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Reading Rocks conference, Horsham - Sat 5th Oct 2019
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Children's Arts Festival, Hungerford - Sun 23rd June 2019
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Leicester Libraries 'Our Best Book Award' - Thur 6th June 2019
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Comedy Club 4 Kids, Guildford - Sat 1st June 2019
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Banstead Arts Festival - Wed 8th May 2019
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Highgate Library, London - Sat 27th April 2019
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Emirates Festival of Literature, Dubai - 28th Feb to 3rd March 2019
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Comedy Club 4 Kids, Newport - Sat 2nd Feb 2019
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Scottish Book Trust Tour, various venues - 21st to 25th Jan 2019
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London Literature Festival, Southbank Centre - Thur 25th Oct 2018
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Potential Plus Family Weekend, Peterborough - Sun 21st Oct 2018
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Somerset Literacy Network, Keynote Speaker - Fri 12th Oct 2018
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Cheltenham Literature Festival - Sat 6th Oct 2018
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Just So Festival, Cheshire - Fri 17th Aug 2018
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Roehampton Reads Festival - Sat 23rd June 2018
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Greenwich Book Festival - Sat 16th June 2018
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Linton Book Festival - Sat 19th May 2018
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Barnes Children's Literature Festival - Fri 11th May 2018
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Banstead Arts Festival - Wednesday 9th May 2018
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Comedy Club 4 Kids, Cheltenham - Sat 21st April 2018
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University of East London, Guest Lecture - Fri 20th April 2018
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School Librarian's Conference Devon, Invited Speaker - Thur 8th March 2018
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Verve Festival, Birmingham - Saturday 17th Feb 2018
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Milim Festival, Leeds - Thur 15th Feb 2018
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Birmingham University, Guest Lecture - Tue 30th Nov 2017
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Cheltenham Literature Festival - Friday 13th Oct 2017
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Bath Children's Literature Festival - Tuesday 3rd Oct 2017
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Jersey Festival of Words - Friday 29th Sep 2017
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Canterbury Christchurch University, Guest Lecture - Friday 15th Sep 2017
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Booked Festival, Aberdeen - Friday 25th Aug 2017
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Comedy Club 4 Kids, Edinburgh Fringe - Thursday 24th Aug 2017
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Edinburgh Book Festival - Thursday 24th Aug 2017
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Wilderness Festival - Fri 4th-Sun 6th Aug 2017
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Telling Tales Festival, Shakespeare's Globe - Friday 28th July 2017
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Cally Festival - Sunday June 18th 2017
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Derby Book Festival - Saturday 17th June 2017
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Elderflower Fields Festival, Sussex - Sunday May 28th 2017
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Greenwich Book Festival - Friday May 26th 2017
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Banstead Arts Festival - Wednesday May 10th 2017
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Sharjah Children's Reading Festival, UAE - April 20th-23rd 2017
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Doncaster Book Awards - Tuesday April 4th 2017
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Poetry Rivals (Slam Judge), Peterborough - Saturday March 25th 2017
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Imagine Children's Festival, Southbank Centre - Saturday 11th Feb 2017
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Alice in Poetry Book Launch, Uppingham - Saturday 27th Nov 2016
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Appledore Book Festival - Thursday 13th & Friday 14th Oct 2016
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Canterbury Christchurch University, Guest Lecture - Friday 16th Sep 2016
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Booked Festival, Aberdeen - Tuesday Aug 30th 2016
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Unbound! Aberdeen - Monday Aug 29th 2016
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Edinburgh Book Festival - Monday Aug 29th 2016
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Comedy Club 4 Kids, Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Sunday Aug 28th 2016
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RHS Wisley, Arts Fest - Sunday July 17th 2016
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Village Beach, Grays - Saturday July 16th 2016
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Village Green Festival, Westcliffe-on-Sea - Saturday July 9th 2016
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Story Street at the Cally Festival - Sunday June 19th 2016
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Banstead Arts Festival - Wednesday May 11th 2016
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Bournville Book Festival - Saturday 19th Mar 2016
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Family Day, Keats House - Saturday 21st Feb 2016
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Particularly Excellent Poems, Southbank Centre - Monday 15th Feb 2016
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Curious Cats, Southbank Centre - Saturday Oct 10th 2015
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National Poetry Day Live, Southbank Centre Oct 8th 2015
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Comedy Club 4 Kids, Broxbourne - Tuesday 13th Sep 2015
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Solo Show, Stratford Circus Theatre - Saturday 15th Aug 2015
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RHS Wisley - Sunday 19th July 2015
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Ilkley Literature Festival - Saturday June 6th 2015
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Comedy Club 4 Kids, Haverhill - Thursday 15th May 2015
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Comedy Club 4 Kids, Soho Theatre - Sunday 29th Mar 2015
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Patron of Reading Conference - Saturday 21st Feb 2015
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Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival - Saturday Sep 13th 2014
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Solo Show, Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Aug 2013
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Solo Show, Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Aug 2012
