2025

TRING BOOKSHOP
Wednesday 26th March, 19:30

LINGHAMS BOOKSHOP
Thursday 27th March, 19:00
Linghams Bookshop, 248 Telegraph Road, Heswall, Wirral CH60 7SG

BOOKA BOOKSHOP, OSWESTRY
Friday 28th March, 19:00

DEADLY – BRITISH LIBRARY CRIME FESTIVAL
Saturday 29th March, 13:00-14:30

TOPPING & CO, EDINBURGH – Monday 31st March, 19:00 doors open
TOPPING & CO, ST ANDREWS – Tuesday 1st April, 19:00

MILTON KEYNES LITERARY FESTIVAL
Saturday 12 April, 13:30-14:30

CONWAY HALL EVENT
Wednesday 16th April, 18:30

GLOUCESTER HISTORY FESTIVAL
Friday 25 April, 16:00-17:00

CAMBRIDGE LITERARY FESTIVAL
Saturday 26th April, 14:00

CORAM SOCIETY
Monday 28th April, 18:00-20:00

THE MONTAUK CLUB, New York (Private Members Event)
Thursday 1st May

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, New York
Friday 2nd May, 18:00 – 19:00

BEYOND THE BOOK FESTIVAL, Brighton
Saturday 10th May, 13:00-14:30

CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL
Friday 16th May, 13:30

NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Kew
Wednesday 21st May, 19:00

WATERSTONES CANTERBURY
Thursday 22nd May, 18:30

HAY FESTIVAL
Friday 30th May, 14:30 and Saturday 31st May, 13:00
Writing history for screen event with David Olusoga and Josh Levine

HISTORY FEST @ Storyhouse, Chester
Friday 6th June, 19:30

CAPITAL CRIME
Friday 13th June, 18:20-19:10
‘Criminal Minds Throughout History’ with Conn Iggulden and Kate Williams

DALKEY FESTIVAL
Ireland
Saturday 14th June, 11:00

CHORLEYWOOD
Tuesday 24th June

HARROGATE CRIME FESTIVAL – ‘True Grit’ panel
Saturday 19th July, 10:30

Previous events:

2020

24 January: Jaipur Literature Festival, Jaipur, India – ‘The Lives of Women’ panel event with Bettany Hughes, Jung Chang, Lindsey Hilsum and Anita Anand: jaipurliteraturefestival.org/programme
27 January: Jaipur Literature Festival, Jaipur, India – ‘The Five: the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper’: jaipurliteraturefestival.org/programme
10 February: 5 x15, EartH, Hackney, London, 7pm – eventbrite.co.uk/e/5×15-hackney-robin-ince-tracey-thorn-hallie-rubenhold-james-obrien-tickets-84786640123
19 February: Waterstones West End, Edinburgh, 6:30pm – eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-hallie-rubenhold-edinburgh-west-end-tickets-89573377383
20 February: Panmure House, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh 6:00pm hw.ac.uk/news/events/an-evening-with-hallie-rubenhold.htm
27 February: Hay Festival, Abu Dhabi, 8:30pm hayfestival.com/p-16417-hallie-rubenhold-bernardine-evaristo-kapka-kassabova-inua-ellams.aspx
28 February: Hay Festival, Abu Dhabi, 5:30pm hayfestival.com/p-16430-hallie-rubenhold.aspx
7 March: TM History Icons 2020, Sheffield, 9:00 am eventbrite.co.uk/e/tmhistoryicons-2020-tickets-79941734881
12 March: Broadstairs Lit, ‘In Coversation’, Broadstairs, 7:00 pm visitthanet.co.uk/events/hallie-rubenhold-jack-the-ripper-56516/

2019

4 March: Lindum Books, Lincoln, at the Collection Lincoln & Usher Gallery, 7:00 Author Q & A and signing
5 March: Bolton Central Library, Bolton, 1:00 Author Q & A and signing
5 March: Lingham’s Books, Heswall, Wirral, 7:00 Author Q &A, signing
12 March: The Tabernacle, London W11 2AY, 7:30 Penguin Live – ‘A Life in Death’ in conversation with Dame Sue Black and signings to follow
13 March: National Liberal Club, London, 7:00, An Evening with Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary Jane Fundraiser for Beyond the Streets in conjunction with Penguin Random House and the ENO. Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternative-jack-the-ripper-event-an-evening-discussing-the-lives-of-polly-annie-elizabeth-tickets-56638896464
16 March: AyeWrite! Festival, Glasgow, Mitchell Library, 6:30; in conversation and signing.
8 April: Sob Sisters with Karen Abbott & Ada Calhoun, New York (Sister Jane Tavern, 6:00)
9 April: The Mysterious Bookshop, New York, 6:30, reading, talk, Q&A and signing.
14 April: LA Festival of Books, Los Angeles, signing at the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore tent, 4:00
17 April: University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley 6:00 in conversation with Melanie Abrams
18 April: Book Passage book store, San Francisco, 12:30 talk, Q & A and signing.
20 April: The Ripped Bodice book shop, Culver City (Los Angeles), 3:00, in conversation and signing.
8 May: The London Library, St James’ Square, London, in conversation (details TBC)
24 May: Bath Festival, Bath Assembly Rooms (details TBC)
29 May: Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, in conversation with SJ Parris, 5:30
5 June: New College of the Humanities, 19 Bedford Square, London, in conversation about The Five, 5:30
15 June: Greenwich Book Festival, London (details TBC)
18 June: Chesterfield Library, (Love Lit Derbyshire) Chesterfield, 7:00 (details TBC)
23 June: Wimpole HIstory Festival, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, 1:00
29 June: Matchwomen’s Festival, Bow Arts Trust, London (details TBC)
12 July: Way With Words Festival @ Dartington Hall, Totnes, 5:30
21 September: Gloucester History Festival, Gloucester, 5:45 and 8:30 (with Janina Ramirez): gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/?page=9
26 September: National Archives at Kew, London, talk , 7:30 eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-five-the-untold-lives-of-the-women-killed-by-jack-the-ripper-tickets-62580331456
28-29 September: The Cliveden Literary Festival, Taplow 28th at 11:30 and 29th at 3:30 clivedenliteraryfestival.org/programme/
1 October: Warwick Words History Festival, Lord Leycester Hospital, High Street, Warwick, 7:30 warwickdc.gov.uk/royalspacentre/events/event/2434/warwick_words_history_festival_hallie_rubenhold
5 October: Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield, 7:00 (TBC) offtheshelf.org.uk/events/
6 October: Birmingham Literature Festival, Birmingham ‘Murder She Wrote’ with Jo Baker at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 4:00, ticketsource.co.uk/bhamlitfest/murder-she-wrote/e-jmxypr
8 October: Author’s Club Literary Lunch, National Liberal Club, London 12:30
10 October: Bolton Girls School, Division Great Hall, Bolton, 7:00, boltonschool.org/senior-boys/noticeboard/talk-to-reveal-the-untold-lives-of-the-women-killed-by-jack-the-ripper/
22 October: Royal Holloway, University of London, Shilling Auditorium, Egham, 6:15 https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/events/the-five-the-untold-lives-of-the-women-killed-by-jack-the-ripper/
27 October: BBC History Magazine History Weekend, Chester, 12:00 https://www.historyextra.com/events/history-weekends-2019-hallie-rubenhold/
2 November: Murder One Crime Writing Festival, Smock Alley Theatre Dublin, 2:00: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/murder-one/untold-stories-the-five-hallie-rubenhold-with-joseph-o-connor/e-ozpjqq
3 November: BBC History Magazine History Weekend, Winchester, 12:30: historyextra.com/events/history-weekends-2019-hallie-rubenhold/
8 November: Hay Festival, Arequipa, Peru, Instituto Peruano Aleman
12:00, arequipa.hayfestival.com/cgi-bin/main
12 November: British Council – Women’s Invisible Biographies, Lima, Peru, 7:00 pm, Centro Cultural Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Contact British Council, Lima for details.
16 November: Writeidea Festival, the Idea Store, Whitechapel Road, London , 7:00: eventbrite.co.uk/e/hallie-rubenhold-the-five-tickets-72489667547
18 November: An Evening with the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction Shortlisted Authors, 6:30, Tottenham Court Road Waterstones, London,waterstones.com/events/tcr-presents-an-evening-with-the-baille-gifford-prize-for-non-fiction-shortlist-2019/london-tottenham-court-road
30 November: Hay Winter Weekend, in conversation with Peter Florence, 7:00, Hay-onWye, hayfestival.com/s-552-saturday-30-november-2019.aspx
4 December: John Ash Annual Lecture, 4:30, University of Birmingham, Birmingham birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/mds/events/2019/12/John-Ash-Annual-Lecture-2019.aspx

2018 – 11:

- 21 October: Bloomsbury Festival, London: ‘Independent Women: Courtesans and Prostitutes in the Georgian Era’ https://foundlingmuseum.cloudvenue.co.uk/independentwomen
- 15 October: Cliveden Literary Festival, Cliveden House: ‘Politics, Sex and Scandal’ – clivedenliteraryfestival.org/programme/

24 September: Dickens Fellowship Literary Event, Broadstairs: ‘Harlots and Hangers-on’ with Lucinda Hawksley dickensfellowship.org/Events/harlots-and-hangers-broadstairs

6 July: Fairfax House, York: Talk on The Real Lady Worsley
18 March – 1 April: Queen Mary II, guest speaker – China-Korea-Japan

22 October: Harrogate History Festival, 12pm ‘Revolution!’ A panel discussion examining some of history’s revolutions. harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/history/
30 June: History in the Court at Goldsboro Books, London, 6pm historyinthecourt.com/JoinUs.html
28 June: Peterborough Heritage Festival, 7pm ‘The Wild Women of Jane Austen’s Era ‘vivacity-peterborough.com/event/the-wild-women-of-jane-austens-era
1 – 16 March: P&O Arcadia, guest speaker Sydney to Hong Kong
14 November: Paddington Library: 6:30 with Helen Pike discussing writing novels set in the 18th & 19th centuries.
22 November: Pimlico Library: 6:00 with Gabrielle Kimm and Linda Stratmann discussing writing sex & scandal
29 November: 1 Royal Crescent Museum, Bath: 7:00 appearing with Adrian Teal as part of the Gin Lane Gazette event
15 January: Kenwood House, Hampstead Heath (English Heritage Literary Season): 12:00 “ ‘Wild Women of the 18th Century’
25 January: Chipping Barnet Library talk: 6:30, Mistress of My Fate
9 March: Living Literature Society talk with Lucinda Hawksley: 7:00, The London Underworld, Hogarth to Dickens, Arthur Probsthain bookshop
18 April: Women Aloud Book Club event; 7:00, Mistress of My Fate
24 May: Chawton House talk and drink reception: 6:30, ‘The Wicked World of Austen’s Women’chawton.org/documents/A6eventsbookletforweb.pdf
4 June: How The Light Gets In Festival at Hay on Wye; 2:30 ‘Selling Ourselves’ debate with Brooke Magnanti and Catherine Hakim, and ‘For Better or For Worse’ debate, 7:30. howthelightgetsin.org/tickets/all-sessions/
16 June: The Leeds Big Bookend Literary Festival; Women, Sex and History with Jane Borodale, Gabrielle Kimm and Anne O’Brien, 1:30, The Carriageworks, Leeds http://bigbookend.co.uk/
14 July: Kelmarsh Festival of Historical Literature; 2:00, ‘Before Sherlock; Murder in Georgian London’
15 July: Kelmarsh Festival of Historical Literature; 11:40, ‘Grand Beginnings’ “ discussing my debut novel with M C Scott
12 September: World Monument Fund (www.wmf.org.uk) talk; Behind Closed Doors: The Hidden Histories of Great Buildings with Suzannah Lipscomb, 7:00 at the Royal Geographical Society, Kensington
20 September: History in the Court, 5:00 Cecil Court, London in association with Goldsboro Books and the HWA
10 October: Cheltenham Literature Festival; 4:00, Georgian London: High Life and Low Life with Ian Kelly
11 October: Cheltenham Literature Festival; 2:00, The Regency Booker Prize with Paula Byrne, Jenny Uglow, Kate Chisholm, discussing Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Ann Radcliffe and Fanny Burney
28 June: Beckenham Literary Festival (BecFest), 7:00 “ talk with Imogen Robertson on ‘Writing Fact and Fiction’
17 July: Kelmarsh Festival of Historical Literature, 11:45 ‘What Women Wore and Why’ with Lesley Downer and Laura Wilson
13 September: Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival, ‘Women in History’
28 September: Winchester Discovery Centre, ‘Love, Sex & History’, 7:30
29 September: History in the Court, 5:00, Cecil Court, London in association with Goldsboro Books and the HWA
3 October: Dr Johnson’s House, Private View of ‘Now That Would be Telling’ art and story installation
17 October: Manchester Literary Festival
18 October: Guildford Literary Festival
20 October: ‘Now That Would be Telling’ evening event at Dr Johnson’s House
15 November:London History Festival
18 November: Richmond Literary Festival,’Sex and Taboo in Historical Fiction’ with Rosie Thomas @ The Bingham Hotel, 7:30
17 November: Thames Valley History Festival; 3:00, Windsor Library: ‘Before Sherlock’ crime, murder and mayhem in 18th century London, with Lloyd Shepherd, Imogen Robertson and Rose Melikan