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Alison Jean Lester
Official website for writer Alison Jean Lester, author of Lillian on Life and Yuki Means Happiness.
27 July 2026, 10:30-11:30am, Return to the Scene of the Climb talk and slideshow, The Probus Club, Pershore
22 June 2026, 6:30-8pm, Legends, Bridges & Boundaries 2-book launch event with Kate McElderry, Poon’s at Somerset House
18 May 2026, 7-9:15pm, author talk at the Coombs Wood Book Club, Halesowen
22 May 2024, 5-7pm, author talk with the other Alison Lester, former Children’s Laureate of Australia! At Droitwich Library.
19 May 2024, 11:00am-12:30pm, Grief & Death panel with five authors, Compassionate Sheffield Life, Loss & Death Festival
7 October 2023, 1:00-2:00pm panel on loss and memoir, When There Are No Words: Loss and Hope, at the Birmingham Literature Festival
8 July 2023, panel on self-publishing at the National Writers Conference, Birmingham
10 June 2023, talk about The Sound of It at Redditch Library, Redditch, Worcestershire
24 May 2023, 6:30-8:00pm MT, launch event for Return to the Scene of the Climb, Estes Valley Library, Estes Park, Colorado
11 February 2023, 10am-2.00pm, launch event for the Coffin Club in Margaret’s Memory, Wordsley Community Centre, Stourbridge
14 January 2023, 5-6.30pm, talk and book signing at The Heath Bookshop, Birmingham
10 December 2022, 1-3pm, Crime Writing Improv at Newcastle Noir
3 December 2022, morning and afternoon book signing at WHSmith, Droitwich
2 December 2022, 6.30-7.303pm, The Sound of It book launch at Droitwich Library
9 October 2022, 2:30pm, in conversation with Dr Kathryn Mannix at Birmingham Literary Festival
2 April 2022, 7:30pm, reading from Absolutely Delicious at What Would Love Do Now event, Warwick Unitarian Chapel
17 November 2021, 6:30pm EST, virtual launch of Glide hosted by Belmont Books in Massachusetts.
17 November 2021, 6:30pm, launch of Glide hosted by Droitwich Library.
11 November 2021, 7:30pm, launch of Glide hosted by General Office Gallery, Stourbridge.
20 August 2021, 2:30 pm, talk hosted by the Evesham Festival of Words about writing Absolutely Delicious.
11 December 2020, 3:00 pm GMT, virtual book tour, joint event with Dignity in Dying, “What Should Dying Look Like in the 21st Century?”
5 December 2020, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST, Absolutely Delicious Author Talk hosted by Hingham Public Library
10 November 2020, 6:30 pm EST, Absolutely Delicious Author Talk hosted by Belmont Books
12 January 2020, 1:30 - 5:30pm, The Victoria Literary Festismall
1 December 2018, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Improv for Writers, Birmingham and Midland Institute,
9 Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BS
21 October 2018, 9:00 - 9:50 am, Improv for Writers at the Salisbury Literary Festival
20 October 2018, 7:30 pm, interview with Matt Haig at the Salisbury Literary Festival
20 October 2018, 5:00 pm, interview with Claire Fuller and Caoilinn Hughes at the Salisbury Literary Festival
8 October 2018, 7:30 pm, Word.Play.Live performance of my short story, ‘Talking About Lily May’ at The Warehouse Cafe, Birmingham
28 July 2018, 7:30, Walking in Beauty live storytelling at Theatre Delicatessen, London
9 July 2018, 5:30, discussion with the Bell Green Library reading group, Coventry
11 June 2018, 7:00, meeting with the Salt and Pepper reading group, Shropshire
26 May 2018, 2:00–4:00 pm - Improv for Writers at the Orkney Public Library and Archive
20 May 2018, 1:00–2:30 pm - Improv for Writers workshop at the Dublin International Literature Festival
8 March 2018, 6:30 pm - Yuki Means Happiness talk at Daunt Books, 51 South End Rd, Hampstead, London, NW3 2Q
4 March 2018 - Guest writer at the Salisbury Writers Circle
6 December 2017 - Creative Writing Careers Roadshow, with Writing West Midlands, at Birmingham City University
29 October 2017, 9:15 am - delivering my Improv for Writers warm-up session at the Salisbury Literary Festival
5 August 2017, 2:30pm – Two American Authors, Many Paths to Publication talk with Suz Korb at Wayland's Yard, Worcester
27 July 2017, 6.30pm - Yuki Means Happiness publication day event at Waterstones Birmingham
8 Nov 2015, 11.30 am-12.30 pm - Featured author at 'Real to Print: The Burden of Experience' at the Singapore Writers Festival
31 Oct 2015, 7:00-8:00 pm Hosting the Xinran Meet the Author session at the Singapore Writers Festival
30 Oct 2015, 8:30-9.30 pm Moderating the 'Stories from Islands, Songs from Islanders' readings at the Singapore Writers Festival
21 Mar 2015 - Markets of New York City Presents: A Literary Salon with Alison Jean Lester
30 Jan 2015, 7 pm - Book Launch, signing and discussion at the Alliance Francais Singapore.
14 Jan 2015, 7.30 pm - Speaking at Telling Stories Live at That Spare Room
8 Nov 2014, 11:30-12:30 - Moderating the 'Love Stories' panel discussion at the Singapore Writers Festival
13 Sept 2014 - Meet the author at The French Bookshop, Tiong Bahru, Singapore. 11am-1pm.
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