Diary category: Author events
Falmouth Book Festival with Esther Freud on October 23, 2026
Novelists are notorious magpies, stealing from their own lives and families before disguising the evidence as fiction. But where does memory end and invention begin, and what happens when the people closest to a writer recognise themselves on the page? …
Dulverton Exmoor Literary Festival on November 14, 2026
On his first visit to this festival, Patrick is joining with Kate Lord Brown and Rachel Hore for a book club author panel on Family Secrets, with Kate talking about The Silver Thread Rachel about the French Spymistress and Patrick about Love Lane. 4.30 …
Bridport Literary Festival on November 13, 2026
A trip to Bridport Literary Festival is always a highlight of any book tour. Patrick will be at the Electric Palace on November 13 at 1.30. Tickets and full details will be posted nearer the time on the festival website.
Cambridge Winter Weekend on November 21, 2026
Patrick is delighted to be returning to Cambridge for its literary festival’s Winter Weekend. Full details will be posted, along with ticket booking details, on the festival’s website from September 11.
Wells Festival of Literature on October 16, 2026
Patrick is delighted to be returning to beautiful Wells for the Wells Festival of Literature. He’ll be talking about Love Lane with George Miller at 6pm but full details will not be published until the early autumn. The place to find them, and tickets, …
The Coast is Queer on October 18, 2026
Patrick is delighted not only to be returning to The Coast is Queer – Brighton’s LGBTIQ literary festival – but that he’ll be in conversation there with rising star of queer fiction, Curtis Garner. 3.30. Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts, Gardner C …
Wimbledon BookFest with Louise Doughty on October 19, 2026
Patrick is thrilled to be sharing at stage at the Wimbledon BookFest with his old friend Louise Doughty. He’ll be talking about Love Lane, which has a great deal of common ground with Louise’s powerful memoir of her parent’s 1950s marriage, On This Spo …
Tolmen Centre, Constantine on October 9, 2026
Patrick will be returning to the Tolmen Centre so that Love Lane can be the focus of its monthly book talk in October. Tickets are 7.50 from the centre’s website and the talk will start with Cornish cheese and biscuits and an author-related quiz from …
Trevilley on June 2, 2025
Patrick and Aidan’s utterly unexpected garden at their home near Land’s End, Trevilley, will once again be open to visitors throughout June. You can either book to visit with a group on the day of your choosing (11 or 2 most weekdays), which will cost …
