Author Visits

• Literary Festivals, Meet-the-Author events, Talks and Readings
  

• Writing Workshops

• Book groups

• University, College and School Visits

• Feature Articles

Literary Festivals, Talks, Readings  and Meet-the-Author events

Jane is an experienced public speaker and since the publication of The Devil’s Music, she has been invited to Literary Festivals in Norfolk, Sheffield, Cambridge, Bridport, Chichester, Hampstead and Highgate to give readings or to talk about writing and the process of getting published. Jane has given talks in libraries, schools, universities, art centres and, once, in a ballroom. She has travelled to Bloomsbury Readers’ Days and Meet-the-Author events around the country, appearing alongside Barbara Trapido, Louise Levine, Marika Cobbold, Jack Sheffield, and Anne Zouroudi, amongst others. With fellow  Chichester Book Club authors Gabrielle Kimm and Isabel Ashdown, Jane also participates in Meet-the-Author events to help raise funds for local schools and charities. Please get in touch if you are interested in hosting an event.

Writing Workshops

Jane is a qualified teacher and has taught English at BA and MA levels at the University of Chichester for more than 10 years. Her popular writing workshops have sold out at Literary Festivals such as Bridport, Cambridge, Hampstead and Highgate and she is often invited back to run another.

‘I came away afterwards brimming with thoughts to share and with fresh inspiration for writing.  You communicated your love of writing with everything you said, giving us much to think about, so that the afternoon passed far too quickly whilst also being a delight’ Bridport Workshop

‘Your seminar was so interesting and I envy your students in Sussex.’

‘I found the workshop inspiring and I have some new found energy and commitment, so thank you for providing the course as a means to tap into that, which I am sure rubbed off for all course members.’

‘Back by popular demand, Jane Rusbridge …’ Ham and High Litfest

Book Groups

Jane is often asked to take part Book Group meetings, which range from a chat over a cup of tea, dinner in a restaurant or mingling with a large group sipping glasses of Pimms in a church hall. In celebration of the setting of the novel, one group even enjoyed a beach-themed evening. If you would like Jane to visit your Book Group to talk about the inspiration behind her novel, to read from or answer your questions about The Devil’s Music, if available, she will be more than happy to do so. Please get in touch through the Contacts Page.