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Live Virtual Chat – Postponed

Jonathan’s second live interview with Writing Community Chat Show was scheduled for Friday 2nd February – but unfortunately it was cancelled at the last minute due to Jonathan being ill.

Watch this space for details of a new date and time for this virtual event!

2024 Events To Be Announced

Jonathan is focusing this Spring on finishing the manuscript for his third Scarlett and Browne book, so events for the year are still to be finalized.

Keep an eye on this page, and, as soon as details are confirmed, you can find out how to meet Jonathan, face-to-face or virtually this year.

 

 

Archived Events from last year . . .

Details of Jonathan’s Tour in Germany and Austria Announced!

Jonathan is packing his suitcase for the first time in years, ready for an international tour to promote his latest novel, The Notorious Scarlett and Browne.

Jonathan will be visiting Germany and Austria with his publisher CBJ this November

For full details and how to secure your ticket see the links below:

Friday, Nov 18 at 20:00
Bookstore Drachenwinkel in Dillingen (Saar) 
https://www.genialokal.de/buchhandlung/dillingen/drachenwinkel/Veranstaltungen/

Saturday Nov 19 at 18:00
Erfurter Herbstlese in Erfurt 
https://www.herbstlese.de/de/veranstaltungen/erfurter-herbstlese-2022/2022/11/19/jonathan-stroud-scarlett-browne-2-die-beruechtigten/002132/

Sunday Nov 20 at 15:00
Münchner Bücherschau in Munich
https://www.muenchner-buecherschau.de/programm/veranstaltungen/#event-51

Monday Nov 21 at 18:30
Tyrolia Bookstore in Innsbruck 
https://www.tyrolia.at/upload/veranstaltungen/2022/20221121.pdf

A Christmas Trip to Bulgaria

After a few years missing out on travels due to the Covid pandemic, Jonathan is looking forward to resuming international touring, to visit new countries and meet his readers.

Jonathan will be taking part in Bulgaria’s biggest Christmas Book Fair, held in Sofia on 9th – 11th December.

Precise timings and details to come soon.

Jonathan’s Events in the UK this summer!

Jonathan is getting ready to celebrate the UK publication of The Notorious Scarlett and Browne by doing events to chat about the book new and meet his readers!

Details of the events are below if you’d like to come along and meet Jonathan!

BARNES LITERARY FESTIVAL 2022

Sunday 26th June ~ event starts 2:30pm
Event with Jennifer Killick           

Jonathan will be sharing the stage with critically-acclaimed author, Jennifer Killick.

The double-act will be chatting about how they write scary books that are also funny, and how they create tension and jokes.

Then they’ll be challenging the audience to help them create a character and scene live on stage.

The event will end with questions from the audience and a book signing.

For more information and to book tickets see: https://bit.ly/3xIdhV8

HARPENDEN BOOKS

Thurs 7th July ~ 4:00pm
Drop-in signing, open to all           

On the day The Notorious Scarlett and Browne is published in the UK, Jonathan will be at his local bookshop, Harpenden Books, signing copies of his books, meeting readers and generally celebrating the new release!

Jonathan will be in store from 4 – 5pm and he’d love to meet you if you’re in the area!

For any further details please call the shop on 01582 471375.

YALC AT LONDON COMIC CON
         
Fri 8th July  ~ 3:00pm
‘Working on the Building’ panel event                

Jonathan will be joining other mega-star authors for this event as part of the UK’s leading festival celebrating stories and books for young adults.

Alongside Derek Landy, Lauren James, Michelle Paver and Aneesa Marufu, Jonathan will be chatting about how he creates his worlds, characters and more.

It promises to be an un-missable event delivering five authors for the price of one!

For ticketing information see https://bit.ly/3aMdoWu


A busy few months!

Despite Covid restrictions, it’s been a busy few months for Jonathan on the events scene. He’s done lots of virtual events with bookshops, schools and literary festivals from all over the world.

Jonathan has done virtual events for German fans, including events for Munich Literature Festival, the Cologne Lit Festival, Luneburg and Buchmesse Saar. He’s loved chatting with other authors during the events and of course, his favourite part, answering questions from his readers.

Across the Atlantic, Jonathan took part in a virtual tour to launch The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne in the US! He held wonderful events with top bookshops including Little Shop of Stories, Blue Willow, Joseph Beth, Books of Wonder and more.

Closer to home, Jonathan zoomed into events for ILF Dublin lit festival, Hay festival, YALC, the Edinburgh International Book Festival and more.

The virtual events have been a fantastic way to connect with his readers. Now, in 2022, here’s hoping he can also attend some events in real life too!

London Calling

As pandemic restrictions eased in the UK, Jonathan took to the streets of London to sign copies of The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne in bookshops throughout the capital.

It was a fantastic day – heaps of books signed, lots of lovely catch ups with booksellers and a big bowl of steaming noodles for lunch to keep Jonathan sustained.


World Book Day 2022

To celebrate WBD, Jonathan will be doing two events for a schools audience, one with a central London school and one closer to Jonathan’s home, Beaumont School, in St Albans.

Beaumont School has been running a wonderful reading initiative over the past year – it’s called The Whole School Read and they’ve chosen to focus on The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne.

Led by the wonderful library team, and supported by all the school staff, pupils have been challenged to read Scarlett and Browne. But it doesn’t stop there – parents, staff, even the lollipop lady, have been encouraged to read the book.

The initiative has resulted in some amazing bits of artwork, reviews, jacket images, and enthusiasm throughout the whole school for Jonathan’s book.

To bring this amazing initiative to a close, Jonathan is going to visit Beaumont on World Book Day (Thursday 3rd March) to meet the students and hear all about their adventures with Scarlett and Albert.

 

 
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