Emma Claire Sweeney is delighted to help launch City Writes tonight at City, University of London. She will be reading from Owl Song at Dawn, and is looking forward to being joined by short story competition winners Evleen Mann, Lesley Jones, Eileen Church Riley, C. G. Menon. It is a particular honour to share a stage with… Continue reading City Writes: Launch Event
Emma Claire Sweeney will be a guest speaker at the Personal Social Services Research Unit and LSE Literary Festival’s Viewing Autism Through the Arts Lens, part of the LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2017. She will be joined by journalist Jem Lester and the panel will be chaired by LSE Professor Martin Knapp. Our… Continue reading Event: Viewing Autism Through the Arts Lens
Emma will be reading from Owl Song at Dawn at the Royal Mencap Society’s Carol Service on 15 December, 2016 at 6:30 pm. Also present will be the delightful Music Man Project and the English Baroque Choir. Other readers will include Hugh Dennis and Mencap’s Learning Disability Champion Lloyd Page. The festivities will continue after the service with… Continue reading Event: Royal Mencap Society Carol Service
Emma Claire Sweeney will be the faculty reader for a Reading Night Literary Event at New York University London, appearing alongside Orange-Prize-shortlisted guest novelist, Emma Henderson, and NYU London Literary Club members. Where: New York University London, 6 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RA, Rooms 105 & 106 When: Wednesday, 30 November, 2016, 6pm RSVP at… Continue reading New York University London Literary Event: Wednesday November 30th
Emma and Emily Midorikawa will be hosting a writing event at City, University of London, where both teach on the Novel Studio programme. From the Something Rhymed blog: As long-term friends who’ve supported each other’s careers from the beginning, we know just how important building strong links with other writers can be. We’ll be joined by Something… Continue reading Upcoming Event: Writing Friendships at City, University of London
Emma will be appearing at the Mencap ‘The Big Day Out’ Annual Conference. The event will take place at Silverstone Racecourse on Saturday, October 8th. Emma will be appearing at 1pm on the main stage to talk about literary representations of learning disability and the influence of her sister on Owl Song at Dawn. Later in… Continue reading Appearance at Mencap Annual Conference
Emma will be participating in the Keele Hall Readings at Keele University on Monday, October 10, 2016. The event will take place in the Keele Hall Senior Common Room at 7:30 PM. At Keele, she will be reading from her recently published debut novel Owl Song at Dawn, which was inspired by her sister who… Continue reading Owl Song at Dawn Reading at Keele Hall
Debut novelist Emma Claire Sweeney comes to Harefield Library to talk to us about her touching and poignant book, Owl Song at Dawn. Date: Monday 5 September Time: 2pm to 3pm Venue: Harefield Library
If any of you are in the area tomorrow morning, it would be great to meet you in person at Chorleywood or Gerrard’s Cross bookshops, where I will be signing copies of Owl Song at Dawn in honour of its Guardian Not the Booker long listing. I’ll be at Chorleywood Bookshop (WD3 5NJ) from 10am… Continue reading Book Signing In Honor Of Not the Booker Longlist Nomination
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