Public Appearances
​(please contact Jane for further details)

2026

1-15 September
Guest lecturer aboard Viking Saturn

2025

Late Sept.
Literary Festival tbc

10 September
Goring on Thames
Hearts and Minds

6 June 
Royal College of Psychiatrists History Conference
Work in Progress

10 May
London
Elizabeth Gaskell Society
Trailblazer

20 February
Paperback publication day (Trailblazer)

20 February
Chiltern Writers
Behind the Scenes of History

19 February
Hedgerley History Society
Trailblazer

10 February
Cambridge Green Badge Guides
Trailblazer

4 February
The Arts Society (Aylesbury Vale)
Trailblazer

14 January
Haddenham U3A
Trailblazer

8 January
West Yorkshire Federation of WIs
Trailblazer

2024
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​28 - 19 November
Congress, Siena, Italy
Trailblazer

30 October
U3A Cambridge
​Trailblazer

11 October
Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield
​Trailblazer

9 October
Cleeve by Goring
A Force to be Reckoned With 

28 September
Girton College, Cambridge
Trailblazer

2-16 September
Guest Lecturer aboard Viking vessel, Greenwich-Bergen
(series of 7 talks)

19 June
Oxford High School (public event)
Trailblazer

30 May
Teesside Federation literary lunch
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

28 May
University Women's Club, London
Trailblazer

25 May
George Eliot Fellowship, Nuneaton
Trailblazer

24 May
Thame Arts and Literature Festival (TAL)
Trailblazer

17 May
Chalfont St Giles Literary Festival
Trailblazer

24 April
Farnley Tyas WI, Huddersfield
A Force to be Reckoned With

20 April
S. Yorkshire Federation of Women's Institutes (Barnsley)
Trailblazer

16 April
West Yorkshire Federation of Women's Institutes (Ilkley)
Hearts and Minds

22 March
​Newcastle upon Tyne
Josephine Butler 

22 February
LAUNCH OF TRAILBLAZER HARDBACK AND AUDIOBOOK

2023
Dec 19
Shropshire Family History Society
In the Family Way

Dec 5-8
​Recording 'Trailblazer' audiobook for Penguin

Dec 4
Dinton, Buckinghamshire
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Nov 20 (tbc)
St Edward's School, Oxford

Nov 3 - 16
Historical speaker aboard a Viking cruise from Barcelona to Puerto Rico (series of 7 lectures)

Oct 16
Josephine Butler College, Durham
Josephine Butler

Oct 11
Barford St. Michael
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Oct 10
High Wycombe (Chiltern Stroke Club)
A Writer's Life

September 26
Ripon (N. Yorkshire West Federation of Women's Institutes)
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

July 12
Deddington
​Ladies Can't Climb Ladders
Harwell
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

21 March
Anya Hindmarch, Pont Street, London
A Force to be Reckoned With

​8 March
International Women's Day Event, Princes Risborough
www.wegottickets.com
Hearts and Minds

7 March
Gerrard's Cross
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

1 March
Marylebone Lecture Series
​Mary Seacole

22 Feb
Participation in 'Intersectionalising Oxford: Negotiating Gender, Class and Women'. St Hugh's College, Oxford.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-hughs-women-negotiating-gender-class-and-education-tickets-532249902787
Bluestockings

2022
Slowly, slowly, things are creaking back towards normality. I'll post engagements below, as before, when they are scheduled. Do get in touch if you would like to engage me: I'm happy to travel, now, and am enjoying the unique atmosphere of live performance again. See you soon!

Dec 1
Oxford U3A
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Jul 14
Roundhay WI
A Force to be Reckoned With

Jun 9
Adderbury WI
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Mar 16
Hedgerley Historical Society
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Mar 8
Kew WI
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Feb 21
Stone Local History Society
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

24.3.20: In the light of the current situation surrounding Covid-19 my talks have been postponed until further notice.

In the meantime, why not listen to 'Women Behind the Scenes of History', a series of video presentations based on my books? I am adding to the series over the next few weeks and you can view it on YouTube by using these links (and others are available via Google):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVe_KbO0cbM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqEr_xAK1Ns

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xg7AWGaw7U

2020

Dec 9
Talk to AOUP, Oxford
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

​Oct 1
Princes Risborough U3A
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders 

Sep 12
Aylesbury Heritage Open Week talk
Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

June 2
Derby Literature Festival
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

May 18
Talk for the Seven College Conference at the University Women's Club, London 
Ladies can't Climb Ladders

May 13
Chalfont St Giles Literary Festival
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Apr 29
Talk to JLL, Birmingham
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Apr 22
The Sir Hugh Ford Management Lecture, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Apr 2
Thame U3A,
In the Family Way

Mar 28
North Yorkshire West Federation of Women's Institutes Spring Meeting, Harrogate
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Mar 15
Glasgow Aye Write Festival,
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Mar 13
The National Archives
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Mar 10
Words by the Water, Keswick
Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

Jan 31
Talk & signing at The Collection, Lincoln (Lindum Books) https://www.facebook.com/events/the-collection-lincoln-usher-gallery/jane-robinson-talk-signing/631864930889913/

Jan 27
TalkRadio Europe interview, 9.30 am

Jan 25
Appearance on talkRADIO Badass Women's Hour

Jan 24
BBC Radio London interview with Jo Good, 1.30 pm

Jan 23 
Launch of Ladies Can't Climb Ladders: the Pioneering Adventures of the first Professional Women 


2019

24 Oct
Friends of North Leigh Library, A Force to be Reckoned With https://m.facebook.com/Friends-of-North-Leigh-Library

20 Oct 
140th birthday panel discussion, Somerville College Oxford; other speakers include Professor Louise Richardson (Vice Chancellor), Dame Esther Rantzen, Dame Fiona Caldicott, Baroness Shirley Williams, Baroness Jan Royall, Dr Alice Prochaska https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/event/somerville-140-birthday-celebration/

18 Sep
City of London School, Bluestockings

14 Sep
Winchester Discovery Centre, A Force to be Reckoned With

16 Apr                    
Stone Local History Society, Hearts and Minds

11 Apr
Talk at Lincoln's Inn, Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

19 Mar
West Kent Federation of Women's Institutes, Hearts and Minds

7  Mar                     
Townswomen’s Guilds International Women’s Day Event, Hearts and Minds

21 Feb
Royal Holloway College Women in Engineering event, Ladies Can't Climb Ladders

10 Jan 
Launch of the paperback edition of Hearts and Minds

3 Jan
Risborough WI, Hearts and Minds

2018
​
31 Dec
'Amo Amas Amusical' BBC Radio 4, 4pm with Professor Dame Mary Beard.

​5 Dec                     
​Hedgerley Historical Society, Hearts and Minds

29 Nov                   
Probus Club of Beaconsfield, tbc

20 Nov                   
Battersea WI, Hearts and Minds

17 Nov                   
BARTS High Wycombe, Hearts and Minds

23 Oct                    
W. Sussex Federation of Women’s Institutes, Hearts and Minds

20 Oct                    
Somerville College Literary Lunch, Hearts and Minds

19 Oct                    
Thame Arts and Literature Festival, Hearts and Minds

18 Oct                    
Cakes & Revolution WI, Suffolk, A Force to be Reckoned With

14 Oct                    
Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield, Hearts and Minds

10 Oct                    
WI North East London, Hearts and Minds

29 Sep                    
Marlborough Literary Festival, Hearts and Minds
​
27 Sep                    
Lincoln Literary Festival, Hearts and Minds

15 Sep (pm)        
St Hugh’s College, Oxford, women pioneers in the professions

15 Sep (am)        
Winchester, Hearts and Minds

12 Sep
Kingston Grammar School Prize-giving

​18 Aug
Edinburgh International Book Festival (with Diane Atkinson), Hearts and Minds

20 July                   
Notts Federation of Women’s Institutes Literary Lunch, Hearts and Minds

18 July (pm)        
Stony Stratford, Hearts and Minds

18 July (am)        
Denman College, Hearts and Minds

13 July                   
Ways with Words, Dartington, Hearts and Minds

8 July                     
Lichfield Festival, Hearts and Minds
https://www.lichfieldfestival.org/events-in-lichfield/talk-hearts-minds/

27 June                 
Opening of the ‘Voice & Vote’ exhibition at the Houses
of Parliament. (I have written a piece on suffragists for the accompanying publication.)
https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/vote-100/voice-and-vote/

12 June                   
Wycombe Abbey School, Hearts and Minds

8 June                    
National Portrait Gallery, Hearts and Minds

7 June                    
Stoke on Trent Festival, Hearts and Minds
https://festivalinafactory.co.uk/

29 May
​BBC local radio interviews about the Great Pilgrimage with reference to the reproduction suffrage caravan

25 May
BBC Breakfast interview and film of a reproduction suffrage caravan at Oldham

24 May                  
Books at the Barn (Hampshire), Hearts and Minds
http://www.booksatthebarn.co.uk/shop/jane-robinson/

23 May                 
Haddenham U3A, Hearts and Minds

20 May                  
Chalfont St Giles & Jordans Festival, Hearts and Minds        http://www.chalfontstgilesliteraryfestival.org.uk/2018-speakers/jane-robinson/

19 May                  
Charleston Literary Festival, Hearts and Minds (with Helen Pankhurst https://www.charleston.org.uk/festival/whats-on-charleston-festival/

14 May                  
Haddenham Rotary Club, Hearts and Minds

12 May                  
Chipping Campden Literary Festival, Hearts and Minds
http://www.campdenlitfest.co.uk/type27e/saturday-12-may-2018/
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11 May                  
Dulwich Literary Festival, Hearts and Minds
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jane-robinson-hearts-and-minds-tickets-43685275836

10 May                  
Brighton College Education Conference, Hearts and Minds

8 May                    
National Archives, Kew. Hearts and Minds
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/suffrage-100-hearts-and-minds-tickets-42871556981

1 May                     
Round Table Discussion, Somerville College, Oxford, Hearts and Minds (with Helen Pankhurst)

14 Apr                    
Cambridge Literary Festival, Hearts and Minds (with Helen Pankhurst)

9 Apr                       
Keighley & District FHS, In the Family Way

27 Mar                   
Lancashire Archives, Preston, Hearts and Minds

26 Mar                   
Portcullis House, Westminster. Hearts and Minds

25 Mar                   
Aye Write Festival, Glasgow, Hearts and Minds (with Helen Pankhurst) 

24 Mar                 
March of the Women Festival, Woking, Hearts and Minds

21 Mar                     
Haddenham Library, Hearts and Minds

12 Mar                   
Words by the Water Literary Festival, Keswick,
Hearts and Minds

8 Mar                     
Tough Girl Podcast                        https://www.toughgirlchallenges.com/single-post/Jane-Robinson

8 Mar                     
BBC Radio 3 ‘Free Thinking’, Hearts and Minds                   https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09th2dt

8 Feb                     
Newcastle University, Hearts and Minds

6 Feb                     
ITV Borders interview, Hearts and Minds

6 Feb                       
S. Hampstead High School, Hearts and Minds

6 Feb                       
Sky News, Hearts and Minds

5 Feb                       
BBC Radio Newcastle with Jo Lonsdale, Hearts and Minds

3 Feb                     
BBC Parliament ‘Book Talk’ (TV), Hearts and Minds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09sdk7m

3 Feb                       
BBC Radio 4 ‘Today Programme’, In the Family Way
                        
BBC Radio 4 ‘Archive on Four’, In the Family Way                https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09q9zgc/broadcasts

26 Jan
Blackwells, Oxford, Hearts and Minds

15 Jan        
BBC 5Live with Emma Barnett

11 Jan 
Launch of Hearts and Minds. The Women’s Library,
 LSE, London

8 Jan 
BBC Radio 4 ‘Start the Week’                               https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kxq2p

8 Jan
BBC Radio London with Jo Goode                               https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05rp95t

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