Talks & Events

To celebrate the launch of Eviction: A Social History of Rent and to continue shining a light on housing insecurity for low-income tenant communities in Britain, I’ll be speaking at a number of events.

Please come along!

Glue Bookfair

Talk: In Conversation with Holly Smith and Leo Hollis

Saturday-Sunday, 13 and 14 September 2025

Our Bookshop Tring

Book talk

Wednesday 17th September 2025

Heritage Open Days

Talk: ‘From Airey Home Dreams to Eviction Nightmares: The Oulton Coal Estate Story’

Sunday 21 September 2025

Hold Fast Bookshop, Leeds

Book talk

Tuesday 23 September 2025

University of Manchester

Panel discussion theme: housing history and refugee communities in Britain (TBC).

Tuesday 14 October 2025

West Kirby Bookshop

In conversation with Estates author, Lynsey Hanley

Wednesday 15 October 2025

Blackwells, Oxford Road Manchester

Book talk in conversation with Isaac Rose

Thursday 16 October 2025

Pages of Hackney Bookshop

Book talk. In conversation with Peter Apps and Vicky Spratt

Thursday 23 October 2025

Wivenhoe Bookshop

Book talk chaired by novelist Holly Pester

Friday 7 November 2025

East Gate Bookshop Totnes

Book talk

Thursday 20 November 2025

Bookmarks Bookshop

Book talk chaired by Rebecca Winson

Friday 5 December 2025