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Graham Watson

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Contact: [email protected]
Local authority: Glasgow City
Languages: English
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Graham Watson is writer, researcher and editor whose debut biography The Invention of Charlotte Brontë was published to considerable critical acclaim in Britain, Australia, America and Canada. He has previously worked in publishing as an art director, line editor and more latterly as a commissioning editor.

An engaging and enthusiastic speaker, Graham is passionate about writing, publishing and research and has delivered talks and guest lectures for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington and the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, as well as for libraries and bookshops across the UK.

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Chairing events; Mentoring; Panel event; Reading; Residency; Talk; Workshop

Topics of work

Biography & memoir; Class & society; Death, grief & bereavement; Editing & editing your own work; First experiences for younger readers; Friendship; Gender equality; History; LGBTQIA+ characters; Loneliness & isolation; Love & romance; Nature; Publishing & getting published

Age groups published for

Adults

Age groups will work with

3-5; 6-8; 9-11; 12-14; 15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+