Public Speaking
SPEAKING publicly about my books comes as naturally to me as it would a mother talking about her own children - I know each one intimately. From addressing the great and the good in Parliament to speaking to Women’s Institutes and school pupils, I love sharing the remarkable stories of those whose lives I’ve been privileged enough to chronicle.
My world tour promoting my international bestseller Born Survivors, about three young mothers who hid their pregnancies from the Nazis, took me to almost twenty countries. Either alone or accompanied by the miracle 'babies', I have appeared on national and local television and radio shows including BBC Breakfast, the Clare Balding Show, and Woman's Hour plus leading media shows across Europe and America.
Our talks frequently sell-out at every event from literary festivals to museums, synagogues to women's lunches, cathedrals, book clubs, embassies and schools. Eve and I were also invited to deliver the prestigious annual Lord Merlyn Rees Memorial Lecture at the House of Lords and am currently taking new bookings two years in advance.
My talks reflect the broad spectrum of my work, and Around the World in 20 Books is one of my most popular, giving an entertaining and illuminating insight into the best of all my books.
The Teacher of Auschwitz, my latest talk, tells the remarkable true story of Fredy Hirsch, a young, gay, German Jewish prisoner who defied the Nazis daily at great personal risk to protect the thousands of children in his care.
Born Survivors, my most successful title, takes the audience far deeper into those life-changing Holocaust stories about three young women who hid their pregnancies from the Nazis and gave birth in the camps. For that talk I am often accompanied by miracle ‘baby’ Eva Clarke in the UK and Europe, and by the other ‘babies’, Hana Berger Moran and Dr Mark Olsky in the US.
In Heroines of War, I report on two other remarkable women – Susan Travers, the only woman in the French Foreign Legion, and Marthe Cohn, a brave female Jewish spy who went behind enemy lines.
In An Author’s Perspective on Publishing, I speak about what it’s been like to have been published more than thirty times by several different publishers and what advice I can offer both publishers and fellow authors in our ever evolving industry.
Whichever talk most appeals to you and your group, I look forward to sharing it with you in person or – for those far away - via the wonders of video technology. My fees are competitively priced so please click on the link below for further details and the Contact form to ask about pricing and availability.
