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October 10, 2013
Sensing Place: Write & Walk writing workshop with Jane Rusbridge
Jane will be guest author and teaching at a Write & Walk writing retreat in West Sussex. Details on location to be revealed soon. These writing retreats feature workshops focused on using landscapes and setting in your writing. Read more about Write & Walk Retreats at Retreat West
On Voice: Jane Rusbridge at West Sussex Writers 2014
Jane Rusbridge will talk on Voice in Contemporary Literature at West Sussex Writers’ meeting in April. Details to follow.
September 16, 2013
Jane Rusbridge at Chichester High School for Girls
Best-selling Sussex authors Jane Rusbridge, Isabel Ashdown and Gabrielle Kimm at Chichester High School for Girls.
September 6, 2013
Jane Rusbridge at Portsmouth Bookfest 2013
Jane Rusbridge will be appearing at the Portsmouth Bookfest 2013 on Sunday 20th October. Jane will be joined by fellow Three Sussex Writers Isabel Ashdown and Gabrielle Kimm.
Jane Rusbridge at Havant Literary Festival
Join Jane Rusbridge and Isabel Ashdown at Havant Literary Festival on October 5th where they will share the influences and inspirations of landscape on their writing.
Time: 4.30-5.15 Venue: Langstone Room, The Spring, Havant Price: £4 Tickets in advance
September 5, 2013
Jane Rusbridge: Guest speaker at DreamWriters
Jane Rusbridge will be guest author at DreamWriters on Monday 7th October. DreamWriters is a writers’ group which meets upstairs at The Lewes Arms in Lewes once a week for 10 weeks with the aim of supporting each other in producing a piece of writing for publication, with visiting authors, publishers, editors and agents offering advice along the way. Hosted and run by writing coach, lecturer and writer Gilly Smith.
August 25, 2013
Christmas Literary Lounge at The Kennels, Goodwood
A book signed by the author, perhaps with a personal comment added, makes a fabulous Christmas gift – so here’s your chance! Share a glass of wine and a mince-pie or slice of stollen cake with Jane Rusbridge, Isabel Ashdown and Gabrielle Kimm in the library at The Kennels, Goodwood for a Christmas Literary Lounge.
The Kennels, Goodwood: contact details
April 26, 2013
Talk by Jane Rusbridge at the Women’s Institute Annual Literary Lunch
In May, I’ll be visiting the historic village of Boxgrove, famous for the discovery of Boxgrove Man A shin bone and two teeth thought to be half a million years old were found in a gravel quarry during a dig in the nineties.
In the centre of the village is Boxgrove Priory which, according to an entry in the Domesday book of 1086 tells us that a church existed here even before the Norman Conquest. Unfortunately nothing remains of that Anglo-Saxon church, but the present building dates from the early twelfth century.
I’m visiting Boxgrove for the Annual Literary Lunch organised by Boxgrove W.I Readers’ Group for other local W.I. book groups for the last six years and am honoured to be invited to give this year’s talk.
‘Rusbridge’s fine perceptions of the natural world, the way her writing is steeped in the landscape, history and culture of West Sussex, help define her as a talented new regional voice’ Read Rachel Hore’s review in Book Oxygen
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April 25, 2013
Salley Vickers interviewed by local author Jane Rusbridge at the Festival of Chichester
As part of her ‘cathedral’ tour Salley Vickers will visit Chichester Cathedral to talk about her latest novel The Cleaner of Chartres with local author Jane Rusbridge.
The Cleaner of Chartres is ‘a rich weave of loss and redemption spiked with Ms Vickers’ irrepressible wit’ according to Robert McCrumn in The Observer, and it reveals Vickers on ‘top form’.
Jane Rusbridge’s latest novel ROOK is set in Bosham. The story involves the mystery of two stone coffins uncovered in Bosham church in the 1950s. The Times Literary Supplement describes ROOK as conveying ‘an emotional impact that resonates long after the closing pages’ 
Salley Vickers’ visit to Chichester Cathedral is part of the brand new Festival of Chichester and the event is organised jointly by Chichester library and the cathedral. The interview will be followed by book-signings with both authors.
Date: June 27
Time: 6.30
Tickets: £4
on sale now, both online here or at the Cloisters Shop, Chichester Cathedral
April 22, 2013
Books on the Beach with the Three Sussex Writers
Come to West Wittering Beach in July and meet the Three Sussex Writers, who all live and work in the Chichester area.
Date: 7th JULY 2013
Time: 11 – 4
Place : West Wittering Beach Car Park, near the cafe
I’ll be joined by my fellow Three Sussex Writers, Isabel Ashdown and Gabrielle Kimm, for a day on the beach. We’ll be parking up the red camper-van and will spend the day signing books and chatting to readers. Each book sold raises funds for the Eye Surgery at St Richards Hospital. Bring your sun cream and see you there!
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