CAROLYN KIRBY
Award winning novelist
Talks and Appearances
Carolyn is an experienced speaker and available for talks about her books at libraries, bookshops and literary festivals.
​These illustrated talks which accompany Carolyn's novels work well for groups of 20-60 people:
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VICTORIAN SCIENTISTS & SCANDALS
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Carolyn's illustrated lecture explains how her research into the origins of psychology helped create her novel The Conviction of Cora Burns. The talk focuses on three controversial Victorians: Arthur Munby, W.T. Stead and Francis Galton, and it explores how fiction intertwines with real lives and true stories from 19th century Britain
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WOMEN WITH WINGS
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When We Fall was inspired by women pilots of the Second World War. Carolyn's illustrated talk explores the lives of four of these remarkable women, including record-breaker Amy Johnson who lost her life whilst flying for Air Transport Auxiliary, and the Polish pilot Janina Lewandowska, the only female victim of the massacre of Polish prisoners of war by the Soviet Union at Katyn in 1940.​​
Chairing Literary Panels and Book Events
​Just a couple of recommendations from satisfied panellists!
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'I've done many panels over the last few years and Carolyn Kirby is unquestionably one of the best chairs I've come across. She's insightful, considered, enthusiastic, perceptive and always does her research! I'd whole-heartedly recommend her to anyone looking to any festival organiser.'
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Trevor Wood
author of THE SILENT KILLER and THE MAN ON THE STREET
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'Carolyn chaired a panel I sat on at St. Hilda's College Crime Weekend at Oxford University. Like any good chair, she was thoroughly prepped, and led us on an exuberant dissection of our books and the historical context around them. I found her warm, supportive, and full of insight into the material we were covering.'
Vaseem Khan
author of the MALABAR HOUSE and INSPECTOR CHOPRA series and QUANTUM OF MENACE
