Forthcoming 2026
15th October 2026: Live event at the Cralle Lecture Theatre, Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky, where I will be delivering the second Martha Buser Lecture, on action and contemplation. Full details tbc.
https://merton.org/Events/
10th July: In Conversation with writer and broadcaster Kate Kennedy at the St Birinus festival: https://thedaveyconsort.co.uk/ The festival is a celebration of sacred music, and promises to be a wonderful few days, culminating in a performance of Monteverdi's Vespers in Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire.
24th April on air: BBC Radio 4, Free Thinking: with Matthew Sweet, David Aaronowitch, Linda Woodhead, Izabella Scott, and Louie Brangan: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002vc5p
2025:
On air: BBC Radio 3/ The Essay: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029pt3
22nd November: In conversation with Martha Cass at The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay: https://theabbey.uk.com/event/cloistered-reflecting-on-gods-call-both-within-and-beyond-the-monastic-choir/
8th November: Slightly Foxed Readers' Day: https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-readers-day-2025/
2nd October: The Tablet panel discussion on the 'mystery, sacrifice, and enduring pull of religious life':
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPEnN3-j4Tg/
July: TLS Ackerley panel discussion and prizegiving event at Foyles, London
https://x.com/PParkerWriting/status/1934611141101002953
June: Chalke History Festival, panel event with Drs Mark Vernon and Martin Shaw:
https://www.chalkefestival.com/speakers/s-coldstream/
May: Julian Festival, Norwich, panel discussion with Sally-Anne Lomas and Hetta Howes:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1086552643524536&set=pcb.1086555266857607
April: Chelmsford RC Diocese (Lent lecture series) speaking on music and silence in a life of prayer:
https://www.chelmsfordcatholic.co.uk/newsletters-and-events/pilgrims-of-hope-2025
March: Goldsmiths College, The Writers' Centre, interview event with Amy Sackville.
March: Winchester, The Festival of Faith and Literature, in conversation with Sarah Meyrick.
2024-5
Radio, selected events:
BBC Radio 4: Free Thinking, with Matthew Sweet, Mark Vernon, Lucy Powell, Kathleen Burk, and Jim Hoare
BBC Radio 3: The Verb, with Ian Macmillan, Holly Pester, Karen Featherstone, and Hannah Sullivan
BBC Radio 4, The Sunday Programme: interview with Emily Buchanan
BBC Radio 4, Book of the Week, adapted by Jill Waters and read by Hattie Morahan
BBC Radio Scotland, Sunday Morning radio interview with Tony Kearney
BBC Radio Wales, All Things Considered interview with Roy Strong
BBC Radio 4, Saturday Live! with Nikki Bedi and guests
Podcast guest interviews
NPR Radio, Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross
RNIB's Audiobook Show, with Robert Kirkwood
Write About Now, US interview with Jonathan Small
Online talks
5x15 channel video talk - online event with Jack Parlett and guests.
Oxford Centre for Life Writing (OCLW), Online Research Seminar talk.
Shorts for Chatto & Windus and Cloistered news updates.
Live Events
TLS and Ackerley Prize event at Foyles, London
Mansfield College, Oxford, in conversation with Helen Mountfield
London A Bit of TLC interview with Sarah Anderson
Toppings Bookshop, Edinburgh
Toppings Bookshop, St Andrews
Collected Books, Durham
St James's Piccadilly
Caper Bookshop, Oxford
Malvern Book Co-operative
Festivals
Bath Festival
Wilderness Festival
Wigtown Book Festival
Julian Festival, Norwich
Bridlit Festival, Bridport, Dorset
Chalfont St Giles Literary Festival
Festival of Faith and Literature
Chalke History Festival
Boswell Book Festival
Live talks and other addresses
St John's College Chapel, Cambridge.
Temenos Academy Evening Lecture, London.