News and events in 2023
| 3 Nov – 19 Jan 2024
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Exhibition of works by Kurt Schwitters and Derek Hyatt, Emissaries of the Land, at Art Space Gallery, 84 St Peter’s Street, London N1 8JS, 11am — 6pm, Tues to Sat. My first published writing on Schwitters appears as an Afterword to the exhibition catalogue: https://www.artspacegallery.co.uk/BOOKS/HyattSchwittersEmissaries/index.html |
News and events in 2022
| 15 November |
Resume in-person writing workshops for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers at University College London: ‘Voice in Narrative & Reflective Writing’. |
| 19–26 September |
To the Lake District to write the final chapter of Looking for Mr Schwitters. |
| 6 June | ‘Why the Rose?’, online talk for the Gardens Trust in conjunction with the Historic Roses Group, last in a five-part lecture series on The Rose: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rose-why-the-rose-tickets-305577519587 |
| 25 May, 7.30–9pm |
‘The Women of Jamestown and Plymouth: Radically Different Beginnings’, joint talk with writer Rebecca Fraser to the Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Local History Society at Canada Water Theatre, part of its rescheduled Mayflower 400 Christopher Jones Lecture Series: https: https://www.rbhistory.org.uk/mayflower-400-christopherjoneslectures |
| 20–27 April | Visit to Lake District and Newcastle’s Hatton Gallery to research Looking for Mr Schwitters. |
News and events in 2020
| Video of Virginian talk, 25 June 2019 |
Banner Lecture to the Virginia Historical Society, 25 June 2019, https://www.fromthedesk.org/10-questions-with-jennifer-potter/ |
| Online interview with Jennifer Potter | 10 questions with Jennifer Potter, From the Desk of Kurt Manwaring, https://www.fromthedesk.org/10-questions-with-jennifer-potter/ |
| Radio interview with Phoenix FM Community Radio |
Talking to Rob West and Claire Gevaux of The Arts Programme about writing, life and The Jamestown Brides, http://bit.ly/2xhTBKQ |
| 26 February 7–9.30pm |
‘The Jamestown Brides: Traded for Tobacco to the New World’, talk to Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Local History Society, Time & Talents Centre, St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe Village, London SE18 4JE, https://www.rbhistory.org.uk/ |
| 5 March 7pm |
‘The Jamestown Brides’, talk for Essex Book Festival, Shenfield Library, Hutton Road, Brentwood CM15 8NJ, https://essexbookfestival.org.uk/ |
| 12 March 6–8pm |
‘Traded for tobacco: the true story of the Virginia Company of London’s “maids for Virginia”‘, talk and wine reception at the Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-jamestown-brides-repeat-tickets-83588947793 |
| Forthcoming | I am currently making podcasts about individual women who sailed to Virginia in 1621. Please get in touch if you can help with information about Catherine Finch (from Marden, Herefordshire), Audry Hoare (from Aylesbury, Bucks), Ann Jackson and Bridget Croft (both from Wiltshire), Elizabeth Markham (daughter of Gervaise Markham), or Mistress Cicely Bray from Gloucestershire. |
| Royal Literary Fund Audio Recording |
Released in October 2020, ‘Letter to my younger self’, part of the Royal Literary Fund’s series of bite-sized audio recordings, https://www.rlf.org.uk/showcase/jennifer-potter-lys/ |
| Available from 10 December |
Jennifer Potter tells the story of the Jamestown brides to Mukti Jain Campion in the second podcast of Departures, https://departurespodcast.podbean.com a series linked to an exhibition from the new Migration Museum in Lewisham exploring 400 years of emigration from Britain. More information from https://www.migration museum.org. |
News and events in 2019
| 17 January, 2–3pm | ‘Traded for Tobacco’, free talk at Guildhall Library, London EC2V 7HH. |
| 7 March, 1.30–2.30pm | ‘The Jamestown Brides’, Lichfield Festival, The George Hotel, Bird Street, Lichfield, WS13 6PR. |
| 23 March | ‘The Jamestown Brides’, Southwark Cathedral Library, for ‘Stories of Women 2019’, a day of talks exploring women’s history. |
| 2 & 9 April, 10.30–12.00 | ‘The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England’s ‘maids for Virginia’, Essex History Group, Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford CM2 6YT. |
| May/June 2019 | US publication of The Jamestown Brides by Oxford University Press. |
| 20 June, 7pm | ‘England’s Bartered Brides: Building New Lives in Early Jamestown’, talk at Jamestown Settlement, 2110 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185. |
| 25 June | ‘The Jamestown Brides: The Story of the Virginia Company’s Trade in Young English Wives’, Virginia Historical Society, 428 N Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia 23220. |
| July 2019 | UK paperback publication of The Jamestown Brides: The Bartered Wives of the New World, £9.99. |
| 10 September 6.30–8.30pm |
‘Traded for Tobacco: The Bartered Wives of the New World’, talk at Eastbury Manor House, Eastbury Square, Barking, IG11 9SN, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jennifer-potter-the-jamestown-brides-tickets-67218840361. |
| 16 September 7pm |
Talk at dinner for members of the Thackeray Society, Reform Club, 104 Pall Mall, London SW1 5EW. |
| 28 September 5pm |
Talk for Friends of the Pepys Library and the Historic Collections of Magdalene College, Cambridge, CB3 0AG. |
| 4 November 2.30pm |
‘The Jamestown Brides: The Bartered Wives of the New World’, talk for Bridport Literary Festival, Bull Ballroom, 34 East Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3LF. |
News and events in 2018
November
Invited by the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) to join its network of Archaeology Ambassadors aimed at helping people engage with their heritage.
| 10 October to 12 December | Wednesdays at the British Library as a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow |
| 11 October | UK publication of The Jamestown Brides |
| 16 November | ‘Maydes and roses’, 30-minute interview for Nine to Noon, Radio New Zealand, http://bit.ly/2RP8fCd |
