Karin Fernald
Speaker Actor Writer
FUTURE BOOKINGS
Saturday 19th June 2010
2.30 pm
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON AND HESTER THRALE
illustrated talk
Jane Austen Society,
Godmersham,
Kent
Tuesday 13th July 2010
2.40 pm
FANNY BURNEY AND FRIENDS
illustrated talk
Meon Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society Meon Hall,
Meonstoke
Hants
Wednesday 14th July 2010
2.30 pm
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
illustrated talk
Cobham and Oxshott DFAS
Oxshott Village Hall
Oxshott
Surrey
Wednesday 6th October 2010
10.55 am
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON AND HESTER THRALE
illustrated talk
West Essex DFAS
Theydon Bois Village Hall
Theydon Bois
Essex
Thursday 21st October 2010
10.30 am
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
illustrated talk
Stirling DFAS
Albert Halls,
Stirling
Tuesday 26th October 2010
11.00 am
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FROM LETTERS AND DIARIES
illustrated talk
Cavendish DFAS
Cliff College,
Bakewell,
Derbyshire
Wednesday 27th October 2010
2.30 pm
VIRGINIA WOOLF ON LIFE AND ART
illustrated talk
Felsted DFAS
Great Saling Millennium Hall,
Great Saling,
Essex
Tuesday 14th December 2010
2.00 pm
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
illustrated talk
Fife DFAS
Corn Exchange,
Cupar,
Fife
RECENT BOOKINGS
MAY 2010
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Theatre Brycheining,
Brecon
MARCH 2010
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FROM LETTERS AND DIARIES
Colston Memorial Centre,
Gerrards Cross
MARCH 2010
THE FAMOUS FANNY BURNEY
Dr. Johnson's House,
Gough Square,
Fleet St.
London
MARCH 2010
JANE AUSTEN - LIFE, LETTERS AND EARLY WORKS
dramatized illustrated talk.
Betchworth Memorial Hall
DECEMBER 2009
DR. JOHNSON AND HESTER THRALE
dramatized illustrated talk..
Oundle,
Peterborough
DECEMBER 2009
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
dramatized illustrated talk
Riddell Hall
Walton-on-the-Hill
Surrey
OCTOBER 2009
MRS. PIOZZI AND THE MILLENIUM
dramatized talk.
American Museum,
Bath
July 2009
EVERYTHING IS WON AT THE POINT OF A SWORD
dramatized illustrated talk on Florence Nightingale
Aisher Hall,
Sevenoaks School
JULY 2009
NOTES FROM ST. MARTINS STREET
a concert of l8th century music, based on the Early Diaries of Fanny Burney, with singer Alessandra Garai, and pianists Susanne von Laun and Richard Burnett.
Finchcocks Musical Museum,
Goudhurst,
Kent
MAY 2009
T.S. ELIOT
reading with actor Peter Marinker
Calder Bookshop,
51 the Cut,
Waterloo
MAY 2009
"I WAS MOST EXCESSIVELY DELIGHTED"
dramatized illustrated talk on young Queen Victoria and the Arts
Lady Margaret School,
Parsons Green
MARCH 2009
"A QUESTION OF IMAGINATION" - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
The Capitol,
Horsham
FEBRUARY 2009
DR JOHNSON AND HESTER THRALE, AN 18TH CENTURY FRIENDSHIP
Methodist Church,
Midhurst,
West Sussex
DECEMBER 2008
LISZT IN PETTICOATS
words and music evening
with pianist Clara Rodriguez
St. John the Baptist Church,
Churchill,
Somerset
OCTOBER 2008
FANNY BURNEY AT COURT
with historian HESTER DAVENPORT
Sevenoaks Festival
SEPTEMBER 2008
HESTER THRALE AND DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON
(illustrated dramatized talk)
Lichfield Festival
JULY 2008
MARY "PERDITA" ROBINSON, 1758-1800
(illustrated dramatized talk with historian HESTER DAVENPORT)
Village Hall,
Coopers Way,
Henfield,
West Sussex
JUNE 2008
THE QUEEN, THE PRINCE AND THE ARTISTS
(illustrated dramatized talk on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert)
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe,
Hamburg
JUNE 2008
LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE
with actor Colin Pinney
Dr. Johnson's House,
Gough Square,
London EC2
JUNE 2008
MY PRETTIEST PERDITA
with singer Ian Honeyman
David and Elizabeth Ward's home,
near Wandsworth Common
MAY 2008
A MEETING WITH VIRGINIA WOOLF
Lady Margaret School,
Parsons Green,
London SW6
MARCH 2008
"DANCING ON LIFE'S PRECIPICE"
MRS PIOZZI IN BATH
talk
Wesley's Chapel,
49 City Road,
Old Street,
London EC1
FEBRUARY 2008
FANNY BURNEY AND FRIENDS
slide talk
Quay Theatre,
Sudbury,
Suffolk
FEBRUARY 2008
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, WIT, ARTIST, TRAVELLER
All Saints' Church Hall,
Croydon
FEBRUARY 2008
DR JOHNSON AND HESTER THRALE, BLUE STOCKING AND WIT
slide talk
Royal British Legion,
Honiton,
Devon
DECEMBER 2007
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
John Calder's adaptation
Theatre Bookshop,
51 The Cut,
Waterloo,
London SE1 8LF
DECEMBER 2007
SEX AND THE BIBLE
with art historian Martin Kemp
Redgrave Room,
Barbican Centre
DECEMBER 2007
MY PRETTIEST PERDITA
words and music evening on the life of Mary "Perdita" Robinson (1752-1849)
Dr. Johnson House,
Gough House,
London
DECEMBER 2007
SCANDALOUS POSITIONS
with art historian Martin Kemp
Redgrave Room,
Barbican Centre
OCTOBER 2007
SEX IN THE BIBLE
with art historian Martin Kemp
Woodstock Festival
JUNE 2007
"THE RATTLESNAKE AND THE ELEPHANT"
(Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale)
Yapton Village Hall,
Sussex
JUNE 2007
ORLANDO
dramatization by John Calder
of Virginia Woolf's novel
Theatre Bookshop,
51 The Cut,
Waterloo,
London SE1 8LF
JUNE 2007
FANNY CECILIA MENDELSSOHN
"the black-browed cantor"
concert with pianist Christina Lawrie
Finchcocks Museum
of Early Keyboard Instruments
JUNE 2007
READING FROM T. S. ELIOT
with Peter Marinker
Theatre Bookshop,
51 The Cut,
Waterloo,
London SE1 8LF
MAY 2007
QUEEN VICTORIA, PRINCE ALBERT AND THE ARTISTS AT THEIR COURT
British Legion Hall,
Ascot
JANUARY 2007
Talks on artist
BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON and HESTER THRALE
Dove Cottage,
Wordsworth Trust,
Cumbria