A prolific public speaker, John Higgs has spoken at events and festivals including Tate Britain, Wilderness, Sotheby’s, The Yale Centre for British Art, Glastonbury Festival, Soho Curzon, Brighton Festival, Women In Art, Port Eliot Literary Festival, Wadham College Chapel Oxford, the British Library, Festival No.6, Latitude, Amsterdam Dance Event, Belfast Arts Festival, Bath Literary Festival and LonCon3 (the World Science Fiction Convention).
Talks and appearances 2026
16 January – LONDON – On the first anniversary of David Lynch’s death, I’ll be talking about Lynchian with Robin Ince at the BFI library. Details and tickets here
6 February – LEWES – I’m interviewing artist Jeremy Deller at the East Sussex Psychedelic Film Club, details here
14 February – HALIFAX – I’ll be at the Halifax Goth Festival talking about David Lynch, tickets are available here
21 February – FAVERSHAM – I’ll be interviewed about David Lynch by Nicholas Royle at the Faversham Literary Festival, tickets and further details are here
21 March – LAUGHARNE – I’ll be talking about David Lynch with Joanne Mallon at the Laugharne Weekend, more details here
18 April – BIRMINGHAM – I’m talking about David Lynch with Rupert Cole at the Heath Bookshop Literature and Music Festival, details to and tickets here
22 April – BRIDPORT – I’ll be interviewing Chris Chibnall, curator of this year’s From Page To Screen film festival, tickets and details here
4 May – TUNBRIDGE WELLS – I’ll be talking about Doctor Who with I Am The Eggpod’s Chris Shaw at the Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival, details to follow
23 May – CHESHAM – Talking Doctor Who with Sean Hannam at the Chesham Fringe, details to follow
