A prolific public speaker, John Higgs has spoken at events and festivals including Tate Britain, Wilderness, Sotheby’s, The Secret Garden Party, 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, Byeline Festival, The Odditorium and LonCon3 (the World Science Fiction Convention).
Talks and appearances 2025
1 February – NEWCASTLE – New Writing North Screenwriting Weekend. A talk on sparking creativity in writing. Details and tickets here
7 March – LEWES – East Sussex Psychedelic Film Club (ESP-FC) screening of a secret film, I’ll be interviewing the secret film’s director. Sold out.
29 March – LAUGHARNE FESTIVAL, Camarthenshire. More details and tickets here.
8 April – SHOREHAM-BY-SEA – Exterminate/Regenerate book launch event at Shoreham Ropetackle, thanks to City Books. Details and tickets here
9 April – BATH – Bath Festival Exterminate/Regenerate event at Waterstones, details and tickets here
10 April – ONLINE – Exterminate/Regenerate talk for How To Academy, details and tickets here
11 April – WENDOVER – Exterminate/Regenerate event at Real Magic Books, details and tickets here
15 April – LONDON – In conversation with Andrew O’Neill about Doctor Who, at 21 Soho for the Walthamstow Rock n’ Roll Bookclub, details and tickets here
22 April – LONDON – In conversation with Andrew Harrison at Walthamstow Trades Hall, details and tickets here
24 April – MARGATE – Exterminate/Regenerate event hosted by Dan Schreiber, Margate Bookshop, details and tickets here
25 April – CLEVEDON – Event at the Clevedon Curzon Cinema, tickets available here
1 May – WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA, NORFOLK – Exterminate/Regenerate talk at Wells Maltings, details and tickets here
4th May – BELFAST – Exterminate/Regenerate event, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, details and tickets here
11 May – STRATFORD-UPON-AVON – An Exterminate/Regenerate event at the Stratford Literary Festival, details and tickets here
14 May – LEWES – Lewes Catalyst Club, upstairs at the Lewes Arms
20 May – LIVERPOOL – An evening with John Higgs and David Keenan, Liverpool Brewing Co Taproom, details and tickets here
21 May – BRIGG – at the Rabbit Hole Bookshop in Brigg, Lincolnshire, more details here
22 May – SHEFFIELD – A free Exterminate/Regenerate event at Sheffield Library, more details here
30 May – YORK – York Festival of Ideas, details and tickets here
23 August – ABERGAVENNY – Book-ish bookshop, details to follow
17-19 October – LIVERPOOL – An Exterminate/Regenerate event at Liverpool Literary Festival, details to follow
30 October – NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, USA – Event at the Yale Center for British Art, William Blake exhibition – details to follow
6-9th November – WHITBY – Whitby Literary Festival, details to follow
