Events, key dates and character sightings
LITERARY FEAST @ The Swan Hotel: Creative writing workshop for fiction and nonfiction, we will look at openings, narrative structure and how to write using both surprise and suspense. Journalist and former television producer Nicola Gooch will join Miranda to enrich the discussions.
Talking about Life Writing with Kate Massey & Hannah Lowe at the Idea Store in Whitechapel
With Susie Orbach and Rick Warden discussing deceit and monstrous truth in Robert Icke’s production of the Wild Duck
Interview with Neil Denny for the Little Atoms Podcast, played on Resonance 104.4, Monday 16th July at 11.00 and repeated Saturday 21st at 09.00
Speaking with writer Jane Menzcer and author of An Unlikely Agent about trying to tell the truth.
Follow up article available, 10th June, and Review of book in July available here.
Guest to the brilliant Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Last Act of Love & Colin Grant, author of the tender Bageye at the Wheel at Lumb Bank.
'Two of today’s most talked about memoirs. Miranda Doyle’s A Book of Untruths charts her upbringing by sensationally dysfunctional parents whilst Tara Westover’s Educated vividly depicts her upbringing by survivalist parents in the Idaho Mountains and her escape into education at the late age of 17. Chaired by Erica Wagner, writer and critic'
Whatever the genre, story is essential. We will explore what can help you to write a tale that the rest of us want to read. Tutors: Jane Menczer and Miranda Doyle,
Talking with the writer Leigh Chambers on Cambridge 105's Bookmark
Invited by the poet Tony Goryn to speak to his book group about the Untruths
With grateful thanks to Roz and Christine who have invited me to speak to the Core Support Team. This image is from the Martin Arias Lab, one of the Groups working on Developmental Biology in the department.
Joining Joanne Limburg, award winning poet, to speak about memoir. Joanne's latest book Small Pieces will be published on the 6th July 2017 with Atlantic Books.
Miranda will be speaking at the Jersey Festival of Words on Saturday 30th September 2017.
Delighted to be invited to Dumfries and Galloway for an amazing ten day literary celebration. Will be a complete pleasure to be back in Scotland
Miranda will be speaking at the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, supported by Hilary Mantel, in Devon.
Joining writer and poet Meena Kandasamy author of 'When I Hit You' and Zeba Talkhani to talk about how we cope with reality through lies
Faber Members, in association with Vintage, have organised an evening of conversation and readings with author Keggie Carew, who has written the brilliant and Costa winning Dadland
Delighted to be invited back to Edinburgh to talk about the Untruths with the lovely Julie Danskin at Golden Hare Books
Miranda is delighted to be invited to speak to one of the book groups at Storytellers inc. Katie, who won Young Bookseller of the Year in 2012 and Vintage Independent Bookshop in 2013 runs five groups, from little people all the way up to big.
Appearing with Andrew O'Hagan, Rebecca Stott and Robert le Page to talk about self, memory and story in Radio 4's weekly discussion programme which sets the cultural agenda of the week. Listen again here
The original excerpt was 1,000 words, and the Guardian needed 1,300, so there is more there at the start of the article about Dad
Book Launch in Cambridge. Free event to hear Jane Menczr talking about An Unlikely Agent and Miranda about her A Book of Untruths.
Miranda and Jane Menczr, who has written 'An Unlikely Agent' will be speaking with this year's Escalator Winners about their books and their experiences of writing and of the publishing process.
