Speaking Events

I am interested in themes of identity, belonging, the role of the writer, the writing process, challenging narratives of representation, sustainable growing, living, rethinking modernity, learning from nomadic and vagabond cultures, movement, motherhood and community. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, I have spoken at academic conferences and am a regular contributor to literary festivals in Wales. I am available for public speaking, key notes, readings and to meet book clubs. Get in touch using the link.

2 November 2024: ‘The role of the writer in a polarised world’ Panel with Özgür Uyanik and Carole Burns, Llantwit Major

Photo: Panel on The Role of The Writer in a Polarised World, with Sophie Buchaillard, Özgür Uyanik and Carole Burns, Llantwit Major, November 2024.

Photo: Hay Festival After Dark, Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre, March 2025.

Public speaking and Festivals

  • 18 October 2026: Reading from Hearth Food, Neath Arts Festival

  • 19 November 2025: ‘An author’s journey’ Penarth Library Creative Evenings 9th November 2025: Poetry reading, Poetry and Pints, Llantwit Major.

  • 6th November 2025: ‘Advice for authors on getting invited to festivals’ - Guest Speaker SoA Cymru

  • 15 October 2025: Sophie Buchaillard and Friends: An evening of poetry and music with Mab Jones and Siobhan McCrudden, organised by Griffin Books - Penarth Pier Pavilion

  • 6 March 2025: ‘Strong Female Characters’ in conversation with Meredith Miller and Catrin Kean, hosted by Honno Press, Waterstone’s Cardiff

  • 4 March 2025: Chaired Creative Facilitation Panel hosted by Literature Wales, alongside Taylor Edmonds and Sian Hughes.

  • 7 November 2024: ’Voyages and Vagabondages’ in conversation with Richard Gwyn, Swansea Cultural Institute

  • 2 November 2024: ‘The role of the writer in a polarised world’ Panel with Özgür Uyanik and Carole Burns, Llantwit Major

  • 27 May 2024: Hay Festival: in conversation with Francesca Reece and Tiffany Murray

  • 28 April 2024: Llandeilo Literature Festival: in conversation with Meredith Miller

  • 13 March 2024: ‘A World of Difference’ Hay Festival: After Hours, Wales Millennium Centre

  • 9 March 2024: ’Intrusive Noises and Uncomfortable Silences: deconstructing the experience of otherness through sounds and objects - a three dimensional poem’, Turner House - Penarth

Conference participation

  • ‘Travel Writing in the Anthropocene’, Lapidus International - Creative Bridges Conference 13 September 2025

  • 12th of June 2024 Keynote speaker ’The right to change your mind: from lobbyist to portfolio freelance writer - a meandering journey’  (ENCAPsulate conference, Cardiff University)

  • Memories Studies Association Annual Conference Newcastle - 6-7 July 2023

  • ENCAPsulate conference 2023 - 15-16th of June

  • Unfinished: Women Filmmakers in Process, a film festival, conference and workshop series held at Chapter Arts Centre and Cardiff University in November 2022

  • ENCAPsulate conference 2022/2021

  • Migration, Discourse and Memory, Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University - 13th of June 2022

Selection of photos: Talk Hay Festival 2025; Reading from This Is Not Who We Are to celebrate Refugee Week, Llantwit Major 2023; Launch An Open Door, Chapter Arts Centre, 2022.