Past Interventions
19 November 2025: Crossing Boundaries: on becoming a writer, with Sophie Buchaillard, Penarth Library Creative Evening
6 November 2025: Guest speaker Society of Authors Swansea Group
15 October 2025: Sophie Buchaillard and Guests, an evening of poetry and music, with Siobhan McCrudden and Mab Jones. Penarth Pier Pavilion.
13 September 2025: Travel Writing and the Anthropocene, Creative Bridges - Lapidus International Annual Conference.
10 April 2025: Launch of Meredith Miller’s new novel Cold Grace, hosted by Sophie Buchaillard and the Swansea Cultural Institute.
6 March 2025: ‘Strong Female Characters’ in conversation with Meredith Miller and Catrin Kean, hosted by Honno Press, Waterstone’s Cardiff
4 March 2025: Sophie chaired a panel on Creative Facilitation 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
March to December 2024: Book Tour
Academic Conferences
Sophie was keynote speaker at ENCAPsulate Conference 2024:
The Right to Change Your Mind: from lobbyist to portfolio freelance writer, a meandering journey.
Between Cultures: Grief and Recovery in Women’s Autobiographical Narratives of Travel (New Perspectives on Travel Writing Conference, 2023)
Travel Writing, Women and Vagabondage (ENCAPsulate 2023)
