Talks, panels and interviews

Talks, Panels and Interviews

Sophie is available to deliver talks and to take part in panels at literary events, festivals and conference as chair or participant. She has spoken at the Hay Festival, the Llandeilo Festival, These3Streams and a number of literary events in and around Wales and the South West, as well as events in libraries and bookshops.

Recent Public Speaking Events

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