How I write – in conversation with Grace Quantock
5 March 2026 @ 14:30 - 15:15 GMT
Grab a cuppa and get to know author Grace Quantock. Grace will be in conversation with fellow author, Hetty Saunders, to discuss her work and career and to offer a glimpse into her creative routines.
This event is in conjunction with the SoA’s Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses Network (ADCI)
#SoAatHome in conversation events – free for all + donation
Our #SoAatHome How I Write in conversation events will be free for all but with a donation option when registering for the event. All donations made go towards the Society of Authors’ Access Fund. The fund is to help provide authors with support for travel, subsistence, childcare or access needs for events, residencies, and retreats. If you would like to make a donation with your booking, please do so when registering for the event below.
Programme
- Welcome, introductions and housekeeping from Hetty Saunders (3 mins)
- Introductions to Grace Quantock, and a glimpse into her creative routine (15-20 mins)
- Grace will do a short reading from her latest book, Living Well with Chronic Illness: Write your own roadmap to healing in tough times (2-3 mins)
- Q&A with audience (10-15 mins)
- Summary and closing comments (2 mins)
- This event will be moderated by Elsa Woodmeade – Local Groups Manager, SoA
Send us your questions
If you would like to send questions in advance, email EWoodmeade@societyofauthors.org with ‘Grace Quantock – Question’ in the subject header. We will prioritise questions sent in advance and answer as many as we can from the audience on the day.
#SoAatHome Fundraising Bookshop
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About Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses Network
This member-led peer support network aims to break feelings of isolation by connecting authors facing common experiences, in an online community that offers continuing professional and personal support.
The network’s primary aim is to offer a friendly and supportive space where you can feel safe to ask questions, share experiences, offer advice, and make new connections.
To join or to take part in the specific activities, please email us.
The Line-up
Grace Quantock
Grace Quantock is an anti-oppressive psychotherapeutic counsellor, advocate and author of Living Well with Chronic Illness: Write your own roadmap to healing in tough times. She helps marginalised folks to live well with pain, illness and trauma without disembodiment, burnout or blame.
Website: https://gracequantock.com/ | Instagram: @grace_quantock/ | TikTok: @grace_quantock | YouTube: @GraceQuantock
Hetty Saunders
Hetty Saunders is a freelance editor specialising in non-fiction, with a background in academia and a PhD in English Literature. She is author of My House of Sky and co-editor of Speculative Nature Writing.
Website: www.hettysaunders.com
Need to know
Accessibility
- Attendees will have the option to turn on the live transcript, to watch with subtitles
- If you require BSL interpretation for this event, please email events@societyofauthors.org
Before the event
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During the event
- This online event will take place on Zoom Webinar; you will not be visible on screen but will be able to ask questions via the Q&A function or interact via the chat box
- This event will be recorded but you won’t be on screen
- Attendees have the option to turn on the live transcript
- This event is 45 minutes
After the event
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- You’ll be able to catch the recording on our Vimeo channel
Booking
Please either use the form titled ‘Register – no donation’ or the option of the different ticket options with a donation amount depending on how much you would like to donate towards the Society of Authors Access Fund.
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