SoA Spring Coffee & Chat – hosted by Harriet Tyce
14 May @ 11:00 - 12:30 BST
£9.50
Grab a cuppa and join us for our Spring Coffee and Chat event held at our London offices on Bedford Row. Meet and mingle with SoA staff and fellow members, and hear a few words from novelist and crime writer, Harriet Tyce.
This is a seated event. Hot drinks and cakes will be served.
Places are limited and subject to availability.
SoA in Person: Coffee & Chat events – £9.50 for SoA Members
All SoA in-person social events, Lates, Coffee and Chat and member lunch events are £9.50 for SoA members. Attendees will enjoy refreshments and the unique opportunity to network with SoA members and staff.
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Programme
- 11am – Event starts
- 11.30am – Welcome and introductions from SoA’s CEO, Anna Ganley
- 11.35am – Anna Ganley hosts a short in conversation with novelist and crime writer, Harriet Tyce (20 mins). Harriet will share tips about her journey so far.
- 12pm – Mingling and networking
- 12.30pm – Close
The Line up
Harriet Tyce
Born and educated in Edinburgh, Harriet Tyce graduated from Oxford University in 1994 with a degree in English Literature before working as a criminal barrister for nearly a decade.
In 2017 she graduated from the University of East Anglia with a MA in Creative Writing – Crime Fiction, and her debut Blood Orange was published in 2019. This was a Sunday Times bestseller and won a Neilsen gold award in 2020 as one of the bestselling novels of the year, and was translated into 27 languages. It was followed by further Sunday Times bestsellers The Lies You Told and It Ends At Midnight. A Lesson in Cruelty was published in April 2024 to great critical acclaim. Witch Trial will be published on 26 February 2026.
Harriet was a contestant on The Traitors Series 4.
Website: https://www.harriettyceauthor.com/ | Instagram: @harriet_tyce
SoA Fundraising Bookshop
Browse our virtual Bookshop.org store featuring books by authors and speakers taking part in our events programme. When you make a purchase using our affiliate links, a percentage will go to the Society of Authors’ Access Fund, giving authors support for travel, subsistence, childcare or access needs for events, residencies, and retreats.
Accessibility
Our Events space is located on the ground floor of our office. We have a wheelchair ramp at the side entrance of the building. We also have an accessible toilet by the side entrance.
If you have any access requirements, please email events@societyofauthors.org
Feeling unwell?
We recommend the following:
- Staying home if you’re feeling unwell or have flu-like symptoms
- Washing your hands when coming in from the outdoors and / or before touching your face
- Applying alcohol hand sanitiser (we will have these on site)
- We advise attendees to wear a face mask if they feel comfortable doing so
Tickets
£9.50 for SoA Members
Booking
Book your place using the booking from below. Places are limited.
Please read our event booking Terms and Conditions: https://societyofauthors.org/legal-privacy/event-terms/
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