Events
Elena appears at bookshops and festivals through the year, and online when the weather or the deadline insists.
Hollowell Literary Festival, Marquee TwoWhitby, UK2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Elena joins three writers working at the water's edge for a discussion of landscape, erosion and inheritance in contemporary fiction. Chaired by the Hollowell Observer's books editor. Festival day pass required.
Festival TicketsOnline — link sent on registrationWorldwide6:00 PM GMT
A ninety-minute online session on revision, structure and the working habits behind five novels. Questions can be submitted in advance or asked live. Free to attend; a recording is shared with registrants for two weeks afterwards.
Register FreeAshgrove BooksEdinburgh, UK7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
An evening reading from The Salt Archive, followed by a conversation with bookseller Ruth Okafor and a signing. Copies available on the night; early arrival advised, as the back room seats sixty and always fills.
Held 24 September 2026
Meridian Institute, Great HallLondon, UK7:30 PM
Elena delivered the annual fiction lecture on archival practice and the ethics of describing other people's lives. A full transcript was published in Literary Review Quarterly.
Held 18 April 2026
Stromness Maritime ArchiveOrkney, UK6:00 PM
A closing reading of work written during the Carrow Society fellowship, held among the shipping records that prompted it.
Held 27 February 2026
The Aldwych RoomsLondon, UK7:00 PM
Readings from all six shortlisted authors, with Small Hours, Bright Rooms represented by the story 'The Hallway'.
Held 14 November 2025
The Longhand Letter
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