Press
January 2024 – ‘Catherine Hewitt’s 3 favorite reads in 2023’, shepherd.com
September 2021 – ‘The best books on France and women since the Revolution of 1789’, shepherd.com
January 2018 – ‘Five minutes with Catherine Hewitt’, France Magazine, p.93.
12 November 2017 – ‘The Dancer’s Secret: The Scandalous Life of the Impressionists’ Muse’, The Sunday Herald
29 October 2017 – ‘Girl with a Red Bonnet’, You Magazine – The Mail on Sunday
12 December 2015 – ‘Scarlet Streets’, The Scotsman Magazine, pp. 44-46.
December 2015 – ‘Five minutes with Catherine Hewitt’, France Magazine, p.93.
28 November 2015 – Interviewed for ‘Bookshop Corner’, The Telegraph
30 November 2015 – The Tasmanian Times, magazine interview (Tasmania)
October 2015 – Interviewed for Nell Frizzell’s ‘Indecent Proposal’, Vogue, pp. 109 – 110.
Events, Lectures, TV and Radio
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
26 July 2024–American Friends of the Musée de Montmartre, Book salon, Renoir’s Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon, illustrated lecture via Zoom, 11.00 am EST
PREVIOUS EVENTS
25 October 2023–Winchester Art History Group, The Arc, Winchester, Suzanne Valadon, illustrated lecture, 10.30-12.30 am
7 March 2023– Farnham Literary Festival, Farnham Library, Local Author Showcase with Guy Singer and Cristina Loggia, 7.00-9.00 pm
25 January 2022 – Franco-British Society – Art is a Tyrant: The Unconventional Life of Rosa Bonheur, zoom talk in English, followed by a Q&A, Franco-British Society Book Prize winner 2020, 6.30-8.00 p.m.
29 November 2021 – National Gallery – Women Artists course, week 5 – zoom talk on Rosa Bonheur, followed by a Q & A, 4.40-5.20 p.m.
26 March 2021 – LockdownLit talk, Art is a Tyrant, Parisot, France, 5.00-6.00pm GMT
24 February 2020 – Waterstones, Farnham, Surrey, Book Launch of Art is a Tyrant, with author Q&A, book signing and refreshments, 7.00-8.30pm.
18 May 2019 – Bentworth Literary Festival
Bentworth Jubilee Hall, 3.30-4.15pm
16 May 2019 – Millbridge WI
Marindin Hall, Frensham, Surrey, 7.30-8.30pm
21 September 2018 – Society for Educational Studies Annual Colloquium – Writers and their Education – ‘Taking the Academic to Market: Biography and Bridging the Gap Between the University and the Bookshop’, Oriel College, Oxford
13 August 2018 – Waterstones, Farnham, Surrey, Book Launch of the paperback edition of Renoir’s Dancer, with author Q&A, book signing and refreshments, 7.00-8.30pm.
11 April 2018 – Books by the Beach, Scarborough, Scarborough Art Gallery, 1-2pm
23 January 2018 – The Haslemere Bookshop, evening talk and book signing, 8pm
3 January 2018 – BBC Radio Ulster, The Arts Show, interview with Marie-Louise Muir
4 December 2017 – BBC Radio 5 Live, Up All Night interview
25 November 2017 – LibraryLit talk, The Parisot Library, Parisot, France
21 November 2017 – Richmond upon Thames Literature Festival, Orleans House Gallery, Richmond, 7.15-8.15pm
2 November 2017 – Radio New Zealand – Interview on Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan
1 November 2017 – Woman’s Hour – Interview with Jenni Murray
15 October 2017 – The Isle of Wight Literary Festival, Northwood House, Cowes, 4-5pm
10 October 2017 – Guildford Book Festival, Guildford Guildhall, 2-3pm
8 October 2017 – Cuckfield Bookfest, with Anne Sebba, Cuckfield, West Sussex
21 September 2017 – BBC Radio Surrey, Interviewed for Afternoon with Allison Ferns, with Jane Beaton, Co-director of Guildford Book Festival
4 April 2016 – Oxford Literary Festival
15 December 2015 – BBC Radio 5 Live, Up All Night interview
24 November 2015 – BBC Radio Ulster interview
20 November 2015 – Richmond Literary Festival, ‘Writing about Forgotten Women of History’, panel discussion with Joanne Limburg and Geraldine Roberts
12 November 2015 – Newstalk Radio interview, Moncrieff Show (Ireland)
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
PREVIOUS EVENTS
25 October 2023–Winchester Art History Group, The Arc, Winchester, Suzanne Valadon, illustrated lecture, 10.30-12.30 am
7 March 2023– Farnham Literary Festival, Farnham Library, Local Author Showcase with Guy Singer and Cristina Loggia, 7.00-9.00 pm
25 January 2022 – Franco-British Society – Art is a Tyrant: The Unconventional Life of Rosa Bonheur, zoom talk in English, followed by a Q&A, Franco-British Society Book Prize winner 2020, 6.30-8.00 p.m.
29 November 2021 – National Gallery – Women Artists course, week 5 – zoom talk on Rosa Bonheur, followed by a Q & A, 4.40-5.20 p.m.
26 March 2021 – LockdownLit talk, Art is a Tyrant, Parisot, France, 5.00-6.00pm GMT
24 February 2020 – Waterstones, Farnham, Surrey, Book Launch of Art is a Tyrant, with author Q&A, book signing and refreshments, 7.00-8.30pm.
18 May 2019 – Bentworth Literary Festival
Bentworth Jubilee Hall, 3.30-4.15pm
16 May 2019 – Millbridge WI
Marindin Hall, Frensham, Surrey, 7.30-8.30pm
21 September 2018 – Society for Educational Studies Annual Colloquium – Writers and their Education – ‘Taking the Academic to Market: Biography and Bridging the Gap Between the University and the Bookshop’, Oriel College, Oxford
13 August 2018 – Waterstones, Farnham, Surrey, Book Launch of the paperback edition of Renoir’s Dancer, with author Q&A, book signing and refreshments, 7.00-8.30pm.
11 April 2018 – Books by the Beach, Scarborough, Scarborough Art Gallery, 1-2pm
23 January 2018 – The Haslemere Bookshop, evening talk and book signing, 8pm
3 January 2018 – BBC Radio Ulster, The Arts Show, interview with Marie-Louise Muir
4 December 2017 – BBC Radio 5 Live, Up All Night interview
25 November 2017 – LibraryLit talk, The Parisot Library, Parisot, France
21 November 2017 – Richmond upon Thames Literature Festival, Orleans House Gallery, Richmond, 7.15-8.15pm
2 November 2017 – Radio New Zealand – Interview on Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan
1 November 2017 – Woman’s Hour – Interview with Jenni Murray
15 October 2017 – The Isle of Wight Literary Festival, Northwood House, Cowes, 4-5pm
10 October 2017 – Guildford Book Festival, Guildford Guildhall, 2-3pm
8 October 2017 – Cuckfield Bookfest, with Anne Sebba, Cuckfield, West Sussex
21 September 2017 – BBC Radio Surrey, Interviewed for Afternoon with Allison Ferns, with Jane Beaton, Co-director of Guildford Book Festival
4 April 2016 – Oxford Literary Festival
15 December 2015 – BBC Radio 5 Live, Up All Night interview
24 November 2015 – BBC Radio Ulster interview
20 November 2015 – Richmond Literary Festival, ‘Writing about Forgotten Women of History’, panel discussion with Joanne Limburg and Geraldine Roberts
12 November 2015 – Newstalk Radio interview, Moncrieff Show (Ireland)