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 2024American 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)