Author: rpd

This coming Sunday, 7 September – the inaugural Liverpool Book Festival, from midday to 6.00 pm. The event, the brainchild of Justin Hopper of La Vida Liverpool, takes place at the Invisible Wind Factory and Make CIC – the venues are next to each other on Regent Road. There’ll be celebrity Q&As, 60 local authors […]

A reminder that the inaugural Liverpool Book Festival will be taking place a week on Sunday, the 7th September – I will be there with copies of Valediction Records – and news of a Q&A I’ll be doing at Sips And Stories, Smithdown Road, Liverpool on the afternoon of Sunday, the 14th September. More details […]

The inaugural Liverpool Book Fair will be taking place on 7 September at Invisible Wind Factory L3, and I will be there, selling copies of Valediction Records and hoping to meet readers and fellow writers. The event is being organised by Justin Hopper of La Vida, an amazing PR organisation based on Merseyside. Below is […]

Apologies for the short notice, but the event advertised for 2 May has had to be postponed. The intention is to reschedule it for early summer at the iconic Athenaeum in Liverpool. Keep an eye open for an announcement.

I will be appearing at the Smithdown Social Arts Hub, Smithdown Road, Liverpool, as part of the Smithdown Literary Festival, on Friday 2 May 2025. I’ll be interviewed about Valediction Records and there’ll be a Q&A session to follow. I’m looking forward to this – the Smithdown Festival has in recent years become one of […]

I had a wonderful evening last night, 2 May, at Childwall Women’s Institute, where I had kindly been invited to talk about the writing of Valediction Records and give a reading. Everyone was very welcoming and appreciative, and I signed several copies of the novel. As I said to the audience, I hoped to do […]

A fabulous night at MerseyMade arts and crafts centre, Liverpool, last night. Local journalist and author Spencer Leigh interviewed me about my life leading up to the writing of Valediction Records, followed by The Good Intentions (on this occasion a duo of Gabi and me) performing a short set. Lots of audience interest, a lot […]

I’m kidding! But this is a reminder that, on Wednesday 1 May, at MerseyMade, Paradise Street, Liverpool, from 6.00 to 8.00, well-known local journalist and author Spencer Leigh will be interviewing me about my life leading up to the writing of Valediction Records, followed by a performance by my band The Good Intentions. MerseyMade is […]

Valediction Records with Peter Davies – WORT-FM 89.9 (wortfm.org) The link is to a recording of the interview I did with Andy Moore of WORT, Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday 5 April. Andy asked some interesting questions about Valediction Records, one or two from a particularly American angle. I was especially flattered to hear him compare […]