{"id":536,"date":"2017-12-04T19:55:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T19:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/?page_id=536"},"modified":"2026-07-28T13:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:35:16","slug":"diary-upcoming-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/?page_id=536","title":{"rendered":"Diary: Upcoming Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;d like to contact me about a school visit or event, please see the contact section of this website. Here is what I&#8217;m up to in the next wee while:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout July: Events at heritage locations in Highland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 8-9: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/whats-on\/all\/overview\/?eventId=d26c5237-8fd3-43dc-a4d1-ae550078539e\">Celebration of the Centuries, Fort George<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 23: <a href=\"https:\/\/hopetoun.co.uk\/event\/victorian-day-at-hopetoun\/\">Victorian Day at Hopetoun House<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 27: Nairn Festival School event<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 29: Nairn Festival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nairnfestival.co.uk\/news\/the-23rd-nairn-book-and-arts-festival-launches-introducing-storriestreet\">StorrieStreet<\/a>, storytelling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 17: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/safety\/go\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnkd.in%2FeaWn9z2x&amp;urlhash=13xK&amp;mt=zxxsRtYqU8FOsXfSAVz-dbRNQiBSkMLoqPgqOxRzmuGWxCtyhw-gapGT2Eo4xgeH-XMMNQNR3pTNu-bcLrFw8K9HdNo8ScioIWfa30xH0nr1bbzJR_3jcJzreQ&amp;isSdui=true&amp;lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BX5TGD1AdSveMUr4muYuzqg%3D%3D\">WISH conference, Glasgow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 26: Wigtown Book Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Online:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@timetunnellers\">Time Tunnellers YouTube<\/a> Channel with frequent updates from historical fiction authors, including me. Here is an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Time Tunnellers: #MaryQueenofScots\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/owsRLsChcjk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Term-time: <\/strong> A new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCY7LQZiq-eVaIg4AINuLpKg\">YouTube video<\/a> <\/strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/timetunnellers.blogspot.com\/\"><strong>resource<\/strong><\/a> goes live for the Time Tunnellers on or before every Thursday! The videos set creative writing challenges for schools while the blogs tend to give a little more detail about interesting aspects of historical fiction writing and research.<\/h6>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Time-tunnellers-logo-Instagram-Profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Time-tunnellers-logo-Instagram-Profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Time-tunnellers-logo-Instagram-Profile.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Time-tunnellers-logo-Instagram-Profile-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Time-tunnellers-logo-Instagram-Profile-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;d like to contact me about a school visit or event, please see the contact section of this website. Here is what I&#8217;m up to in the next wee while: Throughout July: Events at heritage locations in Highland August 8-9: Celebration of the Centuries, Fort George August 23: Victorian Day at Hopetoun House August &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/?page_id=536\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diary: Upcoming Events<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":116,"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2289,"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions\/2289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}