See Sally’s upcoming events on the calendar at the bottom of the page.
Sally has devised and produced several interactive multi-media workshops for literary festivals, schools and university settings.
Signing copies of The Green Lady at The Rome Book Fair, December 2023.
On a successful trip to Italy off the back of her novel No Boys Play Here being well received (and recently listed in the top ten books recommended by La Repubblica) she performed readings at Festival Letteratura in Mantua (selling out a 500 ticket event at Piazza Castello on Sept 8th 2022, interviewed by Beatrice Masini), and at Libreria Arcadia in Rovereto, Italy.
In October 2022, she did a performed reading / interactive talk at Lancing College to the sixth form and their teachers on the animating / visceral force of literary language. The talk was for readers and writers looking for sources of inspiration, particularly those involved in cross media collaborations (theatre, dance, the visual arts, poetry, the ballad form).
That same October (in 2022), she performed at Shoreham Wordfest, at Ropetackle Arts Centre, exploring her book The Private Life of A Diary. Read more about her appearance here.
In 2019 she devised a workshop for the Oxford Literary Festival which explored the poetic language and music of poet Emily Dickinson. The session was part of a wider collaboration with pianist Nicole Panizza, folk musician, Hannah Sanders and film maker Suzie Hanna. The workshop culminated in a live performance involving classical piano, folk music and choreographed imagery created and curated by Suzie Hanna. To see the performance and workshop outline click here.
A course for writers looking for a focus.
Email Sally, sally.bayley@ell.ox.ac.uk, or Laetitia, lr@watsonlittle.com, to secure a place.
See further details on poster. Poster design by Sabrina Durmaz.
“We eat stories as cows eat fodder.”
Sally Bayley’s 'The Green Lady' is a masterpiece of creative writing. Blending fiction, history, and biography, she brilliantly explores the relationships between children and their teachers.
While the book's starting point is the inspiration of her female teachers, Bayley's story is framed both by her maternal ancestors, and other independent women (including educational suffragist Mary Neal, actress Margaret Rutherford, and poet Stevie Smith) - a common thread being how social convention and a lack of space (the 'room of one’s own’), combine to inhibit creativity,
Sally is a Lecturer in English at Hertford College, Oxford, and will be in conversation with novelist and critic Alice Jolly. The Green Lady is a stand alone novel, but can also be seen as the third in a biographical series.
Tickets (£8) available here
Sally talks with writers Joanna Kavenna and Elizabeth Lowry about their reading and writing habits at Blackwell’ s Oxford. Tickets to this free event available here.
Join Sally Bayley, Marina Warner and Tomiwa Owolade in a discussion titled 'Memories' Fault Lines' at Blackwells Bookshop on Oxford’s Broad Street.
Sally speaks with Will Self (dubbed 'the most daring and delightful novelist of his generation' by the Guardian) on selected writings at Blackwell’s bookshop, Oxford. To book your ticket, visit Blackwell’s website here.
Sally has devised an interactive workshop for her forthcoming book, NO BOYS PLAY HERE (January 2021). The workshop will take place at the next scheduled Oxford Literary Festival in 2021.
February 2021 (date and time TBC)
To accompany the publication of her book, NO BOYS PLAY HERE, Sally Bayley will host a series of online masterclasses celebrating the works of Shakespeare as they strengthen and nourish aspects of our lives.
