Jane Bettany | Updates

Author event

Jane Bettany — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

7.30pm - 9pm at Copper Cogs, Long Eaton

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Author event at Etwall Library

Jane Bettany — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I will be giving an author talk as part of the Society of Authors / Derby Book Festival initiative to provide author visits to local libraries in Derbyshire.

Where: Etwall Library, Eggington Road, Etwall, Derbyshire, DE65 6NB

Time: 2pm

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Author event at Newbold Library

Jane Bettany — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I will be giving an author talk as part of the Society of Authors / Derby Book Festival initiative to provide author visits to local libraries in Derbyshire.

Where: Newbold Library, Windermere Road, Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8DU

Time: 2.30pm - 4pm

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Author event

Jane Bettany — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

7.30pm at Sawley WI

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Author talk

Jane Bettany — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Venue: Richmond Villages, Aston on Trent

Time: 2.30pm

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Melbourne Festival

Jane Bettany — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

"Criminal Minds" author event with Mark Eklid and Tom Mead

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Melbourne Sporting Partnership, Cockshutt Lane, Melbourne, Derbyshire

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Repton Festival

Jane Bettany — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Creative Authors event

12.30pm at Furneau Classroom, Repton, Derbyshire (part of Repton Festival)

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Sandiacare Library

Jane Bettany — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Author event at 2pm

Sandiacre Library, Doncaster Avenue, NG10 5FJ

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Derby Book Festival

Jane Bettany — Wed, 5 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

An Author's Guide to Murder

Event with Tom Mead

4pm - 4.50pm, Derby College, DE24 8JE

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Wirksworth Book Festival

Jane Bettany — Sun, 1 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Author Panel

26 April 2025 at 11am

Venue: Wellspring Centre, 49 St John Street, Wirksworth, DE4 4DS

I'll be at Wirksworth Book Festival as part of an author panel, appearing alongside fellow Derbyshire authors Mark Eklid and Sophie Draper.

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Wishing you a happy and healthy 2025

Jane Bettany — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I hope you had an enjoyable and restful festive season and new year. For the second year in a row, we spent Christmas in Spain, returning to Derby in time to welcome in 2025.

Since then the temperatures in the UK have plummeted. We’ve had lots of frosty days and even a sprinkling of snow - but thankfully, the sun has continued to shine brightly despite the cold weather.

I have a January birthday, and this year we decided to celebrate by spending a night at the fabulous Oakhill Hotel in Cromford (15 miles north of Derby). Cromford is an historic Derbyshire mill village, and part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. It has some lovely cafes and shops, including the wonderful and much-loved Scarthin Books.

We had a good mooch around the bookshop in the late afternoon, before returning to the hotel for a delicious evening meal, followed by a nightcap in front of a roaring log fire. What a way to spend my birthday. Bliss!

Whatever you choose to do in the year ahead, I wish you good luck, good health and lots of success.

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