Public Speaking/Events See The Yorkshire Shepherdess Live

Dear all

Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, a number of my immediate events have been postponed to later dates. Please find the up-to-date list here on my website, however for further and more detailed information please contact the venues and event ticket outlets directly and they will be able to help you with your queries.

Any additional changes that occur to the schedule of events listed will be communicated as soon as possible.

Thanks so much to everyone for your patience in this challenging time.

Stay safe and see you all soon.

Amanda

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Expect straight-talking first hand stories from The Yorkshire Shepherdess, as Amanda talks about her journey from townie teenage Goth to hill shepherdess and mother of 9. The talk is packed with amusing anecdotes, colourful characters and inspiring stories from her two decades spent farming at Ravenseat, all delivered with Amanda’s trademark energy, humour and charm.

Uplifting, inspiring and overwhelmingly positive, perfect for anyone interested in the countryside and rural living. Sessions can include readings from her books, a slideshow, Q&As and an opportunity to really get to know The Yorkshire Shepherdess.

UPCOMING CALENDER OF EVENTS IN 2020/21

OFFICIAL SPRING 2021 THEATRE TOUR

DATE	VENUE	TICKETS
Monday 1st March	Salisbury - City Hall	Website link
Tuesday 2nd March	Guildford - GLive	Website link
Monday 8th March	Crawley - The Hawth	Website link
Tuesday 9th March	Kings Lynn - Corn Exchange	Website link
Saturday 13th March	Lancaster - Grand Theatre	Website link
Tuesday 16th March	Blackpool- Grand Theatre	Website link
Friday 19th March	Kendal- Leisure Centre	Website link
Saturday 20th March	Hull - City Hall	Website link
Sunday 21st March	Leeds - Town Hall	Website link
Saturday 27th March	Wrexham - William Aston Hall	Website link
Sunday 28th March	Port Talbot - Princess Royal Theatre	Website link

DATE	VENUE	TICKETS
Wednesday 5th May	Doncaster - The Cast	Website link
Sunday 9th May	Scarborough - Spa Theatre (2pm & 7.30pm)	Website link
Tuesday 11th May	Milton Keynes - The Stables (3pm & 8pm)	Website link
Monday 17th May	New Brighton - Floral Pavilion	Website link
Tuesday 18th May	Worcester - Huntingdon Hall (3pm & 7.30pm)	Website link
Thursday 20th May	Warrington - Parr Hall	Website link
Friday 2st May	Buxton - Opera House	Website link
Tuesday 25th May	Peterborough - The Cresset	Website link
Wednesday 26th May	Ipswich - Corn Exchange	Website link
Sunday 30th May	Middlesbrough - Town Hall	Website link

AMANDA'S SCHEDULE OF SPEAKING EVENTS THROUGHOUT 2020 Please contact venues or event organisers directly to obtain tickets

DATE	VENUE	TICKETS
Mon 31st Aug	Settle - Settle Stories Festival	Online event
Tues 14th Sept	Oswestry - Booka Bookshop	Online event
Weds 15th Sept	The Wirral - Linghams	Online event
Sun 19th Sept	Appledore - Appledore Festival	Details to follow
Sat 25th Sept	Wakefield - Children's Charity	Private event
Tues 22nd Sept	South Shields - Write Festival - The Word	Details to follow
Fri 25th Sept	Wakefield - Yorkshire Variety Children’s Charity (afternoon)	Details to follow
Sat 26th Sept	Scarborough - Derwent Valley Bridge Library	SOLD OUT
Tues 29th Sept	Clitheroe - Hurst Green Village Hall	Contact venue
Fri 2nd Oct	Wiltshire - Westbury Festival	Details to follow
Fri 2nd Oct	Westbury, Wiltshire - Westbury Festival	Details to follow
Sun 4th Oct	York - Literature Festival	Details to follow
Sat 10th Oct	Dumfries House, Scotland - Boswell Book Festival	Website link
Thurs 29th Oct	Stafford - Katharine House Hospice event	Private event
Mon 2nd Nov	Hertford - U3A	Contact directly
Fri 13th Nov	Todmorden - Todmorden Book Festival	Website link
Thurs 19th Nov	Nottingham - Notts Rural Support Network	Contact directly
Sat 21st Nov	Dorset - Wimborne Festival	Details to follow
Fri 4th Dec	Yorkshire Business Awards	Private event
Sun 6th Dec	Saffron Walden - Saffron Hall	Details to follow

TESTIMONIALS

Below are just a few examples. See more by clicking here

Amanda presented the story of her life to a capacity audience of five hundred people at Otley in March.

Amanda talked for over an hour, regaling the audience with tales of her life from her upbringing in Huddersfield back in the 1970s to running a 2,000-acre sheep hill farm at Ravenseat above Keld at the head of Swaledale. Full of humour, but with also some moments of poignancy, the audience lapped up the tales that Amanda recounted.

Some of the comments on the Otley Town Facebook page afterwards were as follows:

This was a very entertaining evening and was well presented by Amanda on her life as a shepherdess and also how her young happy family join in as little helpers – Joan Mangeolles

Really enjoyed this – so interesting and she is wonderful – Pat Jackson

Fantastic evening. What a hardworking fantastic woman – Claire Dabill

Really enjoyed her talk and photos. Amanda is amazing – Sue Stewart

What a great lady she is, brilliant, nice couple – Marguerite Enoch

Very enjoyable night. She is an amazing lady – David Ive

Amanda presented at the Harrogate International Literature Festivals

It was such a pleasure to have Amanda Owen at the Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival. She was aspirational yet approachable with a very natural presence on stage that held the audience captivated. Amanda conducted herself with warmth, humour and professionalism throughout her time with us. The pictures she shared of life of the farm added a lovely visual dimension to her event and the feedback we received afterwards showed the audience loved her open and engaging style and found her stories an inspiration.

Natalie Dalkiran, Literature Festivals Co-ordinator

Harrogate International Festivals

'An Evening with Amanda Owen' at The Rotary Club of Thorne in South Yorkshire

The Rotary Club of Thorne in South Yorkshire held a fund raising event in October 2017 entitled 'An Evening with Amanda Owen'. Over 140 people came to listen to 'The Yorkshire Shepherdess' in our local village hall. She captivated and enthralled her audience with snippets of her life in Huddersfield as a young girl with a clear vision of what she wanted to become.

As time progressed she met her future husband Clive in the beautiful and isolated farm of Ravenseat in the North Yorkshire. There she has lived with husband Clive (Colin, ask Julia Bradbury about that) and brought up nine children in what seems an idyllic setting. A slide show of photographs taken in and around the farm by the family gave us fabulous views and insights of life in Ravenseat. She is renowned authoress, inspired by the books written by Alf White (James Herriot) of 'All Creatures Great and Small'.

The whole audience felt as if they were part of Amanda’s family and went home with big smiles on their faces.

David Parker, Secretary

The Rotary Club of Thorne