Community Events

Literary Salon – Kate Uher, Autism and complex PTSD

Saturday 17th May 10-12 

Donation only – places all taken

The book you’re about to read is not yet published and is scheduled for release in early 2026. As a speaker on neurodiversity and a psychotherapist, Kate is often get asked what book she would recommend for psychotherapists working with autistic clients, but she couldn’t find one.

She found that the things that need to be said either haven’t been written yet, or they’ve been framed in an overly academic way, or the important ideas are scattered across blogs and articles.

So, this is the book she would recommend! Attendees to this event will be given a copy of her book and she will treat us to her reflections and listen to ours. A wonderful chance to read and be involved a soon-to-be-published book.

Dr Katherine Uher

Literary Salon – Kathryn Mannix 25th January 2025 

Donation only – places all taken

Palliative care consultant Kathryn is coming to speak with our intimate reading group in January. We are very lucky to have Kathryn visit us and to be with us to discuss the powerful and life-affirming stories of death and dying. Kathryn asks: what is the value – or otherwise – of telling these stories to help us prepare for our own death and the deaths of those we love. 

Literary Salon – Lauren Brown, visiting author of  ‘Hands’

Sat 21st Sept 2024

Sold out 

We’re lucky to have a visiting author, Lauren Brown, for our Literary Salon:
Saturday 21st September 3pm-5pm
Heaton Consulting Rooms
Lauren is open, great fun and honest about her lived experience of skin picking and anxiety. Lauren is visiting from London where she now lives, but she’s from the North East and her writing is thoroughly steeped in our local lands.
‘There is warmth and intimacy to Lauren Brown’s writing. …explores with sensitivity a subject that some might find uncomfortable or embarrassing. … writes about her compulsion with wit, and the result is a book as tender and funny as it is painful.’ 
Light structure to these Salons – brief check ins/outs, time for Lauren to present her work, quiet reflection, journalling time and discussion time.
Warming early Autumnal drinks will be provided.