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Trisha is an experienced and popular interviewer and appears regularly at the Sheffield Off The Shelf Festival of Reading and Writing. She is available to host 'In Conversation' events with authors.


Off The Shelf Festival: Hosting an evening 'In Converstion' with Jo Brand, talking about her autobiography 'Look Back in Hunger'.




The Sheffield Children’s Book Awards began in 1988. The project was first started to encourage children and young people to read and also to highlight the very best children’s books published each year.



The National Year Of Reading launch was attended by more than 150 children from five different Sheffield schools. Guests included the Barnsley Bard, Ian McMillan, and musician Luke Carver Goss who, with the help of the children, composed a poem to be used throughout the year to promote the pleasure of reading.


Off The Shelf: Dervla Murphy
discussed Silverland. Anxious to point out her disapproval of title of the book, it nevertheless describes her journey across Europe to Siberia, the beaurocratic eccentricities, and the people she met en route. The sold-out event was attended by an audience devoted to the works of Ms Murphy.

Catherine Bailey: a respected television director, Black Diamonds is her first book and tells the story of the Fitzwilliam family of Wentworth Woodhouse in South Yorkshire. Being very close to home, many members of the audience had personal connections with the House, including one reader who produced a gold penknife presented to the 8th Duke by his father on his 21st birthday.

Jane Glover
is one of Britain's most respected conductors, specialising in Mozart. Her book 'Mozart's Women' recounts his life through the eyes of the women who were part of it. Jane joined Trisha 'In Conversation' during the Off The Shelf Literature Festival.

Daniel Mason
, medical student turned best-selling author, joined Trisha to talk about his novel The Piano Tuner, together with composer Nigel Osborne, whose specially commissioned opera is based on the book.


An Evening With Kate Adie
. During the Off The Shelf Festival, Trisha spent nearly two hours talking with Kate about her career and recent books.