"Well what an evening you gave us last night. The feedback was tremendous - it was so informative, interesting and entertaining - thank you so much once again.”
Helen Lewis, Whitchurch Hampshire WI (Feb 2024)
Joanna Foat is available for public talks on The Lumberjills at corporate events, festivals, schools, colleges & Women's Institute meetings. She has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, BBC South Today, the BBCs Great British Menu and Channel 5's Walking Wartime Britain. Please get in touch if you would like to invite Joanna to talk, please visit the contact page.
28th November 2024 - Milford-on-Sea Historical Records Society, Hampshire
7th December 2024 - Writers Showcase, Carbon Zero, Guildford
2nd January 2025 - Sway and District Probus Group, Milford-on-Sea
14th January 2025 - Hersham Evening WI, Surrey
20th February 2025 - Chichester U3A, West Sussex
1st March 2025 - Hampshire Coppice Group, Fordingbridge
4th March 2025 - Farnham Ladies Group, Surrey
18th March 2025 - Salterns WI, New Forest, Hampshire
2nd October 2024 - Shamley Green WI, Surrey
7th October 2024 - Bagshot and Chobham Ridges WI, Surrey
8th October 2024 - Oakley & Deane WI, Hampshire
16th October 2024 - Sullington Windmills WI, West Sussex
24th October 2024 - Royal Southampton Yacht Club, Hampshire
26th October 2024 - The Guildford Institute, Surrey
20th November 2024 - East Yorkshire Roses Virtual WI, Yorkshire
"Thank you so much for coming over to Long Sutton last week and entertaining our WI with your interesting and amusing talk on the Lumberjills. You certainly got a big tick from all of us. Rest assured those amazing women will not be forgotten by this WI. With best wishes."
Mary Lou Warren, Long Sutton WI
“It's wonderful to read these stories of the women who contributed so much to the war effort but were then forgotten about.
Thanks to Joanna's perseverance and determination, they are now being rightly honoured and remembered.”
"The Lumberjills Britains Forgotton Army is a true story full of anecdotes about the girls doing their bit during the Second World War, reminding us of the incredible hard work they undertook helping to keep Britain Safe.”
“Joanna Foat’s characters
are brilliantly drawn and so
wonderfully written, readers will end up missing them when they turn the last page.
Written with style, flair and heart, this evocative, entertaining and gloriously readable historical novel is a delight from beginning to end and I look forward to reading more books from Joanna Foat.”
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