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Rebecca Coxon
Rebecca Coxon is an author and journalist whose debut book ‘Inconceivable’ was published in March this year. It follows Rebecca on a remarkable journey after signing up to a DNA website and subsequently finding herself in a whirlwind of ethical dilemmas and personal upheaval. It takes her across time, space and continents …. and even to correspondence with the Queen. It is an intimate and timely story of love, hope and belonging.
Before becoming an author, Rebecca made TV documentaries for more than 10 years. She has directed films for BBC Panorama and Channel 4 series such as 24 hours in Police Custody. She won the TV Foundation’s ‘Debut Director’ award in 2020 and was shortlisted for the British Journalism Awards in 2022. She completed a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester in 2024. While writing her book, Rebecca sought a quieter life than the chaos of television true crime and began working as a part-time bookseller at Kemps bookshop in Wetherby where you might well have met her.
Graham Watson
Graham Watson was born in Scotland and educated at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the University of Glasgow where he studied Middle English, Semantics and Medieval Literature. He is an historian, editor and author. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, National Geographic and Bronte Studies. His first book, ‘The Invention of Charlotte Bronte’, is a radical and moving biography of the beloved novelist’s final years of fame, grief and fulfilment. It also exposes for the first time, the astonishing media scandal that followed her early death, when her family and friends battled to control how history would remember her.
The book has been nominated for the Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction and was shortlisted for the International Plutarch Award for Best Biography of 2026. Graham is currently researching his next book.
Join us for lunch* - Click here to see menu(please provide your menu choice prior to the event) - and an insight into the secrets of successful writing. Books by both authors will be available to buy at the bookstall with thanks to Kemps Bookshop. Both authors will be signing their books after lunch.
*Price includes meal
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