Author Philippa Gregory talks and signs copies of her new novel 'Royal Witch' at the Lincoln Arts Centre.
Philippa Gregory is coming to Lincoln Arts Centre on Friday 23 October, as part of a tour for her new novel, Royal Witch. It's a talk and a signing, so you'll hear her speak about the book and then have the chance to get your copy signed afterwards.
Royal Witch is set in the court of Henry V, and it follows the life of Eleanor Cobham, who's described as England's first and only convicted royal witch. It's a story that sits right in Gregory's wheelhouse: the glittering, treacherous side of the royal court, and a woman who ended up on the wrong side of history.
If you're not already familiar with her work, Gregory is a historian and novelist known for combining deep research with storytelling, and for bringing to the front the women history tried to forget. Her novels have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been adapted for stage, television and film, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen, which became a BBC One drama. In 2023 she published Normal Women, a social history of women in England over 900 years, which later became a podcast and was released in teen and children's editions. Her 2026 novel Boleyn Traitor won Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards, and she was awarded a CBE in 2021 for services to literature and charity.
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The evening is built around Royal Witch, so if you've got an interest in the Tudors and their predecessors, or just enjoy historical fiction that digs into the lives of women in the past, this is one to keep on your radar. The talk starts at 6.30pm, with doors opening at 6pm, and the venue is Lincoln Arts Centre at the University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, LN6 7TS. Tickets are £10 on their own, or £20 if you want the book and ticket together.
