I regularly do talks, speeches, readings and other events, both for the public and bespoke for corporate clients, across the UK and sometimes internationally. Check back here to see if I’ve added any near you!
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June 2022
Clubland at the Lowdham Book Festival
Cultural historian and award-winning beer writer Pete Brown (Pie Fidelity, Shakespeare's Local, Man Walks into a Pub & more) discusses his new book Clubland.
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Clubland at Harrogate Beer Week
Award-winning author Pete Brown reveals how the half-forgotten institution of the working men's club was played a vital role in shaping modern Britain.
Find out more »Clubland at the Walthamstow Weekender
Award-wining author Pete Brown celebrates the untold story of the working men's club.
Find out more »October 2022
Clubland at Off The Shelf, Sheffield
Award-winning author Pete Brown shares the untold story of how working men's clubs shaped Britain. FOLLOWED BY BINGO.
Find out more »Clubland at the Red Shed, Wakefield
Delighted to return to the legendary Red Shed, the home of Wakefield Labour Club, after visiting while researching the book. It plays a prominent role in the chapter about how working men's clubs finally accepted that women should share equal rights within the movement. I'm hoping one or two of the people who fought that battle may be abler to attend.
Find out more »June 2023
Clubs: It’s a class thing, at Stoke Newington Literary Festival
From the festival programme: Would you want to join a club that would have you for a member? The simple idea of like-minded people coming together to relax and enjoy themselves seems harmless enough, but what if the private members’ club is more about who can’t join than who can? Last year, Seth Thévoz wrote a densely researched look at the secret life of London’s private members’ clubs, while Pete Brown claimed “clubland” as a working class concept, arguing that…
Find out more »Clubland – How the Working Men’s Club Shaped Britain
From the event website: We’re delighted to welcome Yorkshire born author Pete Brown to Garforth Library to discuss his latest book Clubland: How the Working Men's Club Shaped Britain. Named as a BBC Radio 4 book of the week earlier this year, Brown’s enlightening, affectionate and intoxicating history of the British institution of Working Men’s Clubs traces a path from its founding by a teetotal minister, to its heyday, when more than 7 million Brits were members. Join us for…
Find out more »October 2024
Clubland at the Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society – NEW DATE!
Cultural historian and award-winning beer writer Pete Brown turns his attention to a phenomenon that has shaped modern British culture without anyone really noticing, launching the careers of global stars like Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Steve Davies. The Working Men’s Club movement has an astonishing untold history covering feminism, the Chartists, Bernard Manning and the rumour about Shirley Bassey peeing in a sink.
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