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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September 2019
Miracle Brew at the Tenby Arts Festival
Miracle Brew is a globetrotting adventure through the nature of beer. Recent research shows that only 22% of people know what beer is made of, which is bizarre when you consider it is the third most popular drink in the world – after tea and coffee. Pete Brown, an award-winning writer who has been called the “beer drinker’s Bill Bryson”, presents a complete natural history of the drink, emphasising the importance of place – or terroir – to each of beer’s…
Find out more »May 2022
Clubland: In conversation with Ian Clayton
"Both celebrated and award winning authors have won the British Guild of Beer Writers Award between them several times. Ian won it in 2019 with his celebrated book, ’It’s the Beer Talking.’ "Pete has won the same award on a few occasions and will be reading from his new book ‘Clubland - How the working mens club shaped Britain.’" Ian Clayton was a major inspiration for Clubland. I'm delighted to be discussing the book with him. His own stories are…
Find out more »June 2022
Clubland: If it’s good enough for Shirley Bassey…
Cultural historian and award-winning beer writer Pete Brown (Pie Fidelity, Shakespeare's Local, Man Walks into a Pub & more), 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 pissing in a sink. The launch of ‘Clubland’ couldn't…
Find out more »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.
Find out more »Miracle Brew at the Ashbourne Festival
We’ve been brewing and drinking beer for thousands of years, without understanding how or why the brewing process works. In the Middle Ages, yeast was called ‘godisgoode’ because no one had any idea what fermentation was. Malting barley, too, has for centuries seemed genuinely wondrous: it’s only in the last 200 years that science has identified and understood how man and yeast work together to gently (or not so gently) persuade this humble grain to give up its sugary stash…
Find out more »July 2022
Brussels Beer City
Exact details of event still TBC, but I'm delighted to be taking part in this celebration of Brussels beer culture.
Find out more »August 2022
Beer and Music Matching at Green Man
For the tenth year! I pair the bands playing the stages at the Green Man festival with the excellent beers in the real ale tent. Expect me to go on about Kraftwerk and lager for a bit.
Find out more »September 2022
The Greatest Hits of Welsh Craft Beer at the Abergavenny Food Festival
Pete Brown guides you through a tutored tasting of the best beers around in Wales today.
Find out more »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.
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