I occasionally am invited to speak to small groups about my writing and have a talk entitled 'From forensics to crime fiction' that lasts an hour with a Q&A session. Last week I spoke to a group of about 60 readers at a community library event in the Yorkshire Dales. What a lovely audience! I don't know if it was aided by the fact that people were seated at tables and could bring wine and nibbles along. But everyone was alert and interested which does help so much! And questions at the end were intelligent and thoughtful which made the whole event very enjoyable indeed.