Antony Wood: New Talks

Antony Wood: New Titles

"Telling your story"  - the Why, What, Where, When and How of writing a memoir. With tips on how to gather material and self-publish.

"Our lost world" - a social history of growing up in the second half of the twentieth century. With audience involvement.

"Young people and the world of work" - for over twenty-five years the speaker worked in the field of developing the inter-personal skills of young people and campaigning for the rejuvenation of Britain's manufacturing base.

"The Audit of Industry" - a cultural and historical account of British industry from the Great Exhibition of 1851 onwards - with a stock-take of where we are now.  

Soldiering in the 60s - when the Russians were coming.

Never The Same River. A talk by Antony Wood about his memoir, starting with a difficult childhood in country Vicarage. Then we follow the young boy as he grows up to become a soldier, an entrepreneur and even a politician. There's lots of social history about England after the war and plenty of humour. What concerned him as he wrote and what pitfalls had to be avoided?

In gestation - "Three characters in search of an audience - John Bright, Pamela Harrison (nee Digby) and Sir Francis Younghusband."

About the speaker

After ten years commissioned service in the army Antony worked with a number of international food companies, followed by a period campaigning for British manufacturing. He then ran his own Leadership training business, which he later sold to concentrate on writing and community work - including standing for Parliament and being a local Councillor. He has an MSc and is married with three grown-up children, all working in television.