"Well what an evening you gave us last night. The feedback was tremendous - it was so informative, interesting and entertaining - thank you so much once again.”
Helen Lewis, Whitchurch Hampshire WI (Feb 2024)
Joanna Foat is available for public talks on The Lumberjills at corporate events, festivals, schools, colleges & Women's Institute meetings. She has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, BBC South Today, the BBCs Great British Menu and Channel 5's Walking Wartime Britain. Please get in touch if you would like to invite Joanna to talk, please visit the contact page.
8th January 2026 – Hook and Chessington WI, Surrey
4th February 2026 – Christchurch Central WI, Dorset
4th March 2026 – Ladies Everton Group, Hampshire
11th March 2026 – Claygate WI, Surrey
13th April 2026 – Woking History Society, Surrey
17th June 2025 – Camberley U3A, Hampshire
23rd June 2025 – Kempshott WI, Hampshire
24th June 2025 – Woking College, Surrey
24th June 2025 – Heffle WI, East Sussex
14th July 2025 – Newbury U3A, Berkshire
16thSeptember 2025 – Camberley WI, Surrey
17thSeptember 2025 – Overton & District U3A, Hampshire
18thSeptember 2025 – Locks Heath WI, Hampshire
25thSeptember 2025 – Bordon Belles WI, Hampshire
14thOctober 2025 – Bransgore WI, Hampshire
16thOctober 2025 – Whitchurch WI, Hampshire
23rd October 2025 - Guildford Book Festival, Surrey
5thNovember 2025 – Basingstoke WI, Hampshire
"Thank you so much for coming over to Long Sutton last week and entertaining our WI with your interesting and amusing talk on the Lumberjills. You certainly got a big tick from all of us. Rest assured those amazing women will not be forgotten by this WI. With best wishes."
Mary Lou Warren, Long Sutton WI
“I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your talk today, absolutely brilliant. I’d like to think that I would have been a lumberjill all those years ago. I learnt so much; at 68 I can’t believe I’ve never heard any of this story. Quite honestly, if you are speaking again in the area I have friends that would love to go.
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... “How sad that it’s almost swept under the carpet, and should be absolutely talked about in junior schools upwards. Anyway well done you, your passion and enthusiasm was very contagious. I wanted to buy your book but as with WI we all talk and socialise and time goes quickly. So I have managed to order it online. Please keep doing what you do, it was so interesting.”
Sue, Worplesdon WI
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Join Joanna Foat, acclaimed author and expert on the Lumberjills, as she brings to life the untold stories of the Women's Timber Corps during WWII. Through captivating narratives and in-depth research, her talks illuminate the significant contributions these incredible women made to Britain's war effort.
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“It's wonderful to read these stories of the women who contributed so much to the war effort but were then forgotten about.
Thanks to Joanna's perseverance and determination, they are now being rightly honoured and remembered.”
"The hardback photo book is a beautiful gift and its wonderful photos truly bring stories about these incredible Lumberjills to life. Thank you for putting this photographic record together, Jo, and ensuring this part of history will be remembered for generations to come."
“Joanna Foat’s characters
are brilliantly drawn and so
wonderfully written, readers will end up missing them when they turn the last page.
Written with style, flair and heart, this evocative, entertaining and gloriously readable historical novel is a delight from beginning to end and I look forward to reading more books from Joanna Foat.”
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