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Helena’s hugely popular talks have delighted audiences ranging from the Royal Geographical Society to schools, conferences, luncheon clubs, businesses and Women’s Institutes. She is equally comfortable with or without slides.

Many of the beautiful slides are taken by her husband, artist and photographer Richard Pomeroy. His photographs have been published in Vogue, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Observer, Wanderlust, and in books on cookery and travel.

Her talks are accompanied by music, most of it recorded on site:

Helena is equally comfortable with or without slides. The illustrated talks, which usually last up to an hour, include a live commentary, together with stereo sound recordings.

Fee: £300 plus travelling expenses

Wednesday February 11th 2009
'Strangerland: One family's life on the frontline of Victorian India and New Zealand.' Illustrated talk for Taunton Library, Paul Street, Taunton, Somerset TA1 3XZ at 11am. Call 01823 336334 for further details.

Friday February 20th - Sunday February 22nd 2009
'Writing from Life.' Residential weekend workshops for writers of all levels at the beautiful seaside Grange, 9 Eastcliff Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, PO3 6AA. 'One of the best routes into writing - both fiction and non-fiction - is through our personal experiences and memories.' £75 for weekend. For further details contact Jenni Canakis on 01983 867644 or visit www.thegrangebythesea.com

Friday May 22nd 2009
'Looking for George: Love, Death and Revolution in 1989 Romania.' Illustrated talk for Farnham Maltings Lecture Series, Farnham Maltings, Farnham, Surrey at 8pm in aid of Woodlarks Campsite, which offers camping holidays to people with severe disabilities. For further details contact Debbie Moorcroft on 01252 733550 debbie.moorcroft@virgin.net

Saturday June13th - Friday June 26th 2009
'Writing from Life' (week 1) and Travel Writing (week 2). Residential courses for writers of all levels at the Skyros Writers' Lab, Skyros Island, Greece. 'Some of our best material lies under our noses - in our own lives. Both courses explore techniques of using that material to tell our stories as well as possible.' For further details call (00 44) 1983 865566 or visit www.skyros.com

Monday August 24th - Friday August 29th 2009
'Writing from Life.' Residential course for writers of all levels, with Horatio Clare and Lloyd Jones, at The National Writers' Centre for Wales, Ty Newydd. Using personal experience and memories, this course will focus on characterisation, description, voice, structure and editing. For further information contact Sally Baker on 01766 522808 or visit www.tynewydd.org

Wednesday September 9th - Sunday September 13th 2009
Memoir Writing. Writing workshops for all levels at Ways with Words at Leygonie, France. For further details contact Kay Dunbar at Ways with Words on 01803 867311 kay@wayswithwords.co.uk or visit www.wayswithwords.co.uk

Tuesday September 29th 2009
'Dancing with the Dead: in the wake of masters of the high seas in Zanzibar, the Comoros Islands, and Madagascar.' Illustrated talk for Somerset and Dorset Family History Society, Frome Library, Justice Lane, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BE. For further details contact Wendy Miller Williams on 01373 462215 wendy_mw3@yahoo.co.uk

Tuesday October 6th 2009
'Strangerland'. Illustrated talk for Guildford Travel Club as part of Guildford Literary Festival at Onslow Village Hall at 8pm. Contact Celia Rust on 01483 548 398 celiarust35@yahoo.co.uk

Monday October 1st 2009
'Strangerland'. Illustrated talk for Abinger Eighty Club at Abinger Village Hall, Surrey, at 8pm. Contact Paul Spence on 01306 730516 pfs.spencer@ukonline.co.uk

Saturday November 14th 2009
'Writing from Life'. One day workshop for writers of all levels. For further information contact The Writers' Workshop on www.thewritersworkshop.com. The Writers' Workshop is the country's largest editorial agency, run by writers for writers. email info@writersworkshop.co.uk or phone 01869 347040

Monday November 16th 2009
'Strangerland'. Illustrated talk for Eastbourne Ashridge Circle at 7.30pm in The Congress Theatre, Eastbourne. For further information contact Mrs Anne Dearle, 4b Clovelly, 20 Blackwater Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JQ

Monday November 30th - Friday December 4th 2009
'Writing from Life.' Residential course for writers of all levels, with Gwyneth Lewis, at The John Osborne Arvon Centre, The Hurst, Clunton, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 0JA. This course will look at the whole scope of writing from experience. Are there any subjects which are out of bounds? For further information contact Peter Salmon or Kerry Watson on 01588 640658 thehurst@arvonfoundation.org