Gallery: Launches, School Visits and Roman Forts | Deborah Lyon

Timewaif in the news!

Bolton School news article headlined Old Girl Shares Debut Novel with Year 4, about Deborah Lyon's visit to the school

Newspaper clipping headlined Children's novel time travels in Cumbria

Magazine feature titled Title Deeds, with a photograph of Deborah Lyon at a table of books and the Timewaif & The Roman Road cover

Book Launches

Manchester Book Signing December 2024

Deborah Lyon signing a book at a table stacked with copies of Timewaif & The Roman Road — Manchester Book Signing December 2024

Manchester Book Signing December 2024

Deborah Lyon chatting with a guest across a table stacked with copies of her book — Manchester Book Signing December 2024

London Book Launch October 2024

Deborah Lyon talking beside piles of Timewaif & The Roman Road in a green-walled room — London Book Launch October 2024

London Book Launch October 2024

Deborah Lyon signing a book next to a Timewaif & The Roman Road banner — London Book Launch October 2024

London Book Launch October 2024

Guests mingling in a green-panelled room, with a Timewaif & The Roman Road banner and Deborah Lyon behind a table of books — London Book Launch October 2024

Windermere Book Launch at The Heaning Estate

Deborah Lyon in a red dress talking with a woman in armchairs, while children in Roman costume sit on the floor — Windermere Book Launch at The Heaning Estate

Windermere Book Launch at The Heaning Estate

Deborah Lyon taking a selfie with a man in front of a seated audience — Windermere Book Launch at The Heaning Estate

Windermere Book Launch at The Heaning Estate

Deborah Lyon in a red dress reading aloud from her book beneath bunting and Timewaif posters — Windermere Book Launch at The Heaning Estate

Stockists

The Jetty Museum Bowness

Copies of Timewaif & The Roman Road on wooden shop shelves beside a model sailing boat and a toy sheep — The Jetty Museum Bowness

Little Brogues Kendal

A wire display stand holding copies of Timewaif & The Roman Road in a shop selling children's shoes — Little Brogues Kendal

Heaton Cooper

Deborah Lyon signing copies of her book at a table in a gallery shop hung with framed prints — Heaton Cooper

The Hen House Bowness

Copies of Timewaif & The Roman Road in a wooden crate below a yellow poster for the book — The Hen House Bowness

Force Cafe Ambleside

Deborah Lyon in a red dress holding a copy of her book beside a display of it in a gift shop — Force Cafe Ambleside

Cedar Manor

Copies of Timewaif & The Roman Road on a windowsill beside a Just In card describing the signed book — Cedar Manor

My daughter Ava in Waterstones Kendal

A smiling girl pointing to Timewaif & The Roman Road on the Fiction 9 to 12 shelves at Waterstones — My daughter Ava in Waterstones Kendal

Waterstones Kendal

Timewaif & The Roman Road displayed face out on a crowded children's fiction bookshelf — Waterstones Kendal

Waterstones Kendal

A New Releases bookshelf of children's books including Timewaif & The Roman Road — Waterstones Kendal

School Visits

Sedbergh Prep January 2025

Deborah Lyon standing beside a Timewaif & The Roman Road banner as children raise their hands in a school hall — Sedbergh Prep January 2025

Windermere School March 2025

Deborah Lyon in a red dress reading from her book beside striped armchairs and a vase of hydrangeas — Windermere School March 2025

Windermere School March 2025

Deborah Lyon with a group of pupils in green school jumpers holding copies of her book beside the Timewaif banner — Windermere School March 2025

Windermere School March 2025

Deborah Lyon in a red dress sitting in a striped armchair holding a copy of her book — Windermere School March 2025

Bolton School 14th October 2024

Deborah Lyon signing books for a queue of school pupils — Bolton School 14th October 2024

Bolton School 14th October 2024

Deborah Lyon reading to rows of pupils sitting on the floor of a school hall — Bolton School 14th October 2024

Bolton School 14th October 2024

Pupils raising their hands to ask Deborah Lyon questions in a school hall — Bolton School 14th October 2024

Bolton School 14th October 2024

Deborah Lyon standing with four pupils who are each holding a copy of Timewaif & The Roman Road — Bolton School 14th October 2024

Places I read and write

Reaching The End, Windermere

A hand writing The End in a notebook with a fountain pen, beside a teacup and a stack of notebooks — Reaching The End, Windermere

Nîmes

An open notebook and book on a wooden table on a sunny balcony with umbrellas below — Nîmes

Ile de Ré

A laptop, open notebook and teapot on a desk in front of an open window looking onto a tiled roof and church spire — Ile de Ré

Florence

An open notebook and a cup of tea on a terrace table beneath a green-domed cathedral — Florence

The Heaning Estate, Windermere

A stack of books, one lying open on top, on the carpet beside an armchair draped with a checked throw — The Heaning Estate, Windermere

Windermere

A handwritten manuscript, notebooks and an hourglass on a table by a window overlooking a lake — Windermere

Windermere

A printed manuscript with a pencil and eraser on top, in front of a tablet on a desk — Windermere

Windermere

A ring-bound proof copy of The Timewaif Chronicles: Timewaif and the Roman Road on a table by a window — Windermere

Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Stone foundations of Galava Roman Fort in a green field with snowy fells and a sunset sky behind — Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Long parallel stone foundations of Galava Roman Fort in a grassy field under a cloudy sky — Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Galava (Ambleside Fort)

An information board with an artist's reconstruction of Galava Roman Fort — Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Stone foundations of Galava Roman Fort with trees and a cloudy sunset sky beyond — Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Parallel rows of stone foundations at Galava Roman Fort leading towards wooded hills — Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Parallel rows of stone foundations at Galava Roman Fort leading towards wooded hills under a golden sky — Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Galava (Ambleside Fort)

The outline of a stone building at Galava Roman Fort in a flat green field — Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Grassy outlines of stone walls at Galava Roman Fort, with bare trees and Windermere in the distance — Galava (Ambleside Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

A girl in a red coat looking out over lichen-covered stones towards the fells from Hardknott Roman Fort — Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

A girl and her dog standing inside the stone walls of Hardknott Roman Fort, next to an information plaque — Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Rows of ruined stone walls at Hardknott Roman Fort on a grassy fellside — Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

The low stone foundations of a building at Hardknott Roman Fort in a green valley — Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

A long stone wall of Hardknott Roman Fort running towards a misty valley — Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Stone foundations at Hardknott Roman Fort with green fells and a stormy sky behind — Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

A low ruined stone wall at Hardknott Roman Fort beneath a streaked grey sky — Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

A woman and a girl with a dog climbing over the stone walls of Hardknott Roman Fort — Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

A National Trust plaque for Hardknott Roman Fort set into a rock — Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

A girl standing on the ruined walls of Hardknott Roman Fort beneath a rocky peak — Mediobogdum (Hardknott Fort)

Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)

Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)

The red sandstone walls of the Roman bath house at Ravenglass under a blue sky — Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)

Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)

Tall crumbling walls of the Ravenglass Roman bath house on a grassy site — Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)

Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)

A Ravenglass Roman Bath House safety sign in front of the ruined walls — Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)

Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)

An arched niche in a ruined sandstone wall of the Ravenglass Roman bath house — Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)

Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)

An information board with an artist's impression of the Roman port and settlement at Ravenglass — Glannoventa (Ravenglass Naval Port and Bath House)