In Conversation... Adele Parks and Steph McGovern

Schedule

Tue Nov 18 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Teesside University Students' Union | Middlesbrough, EN

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About this Event

Join Teesside University for another ‘In Conversation’, where we feature renowned speakers from the world of sport, business and culture who share an exclusive insight into their remarkable careers.

It provides an opportunity for you to hear directly about what inspired them and how they achieved such incredible success in their chosen field.

Our audience will have the opportunity to engage directly with our special guest speakers and ask questions during what will surely be a memorable evening out.

Tickets will be on a first come, first served basis.

We look forward to welcoming you to the event.



Meet the Speakers



Adele Parks MBE

Adele Parks MBE was born in North Yorkshire. She is the author of 24 bestselling novels including the Sunday Times bestsellers Just Between Us and One Last Secret. Over six million copies of her work have been sold in English and her books have been translated into 31 languages.

Adele’s Sunday Times Number One bestsellers Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck were shortlisted for the British Book Awards. She also won two Nielsen Bestseller Awards, the RNA Outstanding Achievement Award, the Capital Crime Fingerprint Award and a Quick Read Learners’ Favourite Award.

Adele has written for many national newspapers and magazines, and was an Executive Producer on Paramount’s feature film adaptation of her novel, The Image of You. She is an ambassador of the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency: two charities that promote literacy in the UK.

In 2009, Adele was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Teesside University and in 2022 she was awarded an MBE for services to literature.

GoodReads Profile • Twitter @adeleparks • Facebook.com/OfficialAdeleParks • Instagram.com/adele_parks • adeleparks.com



Steph McGovern

Steph McGovern is an award-winning broadcaster who currently presents The Rest is Money podcast with Robert Peston. Steph has worked in journalism for over 20 years, 8 of which as part of the BBC Breakfast family. She went on to present her own BAFTA nominated live daily show, Steph’s Packed Lunch, on Channel 4 and is a regular ‘Have I Got News for You’ panellist and host. Steph is an avid crime reader and has interviewed countless authors including Val McDermid, Ann Cleeves, Hillary Clinton, Harlan Coben, Lee Child and Don Winslow, as well as judging the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award at the Harrogate Crime Festival since 2019.


@StephLunch


Deadline, Steph McGovern’s debut thriller, is published by Macmillan, out now.

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