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Lecture

Engineer, What’s the Story?

Helping to raise the profile of the profession through creative writing.

Sep
08
08 Sep 2025 /  
7:30pm - 9:00pm

About

Don’s talk aims to show that more of us than we realise have a story to tell. It may be autobiographical; it may be observed history; it may be inspired by our research. It may even go beyond the usual memoirs and documentaries. Don poses us a series of questions, to dig below the surface of our careers, and to consider new approaches to ‘telling a story’; especially as it has never been simpler (or cheaper) to publish our experiments. And why should the heroes of novels be detectives, journalists, medical examiners, private eyes, spies, spy-catchers, astronauts — and never engineers?

Careers
Leadership and Management

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Continuing Professional Development

This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.

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08 Sep 2025 

7:30pm - 9:00pm

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Organiser

  • Hereford and Worcester Local Network

Speakers

Donald Southey

Retired engineer / author / IET volunteer

Towards the end of a career spanning production engineering, IT, quality- and project management, Donald Southey took up fiction writing as a hobby. His first novel to be published, “I, Messiah”, met with outstanding reviews. 
Don is an MIET, Chartered Engineer and EURING, is married with four (grown-up) daughters, and is a member of Freedom Church, with whom he served twice on mission in South Africa. 

Location

Colwall Park Hotel

Colwall
Colwall, Malvern
Worcestershire
WR13 6QG
GB

Programme

19:00 doors open  - refeshements

19:30 talk starts

21:00 expected finish

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Whats the story

free