| When | Thursday 12th June 2025 at 19:00 |
| Where | The Exchange, Sturminster Newton 1 Old Market Hill Sturminster Newton Dorset DT10 1QU |
| Event Type | Talks |
| Price | £10 |
| Booking | Preferred |
| Tickets | |
| Also available at 1855, Market Cross, Sturminster Newton |
From sea to summit, Jessica Hepburn tells tales from her new book Save Me From the Waves, which charts her journey of survival, endurance and personal growth. An unlikely athlete, Hepburn hates exercise, only discovering its assets when she finds herself heartbroken and in her forties. Now, she is the first and only woman to have completed the ‘Sea, Street, Summit’ challenge (swim the English channel, run the London Marathon and climb Mount Everest) in the world. With only Desert Island Discs to keep her company, Hepburn consumed over 3,000 episodes during her challenge … perhaps another record that she may well hold (although this can’t be confirmed).
Jessica Hepburn is an award-winning author, arts producer and adventure activist, and one of the UK’s leading voices on fertility, family and endurance sport. The Pursuit of Motherhood (2014) and 21 Miles (2018) are under option to Erebus Pictures, adapted by rising star and novelist Anoushka Warden, and being developed for the screen with funding from the British Film Institute.
Sue Ashby is a playwright who has written for both professional and amateur theatre, TV soaps and radio. Her most recent play for SNADS – Sweet Sorrow – is a bittersweet contemporary drama of love, loss and hope. It explores what happens to a happy, loving family, when a household is tragically reduced from four members to three. It has been nominated by NODA for its production, technical production and script.