# Event Details - **Event Name**: What it takes to Make a Book - Eva Verde in conversation with Sabah Khan - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 12:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Essex-based author Eva Verde talks to Simon & Schuster publicity director about what it takes to write a book.About this EventEva Verde in conversation with Sabah KhanWhat it takes to Make a BookIdentity, class and female rage are recurring themes in Eva Verde’s work. She has published three novels including Them Girls, and will be discussing with Sabah Khan, publicity director at Simon & Schuster Books, what it takes to write and publish a book.Saturday 13 June 2026, 11.00am - 12.00pmLakeside Theatre, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQTickets: £8 / £5 concessions (students, under 27s and unwaged)Part of The Writers Room Day Pass - five events for £25 / £15 concessionsThis event is part of The Writers Room - Essex Book Festival and the University of Essex are hosting an exciting 1-day programme of writers’ and writing events. Events include author talks and workshops, multi-genre panel discussions, and The Pitch (a 10-minute speed-date with an industry professional). Plus, an opportunity to engage with and explore the J.A. Baker Archive.Eva VerdeEva Verde is a writer from East London. Identity, class and female rage are recurring themes throughout her work. Eva's love song to libraries, I Am Not Your Tituba forms part of Kit De Waal’s Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers. Her words have featured in Marie Claire, Grazia, Elle and The Big Issue, also penning the new foreword for the international bestselling author Jackie Collins Goddess of Vengeance. Eva lives in Essex with her husband, children and dog.Them GirlsTwo sisters, a lifetime of secrets, and the chance to set the record straight...Meet Goldie and Vee: sisters, dreamers, grafters. In their forties, both appear to have it all...Until Goldie finds the courage to leave Benedict. Once upon a time their faux marriage worked, but when the magnetic Wolfie comes on the scene, her world of pretending falls apart.Vee’s neat world is spiralling, too. Since her ex-husband Jamie started dating Julia her cruel school bully, Vee’s long-buried insecurities are out of control. She needs to get away, and fast.So when Goldie suggests a holiday in France, Vee leaps at the idea. A curiously well-timed invitation - just as speculations around Goldie’s brilliantly brief pop career back in the nineties are beginning to resurface. Escaping’s one thing, but nothing stays secret forever, and as Vee and Goldie’s unresolved pasts make surprise returns, the stories them girls once told themselves begin to look very different...A raw and real portrayal of two sisters, the lives they left behind and the lives they want to lead, Them Girls is bold and immediate and deals with themes of identity, class and the corruption of power . . .Praise for Eva Verde'This is a really powerful, beautifully written story about three generations of working class women with each character so vividly drawn that they leap off the page'– Red'I loved Verde's debut, LIVES LIKE MINE, and this is just as raw and insightful'– Good Housekeeping - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colchester/what-it-takes-to-make-a-book-eva-verde-in-conversation-with-sabah-khan/100001985507953738 - **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Workshops, Festivals, Theatre - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fwhat-it-takes-to-make-a-book-eva-verde-in-conversation-with-sabah-khan-tickets-1985507953738 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 5, max: 8, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Colchester - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Lakeside Theatre - **lat**: 51.87772589999999 - **long**: 0.9472068999999692 - **full address**: Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex , Colchester, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Essex Book Festival (https://allevents.in/org/essex-book-festival/23215812) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/32685e1053f9c8ef7cbf576eff602fd19da4c67b46a5aaa381ed6950005da9fb-rimg-w1200-h600-dc191917-gmir.jpg?v=1774665204 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/e4a4711ccbe8b598619898914451dd48654684e00213d10087a31e8a06822e6a-rimg-w400-h400-dc060802-gmir.jpg?v=1774665203 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? 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