A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen, with Kate Evans

In the later years of her life, Jane Austen created a quilt. Acclaimed graphic novelist Kate Evans takes the fabrics of this patchwork coverlet and uses them to illustrate a beautiful, brilliantly immersive and compelling comic-book retelling of Jane Austen’s life. Evans patchworks together the narrative from Austen’s own words, seamlessly interweaving snippets from her letters and her stories, and tells her life story from the cradle to the grave, including riotously joyous comic excerpts of her novels.

Kate Evans is a writer, cartoonist, multi-media artist and public speaker with thirty years’ experience. Her previous work includes the internationally acclaimed historical biography Red Rosa and the award-winning graphic reportage Threads from the Refugee Crisis. Patchwork is her eighth work of graphic non-fiction.

You may also like the following events from Five Leaves Bookshop:

• Next Wednesday, 8th October, 07:00 pm, Adventures in poetry, with Andrew Taylor and Cliff Yates in Nottingham
• Next Thursday, 9th October, 07:00 pm, A translation event with Agnes Lidbeck and Nichola Smalley in Nottingham
• This month, 18th October, 11:00 am, Surrender and other work, with Cathy Grindrod @ Mickleover Library, Derby in Derby

Also check out other Arts events in Nottingham, Literary Art events in Nottingham.