# Event Details - **Event Name**: Designer Event with Holly Ovenden - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 16 Jun, 2026 at 12:30 pm – Tue, 16 Jun, 2026 at 01:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for a talk and Q&A with book designer Holly Ovenden this Independent Bookshop Week!About this EventHolly Ovenden is coming to Sevenoaks Bookshop to talk all about designing books, to celebrate Andrea Levy’s legacy with new editions of all six of her works in the year that would have been her 70th birthday, designed by Holly. Date: Tuesday 16 JuneTime: 12.30pmVenue: Sevenoaks Bookshop, 147 High Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1XJTickets: £7Holly OvendenHolly Ovenden @hollydrawsinink is an award-winning freelance designer and illustrator, specialising in book covers. She was shortlisted for Designer of the Year at the British Book Awards and has also been recognised as a ‘Rising Star’ by the Bookseller. Holly has received four winning awards from the Academy of British Cover Design (ABCD). Her work has been featured in various publications and exhibitions, and she has been interviewed by The Sunday Times and the Guardian.She has designed and illustrated book covers for classic novels by Agatha Christie, Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, Philip Larkin, Nancy Mitford, Emily Dickinson and Mary Renault; as well as award-winning and bestselling contemporary authors such as Maggie O’Farrell, Elif Shafak, Andrea Levy, Michael Morpurgo, Emily Henry and Jojo Moyes.Andrea LevyAfter her death on the 14th of February 2019, The Bookseller wrote: 'Andrea Levy will be remembered as a novelist who broke out of the confines assigned to her by prejudice to become both a forerunner of Black British excellence and a great novelist by any standards.' Born in England to Jamaican parents who came to Britain in 1948, Andrea Levy wrote the novels that she had always wanted to read as a young woman, engaging books that reflect the experiences of black Britons and the intimacies that bind British history with that of the Caribbean.She was the author of six books: her first novel, the semi-autobiographical Every Light in the House Burnin’, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction; Never Far from Nowhere, set during the 1970s, which tells the story of two sisters living on a London council estate; Fruit of the Lemon, which takes place in Jamaica and was described by the Sunday Times as ‘a thoughtful comment on racism and the importance of knowing where you are from’; Small Island, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Whitbread Book of the Year, and the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize, and was named winner of ‘Best of the Best’ of the Women’s/Orange Prize’s first decade. It was adapted for TV by the BBC and for the stage by the National Theatre. Small Island was also selected by the BBC as one of its '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'; The Long Song, her last novel, which won the Walter Scott Prize, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and was adapted for TV by the BBC; and her final publication, Six Stories & an Essay, a collection of short stories that she had written over her career, along with an essay where she talks about her Caribbean heritage, and the motivation this had given her to write.Headline’s Tinder Press celebrates Andrea Levy’s legacy with new editions of all six of her works in the year that would have been her 70th birthday.Headline has published all of Levy’s books, which include Sunday Times bestsellers, and award winners, such as The Long Song and Small Island.The new covers have been designed by Holly Ovenden and the editions will include introductions from Kit de Waal, Monique Roffey and Sara Collins.Designer Holly Ovenden said: ‘I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to redesign Andrea Levy's exceptional novels. Her unique body of work crosses generations, reflecting on British-Caribbean life and its history with themes of identity and heritage at their heart. To encapsulate the essence of each novel, I decided to use bold contrasting typography and a different illustration style to give each book its own personality. Keeping Andrea's name in the same style on each cover, and with the addition of bright stripes of bold colour, the designs loosely connect and form a coherent and distinct series look.’ https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/6dcd2440-6409-11f1-951c-c942b7b1ecc5-rimg-w592-h740-dcfebf8c-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sevenoaks/designer-event-with-holly-ovenden/100001990500142509 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, exhibitions, theatre - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: under_18_with_guardian - door_time: 2026-06-16T11:00:00Z - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Sevenoaks Bookshop - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 8.08, max: 8.08, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Sevenoaks - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Sevenoaks Bookshop - **lat**: 51.2731771 - **long**: 0.192566 - **full address**: Sevenoaks Bookshop, 147 High Street, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Designer Event with Holly Ovenden - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/6aece01eb5d5dca50c3e518110ddee3c44900a2bc608b8a74defe5bb5d7059e8-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf6b782-gmir.jpg?v=1779983166 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Designer Event with Holly Ovenden being held? - **A:** Designer Event with Holly Ovenden takes place on Tue, 16 Jun, 2026 at 12:30 pm to Tue, 16 Jun, 2026 at 01:30 pm at Sevenoaks Bookshop, 147 High Street, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Designer Event with Holly Ovenden? - **A:** Designer Event with Holly Ovenden is organized by Sevenoaks Bookshop. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Designer Event with Holly Ovenden is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Sevenoaks, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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