Description
Join author and illustrator Kate Evans for a fascinating Lunch Bite celebrating Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen, her captivating new book bringing one of literature’s best-loved writers vividly to life.
Inspired by the patchwork quilt Austen made in her later years, Evans stitches together scenes from her novels, moments from her life and the textures of Regency society through dynamic, richly detailed artwork, including illustrations embroidered onto cloth.
Discover a fresh, imaginative portrait of Jane Austen, hear about Evans’ creative process, and meet the author behind this remarkable new graphic biography. Perfect for Austen admirers and graphic novel lovers alike.
About the Author
Kate Evans
Kate Evans is an author, cartoonist, activist and fibre artist.
She is the author of the internationally renowned historical works Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen and Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg in which she breaks new ground in formatting meticulously referenced, yet artistically coherent, comic-book representations of real life events.
Her graphic reportage from the Calais Jungle, Threads: From the Refugee Crisis, won the John Laurence Award, the Broken Frontier award for graphic non-fiction and was the first ever graphic work to be nominated for The Orwell Prize for journalism.
Other titles include Funny Weather, a graphic guide to climate change and Copse, about environmental protest, The Food of Love, on breastfeeding and Bump, about pregnancy and birth and the children’s book Don’t Call Me Princess.
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