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Praise for Patchwork

"Evans has a storyteller’s eye. Her images are full of cinematic character." Times Literary Supplement

"Delightful and illuminating. This energetic book, brimming with bright pages of illustration, will be highly satisfying to anyone craving more companionship with Jane Austen, both her life and her work." NPR 'Books we love' pick 2025

"A book of depth and beauty. As a work of both archival collage and historical re-evaluation, it’s a brilliant achievement." The List

Events 2026

January 16th – Chawton House, Hampshire

Join Kate Evans at the Austen family country estate for this exclusive look at her stunning new biography, where Evans will also display the quilt she has embroidered from images in the book. Tickets

January 18th – Jaipur Literature Festival, India

Kate Evans battles jet lag to bring the Austen Tapestry to an Indian audience

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January 22nd-25th – Kolkata Literary Meet, India

Kate Evans presents excerpts from her stunning biography of Jane Austen, and teases out the threads that connect the Austen family to the British East India Company. More info

March 11th-September 20th – Handmade Histories Exhibition

The Austen Tapestry is on display in the Long Gallery at Chawton House as part of the Handmade Histories Exhibition. More information...

June 12th-14th – Chatsworth House Regency Festival, Derbyshire

Kate is contributing two talks and a panel event to Chatsworth House Regency Festival, speaking on the visual sources which inform her work, the technical intricacies of Austen's patchwork quilt, and Jane Austen's views on slavery. Further info and tickets

June 19th – Bookmarks Bookshop, London

Kate speaks at London's premier radical bookshop about her work on refugees and migration, the life of Rosa Luxemburg, and decolonising Jane Austen

June 22nd – Cartoon County, Brighton

Join Kate at the Walrus pub for a chat with Alex Fitch about the noble arts of cartooning, historical biography, graphic reportage, and quilting

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