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I had a great time talking to Kate Evans about her new book, Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen. We talk about Jane Austen's quilt (coverlet), fandom culture and Austen, the hardest things to draw and, above all, the colonial histories that are simultaneously everywhere in Austen's work and left out of the picture.
Here's a link to the book if you want to read more about it: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3236-patchwork and this is Kate's website with upcoming events on it: https://www.cartoonkate.co.uk
This video was filmed in the Verso archive. Thank you to Anjali for setting this up and Ralph for filming.
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Other books mentioned in this video:
📚 The works of Jane Austen :)
📚 The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
📚 Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by William Godwin
📚 A Guide to Regency Dress by Hilary Davidson
📚 Dress in the Age of Jane Austen by Hilary Davidson
📚 Jane Austen's Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson
📚 Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert
📚 Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation in 1838-1839 by Frances Anne Kemble
Here's Sanne on insta in case you'd like to follow her amazing Regency sewing adventures (and general crafting joy): https://www.instagram.com/booksandquills/
I'm not on instagram anymore because it makes me want to scream but here is my storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rosianna