Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen by Kate Evans is out now: versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3236-patchwork?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=patchwork_25
On the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, Kate Evans teases apart the threads that connect her beloved novels, the events of her life, and the fabric of society in Regency England.
In conversation with Rosianna Halse Rojas, Kate delves into the areas of Austen’s life that are less often examined: the family who shunned her disabled brother, the money rooted in the British Empire which funded her work, the domestic labour of upper class women, and her views on slavery abolition.
“A fresh and vibrant reimagining of Austen’s life, literally stitching her story into the wider tapestry of capitalism and colonialism. Kate Evans ties her well known talents for research and storytelling in with humour and heartbreak, reclaiming Austen from the dusty pages of history and rendering her with colour and energy.” — Karrie Fransman, author of Death of the Artist
Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen by Kate Evans is out now: versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3236-patchwork?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=patchwork_25
On the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, Kate Evans teases apart the threads that connect her beloved novels, the events of her life, and the fabric of society in Regency England.
In conversation with Rosianna Halse Rojas, Kate delves into the areas of Austen’s life that are less often examined: the family who shunned her disabled brother, the money rooted in the British Empire which funded her work, the domestic labour of upper class women, and her views on slavery abolition.
“A fresh and vibrant reimagining of Austen’s life, literally stitching her story into the wider tapestry of capitalism and colonialism. Kate Evans ties her well known talents for research and storytelling in with humour and heartbreak, reclaiming Austen from the dusty pages of history and rendering her with colour and energy.” — Karrie Fransman, author of Death of the Artist
