Kate Evans

Read this book - the micro-history you didn't know you needed, even if you don't like feijoa! Liv Sisson, author of Fungi Inspired by a personal obsession with this singular exotic fruit, Feijoa is a sweeping, global tale about the dance between people and plants - how we need each other, how we change each other, and the surprising ways...

Age range 6+ A children's picture book which takes down the concept of 'princess'. A sassy child narrator chooses six well-known fairy tales involving princesses. With simple rhyme and lively pictures, she takes the stories apart with incredulous humour and charm. This is a book to inspire children of all ages and adults to think beyond the superficial. Well-known cartoonist...

In the later years of her life, English novelist Jane Austen made a quilt. Acclaimed graphic novelist Kate Evans deconstructs this patchwork coverlet and uses the fabrics to illustrate Austen’s life story. The arc subverts that of the romantic heroine and turns it into a hero’s journey. The world is ready for the story of a middle-aged, formidable, maiden aunt...