Virginia Evans with Clare Chambers at French Protestant Church, London

Join us for a special evening with Virginia Evans to celebrate her Women's Prize winning novel The Correspondent.
About this Event

Join us for a special evening with Virginia Evans at French Protestant Church, Soho, to celebrate her Women's Prize winning novel The Correspondent.A quietly charming novel full of soul, The Correspondent introduces readers to an utterly unforgettable protagonist – Sybil Van Antwerp, who for decades has been living her life primarily through letters, until one day a message from someone in her past turns her orderly world upside down.
Virginia will be interviewed by Clare Chambers - author of Small Pleasures and Shy CreaturesI was delighted and moved . . . Evans does an expert job at making you root for [Sybil] even as you want to give her a timeout . . . Masterful - New York TimesThis is the novel I'm giving to everyone for Christmas... The Correspondent is a delight: melancholy without being sentimental, warm without being cosy, witty without being silly... The comparisons to Strout are accurate but this novel also reminded me of Anne Tyler's ability to make the domestic dramatic... An ode to a dying art form, and proof that your life is never too decided to make a change. - Laura Hackett, The TimesA warm, funny gem of a novel . . . It’s a clever conceit, which Virginia Evans uses to great effect in a novel that is melancholic without being sentimental. One for fans of Elizabeth Strout. - The Times, Best Books of 2025This event will be followed by a signing. Virginia will be signing a maximum of two books per guest. The Book & Ticket option includes a paperback copy of The Correspondent for collection on the night.