A shared dinner, a brilliant novel and the author in the room. Welcome to the first HYFYV Book & Supper Club with author, Eva Verde.

Introducing The Book & Supper Club, brought to you by How You Find Your Voice.

Think of a book club.

Think of a supper club.

Now imagine their love child and add the author into the mix. Yum.

That's the idea behind the HYFYV Book & Supper Club. A cosy evening for people who love books, delicious food and great conversation. And because the author will be there too, you can ask every question you have about the characters, plot and choices that went into the book.

WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE HYFYV BOOK & SUPPER CLUB

We will gather over dinner at Spike Island for a relaxed but curated evening. You can expect:

Author in conversation with How You Find Your Voice’s Jessie Huth

Audience questions and open discussion

Shared tables with prompts (to use or to ignore.)

A seasonal menu inspired by the book’s setting or the author.

The chance to meet other book loving guests

Limited space to keep the evening intimate

No pressure to perform: you are very welcome to simply come, listen and enjoy the atmosphere.

You don't have to have read the book to come, but it'll make it more fun if you have.

OUR FIRST BOOK & SUPPER CLUB: EVA VERDE and THEM GIRLS

Our first ever HYFYV Book & Supper Club will welcome Eva Verde to discuss her latest novel, Them Girls.

Eva Verde explores themes like identity, class and female rage with warmth and emotional honesty. Her work captures the messy, complicated realities of women’s lives with real wit and tenderness.

Them Girls follows Goldie and Vee, sisters in their forties whose carefully constructed lives begin to unravel. Set partly in France, the novel explores sisterhood, reinvention, class and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.

Bold, funny and emotionally astute, it’s the perfect book to unpack together around the table.

On the night, Eva will be in conversation about Them Girls with HYFYV’s Jessie Huth, followed by audience questions and informal discussion over dinner.

Excitingly, we are being given exclusive early access to Them Girls. Any book bundle ticket will receive their discounted copy a month before the publication date.

ABOUT EVA VERDE

Eva Verde is a writer from East London. She has published two novels with Simon & Schuster: Lives Like Mine and In Bloom. Her third novel, Them Girls will be published in April 2026.

Eva's love song to libraries, I Am Not Your Tituba forms part of Kit De Waal’s Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers. Her words have featured in Marie Claire, Grazia, Elle and The Big Issue, also penning the new foreword for the international bestselling author Jackie Collins Goddess of Vengeance.Eva lives in Essex with her husband, children and dog.

Twitter @Evakinder

Instagram @evakinderwrites

ABOUT THE BOOK: THEM GIRLS

Two sisters, a lifetime of secrets, and the chance to set the record straight...

Meet Goldie and Vee: sisters, dreamers, grafters. In their forties, both appear to have it all...

Until Goldie finds the courage to leave Benedict. Once upon a time their faux marriage worked, but when the magnetic Wolfie comes on the scene, her world of pretending falls apart.

Vee’s neat world is spiraling, too. Since her ex-husband Jamie started dating Julia her cruel school bully, Vee’s long-buried insecurities are out of control. She needs to get away, and fast.

So when Goldie suggests a holiday in France, Vee leaps at the idea. A curiously well-timed invitation - just as speculations around Goldie’s brilliantly brief pop career back in the nineties are beginning to resurface. Escaping’s one thing, but nothing stays secret forever, and as Vee and Goldie’s unresolved pasts make surprise returns, the stories them girls once told themselves begin to look very different...

PRAISE FOR THEM GIRLS

'Full of heartbreak, spikiness and tenderness. Made me angry and made me laugh out loud. Brilliant'

– Yvvette Edwards, author of A Cupboard Full of Coats

'This book had me laughing and crying. I loved the characters and it’s so refreshing to read about women in middle age getting a new lease of life. The writing is sharp and witty but also tender and beautiful. I didn’t want this story to end.'

– Diana Anyakwo, author of My Life As A Chameleon

ABOUT OUR CHEF, SHONA GRAHAM

We are thrilled to be working with Shona Graham on the HYFYV Book & Supper Club. Shona is a Bristol based hospitality professional, producer and community organiser working across food, culture and events. She is the owner of Emmeline Cafe and the founder of FODA Food Festival and The Anti Banquet, projects known for bringing people together through thoughtful and socially conscious food experiences.

Alongside this, she is Operations Manager at Team Canteen CIC, supporting grassroots food and community organisations through catering and partnerships rooted in social responsibility. Across all of her work, Shona is committed to food justice, sustainability and strengthening local food networks.

Shona's created a delicious 3 course French-inspired menu. Dietary requirements can be catered for so please just let us know when you book.

TIMINGS

6.30 pm - Arrival, drinks and mingling

7pm - First course served

7.15pm - In conversation with Eva Verde

7.45 pm - Main course served

8.15pm - Audience Q& A (continues over dessert)

8.30pm - Dessert

8.45pm - Booksigning and mingling

9pm - Ends

TICKETS

Spaces are intentionally limited to keep the evening intimate.

Early Bird

£42 - Supper without the book

£47 - Supper and includes an advance copy of Them Girls at a discounted price

Your ticket includes a three course supper and a drink on arrival.

Book bundle guests will receive a specially arranged early copy of Them Girls ahead of publication, at a generous discount.

You can collect your copy in Bristol or have it posted (UK postage available).

Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio) — Read more — Read less