An author event and a dinner party's love child.

Join award-winning novelist Sarvat Hasin for an evening of food, conversation and storytelling inspired by her acclaimed novel Strange Girls.

Set between Pakistan and England, Strange Girls explores friendship, family expectations, queer identity, belonging and the complicated ways we shape ourselves to fit in.

About Strange Girls

What happens to a love story that has nowhere to go? And who has the right to tell it?

Strange Girls is a story about female friendship, creative ambition and the complicated emotions that can exist between admiration and rivalry.

The book follows two young women, Ava and Aliyah, who meet at university and become deeply entwined in one another’s lives. Their friendship is creative, admiring and competitive all at once. It is the kind of relationship that changes who you are forever.

*A ‘Most Anticipated Book of 2026’ as selected by DAZED, THE NEW ARAB and LITHUB*

‘Touching, infuriating and painfully true, Strange Girls is a superlative novel by one of our most perceptive writers. Sarvat Hasin is an artist whose work demands to be read.’ Julia Armfield

‘Simply sublime-about that feverish, feral first finding of true friendship that becomes all-encompassing and reforms who you are.’ Kiran Milwood Hargrave

About the evening

The evening begins with a three-course Pakistani meal created by chef Shona Graham of Emmeline, followed by a live conversation with Sarvat and plenty of opportunity to share ideas, ask questions and meet new people.followed by a live conversation with Sarvat about the novel, her writing process and the themes behind the book.

Between courses, there'll be plenty of opportunity to chat, share ideas and meet new people.

Part author event, part dinner party, this is a relaxed and welcoming evening for anyone who loves books, good conversation and great food.

You don't need to have finished the book to come, though reading it will enrich the experience!

Come with friends or come alone – many people attended the first supper club solo and left having made new connections.

You don't need to have finished the book to come, though reading it will enrich the experience. Copies are available with a 20% discount before the event, and books will also be available to buy on the night.

Tickets

£35 includes a welcome drink, a 3 course meal and the author in conversation

ABOUT HOW YOU FIND YOUR VOICE

How You Find Your Voice (HYFYV) is a Bristol-based cultural project that brings people together to think, speak and create more freely.

Through live events, conversations, a podcast and gatherings, HYFYV explores creativity, identity and the messy process of finding your voice. The work centres women’s voices and many of the guests and contributors are women, though anyone curious about the conversation is welcome.

The project is curated and hosted by Jessie Huth, who previously co-founded and ran the literary events series 5x15 Bristol for over a decade and is now developing a new programme of salons, author conversations and cultural events across the city.

Follow along on Instagram: @howyoufindyourvoice