Laydeez Do Comics Leeds Presents: Kate Evans Kate Evans presents the exclusive Northern launch of her award-winning new graphic novel Threads from the Refugee Crisis. It's a poignant and heartfelt, yet wryly humorous, account of life in the Calais Jungle. 8pm. Doors 7.30pm - Friday 30 June £5 plus 50p booking fee, in advance Town Hall HX7 7BY Buy tickets here.

There are currently over 65 million forcibly displaced people in the world – the highest levels of displacement since records began. Documenting the experiences of refugees is a vital undertaking and one in which words alone can often fall short. Cartoonist and activist, Kate Evans, drew on her time spent volunteering at the refugee camp in Calais to write Threads, ... Read More

Launch event for Threads and discussion on the Syrian refugee crisis @ Verso loft 20 Jay Street Suite 1010 Brooklyn, New York 11201 Join Verso Books, Muftah, and the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research for the launch of Kate Evans’ new graphic novel, Threads from the Refugee Crisis and a wide-ranging discussion on the refugee crisis in Syria and the Middle East. ... Read More

Join us on Wednesday 20th September, at 6pm, to celebrate the launch of Kate Evan's upcoming book, Threads, at the learning Zone, OCADU, 122 Patrick Street (Level 1), also accessible from 113 McCaul Street directly across the main OCADU campus in Toronto. Co-sponsored by Amnesty International – Toronto, Centre for Refugee Studies – York University, Romero House and Faculty of ... Read More

Kate Evans discusses Threads: From the Refugee Crisis. She will be joined in conversation by Megan Byrd. At 57th Street Books RSVP HERE (Please note that your RSVP is requested, not required) About the book: In the French port town of Calais, the historic home of the lace industry, a city within a city has arisen. This new town, known as the Jungle, is ... Read More

With Cartoonists Kate Evans and Sarah Glidden Monday, September 25, 2017 6:00 pm Global & International Studies Building Auditorium, Room 0001 When we talk about refugees we usually talk about numbers and statistics, rather than faces or stories.  Refugees as a group devoid of rights, home or future remain face- and voiceless. Countless victims, whose bodies are found on the trails through the ... Read More

The Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice and The Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Studies at UNC Charlotte are delighted to host author and activist Kate Evans to discuss her work of graphic journalism: Threads from the Refugee Crisis. From Verso Publishing:  “In the French port town of Calais, the historic home of the lace industry, a city within ... Read More

BEYOND WORDS Kate Evans: Threads For British-based cartoonist, artist, activist, and author Kate Evans, the only proper response to the refugee crisis now facing Europe (and the rest of the world) is action. In her latest graphic novel, Threads: From the Refugee Crisis, she faces the situation head on; reporting accounts of those marginalized and unwelcome in today’s EU with heartbreaking clarity. ... Read More