Cream Tea and Meet Matson Taylor

Join us at The Stripey Badger for a cream tea with Matson Taylor

Matson Taylor is coming to The Stripey Badger on the 26th July for the publication of All About Evie, the sequel to The Miseducation of Evie Epworth

Tickets for this event are £5 and include a scone with cream and jam and a cup of tea or coffee.

Tickets can be bought in The Stripey Badger or online here

The Miseducation of Evie Epworth

It is the summer of 1962 and sixteen-year-old Evie Epworth stands on the  cusp of womanhood. But what kind of a woman will she be? Up until now,  Evie's life has been nothing special: a patchwork of school, Guides, cows, lost mothers, lacrosse and village fetes. But, inspired by her  idols (Charlotte Bronte, Shirley MacLaine, the Queen), she dreams of a  world far away from rural East Yorkshire, a world of glamour lived under  the bright lights of London (or Leeds). Standing in the way of  these dreams, though, is Christine, Evie's soon-to-be stepmother, a  manipulative and money-grubbing schemer who is lining Evie up for a life  of shampoo-and-set drudgery at the stinky local salon.      Luckily  Evie is not alone. With the help of a few friends, and the wise counsel  of the two Adam Faith posters on her bedroom wall ('brooding Adam' and  'sophisticated Adam'), Evie comes up with a plan to rescue her future  from Christine's pink and over-perfumed clutches. She will need a  little luck, a dash of charm and a big dollop of Yorkshire magic if she  is to succeed, but in the process she may just discover who exactly it  is she is meant to be. Moving, inventive and achingly funny, with  an all-star cast of bold-as-brass characters, The Miseducation of Evie Epworth is a perfectly pitched modern fairytale about love, friendship  and following your dreams while having a lot of fun along the way.

All About Evie

EVIE EPWORTH IS TEN YEARS OLDER. BUT IS SHE ANY WISER?

Evie is settled in London and working as a production assistant for the  BBC. She has everything she ever dreamed of (a career, a leatherette  briefcase, an Ossie Clark poncho) but, following an unfortunate incident  involving a Hornsea Pottery mug and Princess Anne, she finds herself  having to rethink her future. What can she do? Is she too old to  do it? And will it involve cork-soled sandals? As if this isn't  complicated enough, her disastrous love life leaves her worrying that  she may be destined for eternal spinsterdom, concerned, as she is, that  'even Paul had married Linda by the time he was 26'. Through it all,  Evie is left wondering whether a 60s miseducation really is the best  preparation to glide into womanhood and face the new challenges  (strikes, power cuts, Edward Heath's teeth) thrown up by the growing  pains of the 70s.   With the help of friends, both old and new, she  might just find a way through her messy 20s and finally discover who  exactly she is meant to be...