Join the HYFYV Circle on Substack

The HYFYV Circle on Substack is a way to experience our salons, supper clubs, podcast and live events online, wherever you are.

It's also a space to connect with other curious people and delve a little deeper into the books, ideas and questions we explore.

For less than the price of a cup of coffee a month, you'll get access to our growing archive of conversations with brilliant writers and thinkers, including Marina Warner, Sharon Blackie and Cathy Rentzenbrink, as well as recordings of our intimate Book & Supper Clubs and salons.

Alongside all the recordings of our live events, I’ll be trying out listening parties, live chats, author interviews and other ways of carrying on the conversations and creating a community of book lovers and (mostly) women looking to find their voice.

If you'd like to explore voice from different angles and delve a little deeper into the subjects from the live events and podcast, join this new space.

And by joining, you'll also be helping to support independent literary events and make more of these conversations possible.

I'd love to see you there.

JOIN THE HYFYV CIRCLE

Previous Events

Featured

HYFYV Book & Supper Club with Cathy Rentzenbrink

Sept 9

9 September 2026

HYFYV Book & Supper Club with Cathy Rentzenbrink

9 September 2026

Join bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink for an intimate Book & Supper Club in Bristol, celebrating her new book, The Agatha Christie Cure. Over a three-course supper, we'll explore the comfort of rereading, Cathy's lifelong love of Agatha Christie and what she discovered when she returned to her books during a difficult time in her own life.

9 September 2026

HYFYV Book & Supper Club with Sarvat Hasin

Jun 24

24 June 2026

HYFYV Book & Supper Club with Sarvat Hasin

24 June 2026

Join us for an intimate Supper Club with author Sarvat Hasin, as we discuss her novel Strange Girls over a three-course meal inspired by the book.

24 June 2026

Jun 3

3 June 2026

Let's Talk About Matriarchies

3 June 2026

A new HYFYV salon exploring matriarchies, shared power and alternative ways of living, with Megha Mohan and Sian Norris.

3 June 2026

Write Your Story Memoir Course with Lily Dunn

May 31

31 May 2026

Write Your Story Memoir Course with Lily Dunn

31 May 2026

If you’ve been thinking about writing your story, this is your way in. A five-part memoir course in Bristol with Lily Dunn, exploring voice, memory and storytelling.

31 May 2026

Apr 30

30 April 2026

The Book & Supper Club

30 April 2026

A shared dinner, a brilliant novel and the author in the room. Join Eva Verde at the HYFYV Book & Supper Club at Spike Island, Bristol.

30 April 2026

Moments of Insight: A Memoir Writing Workshop with Lily Dunn

Feb 23

23 February 2026

Moments of Insight: A Memoir Writing Workshop with Lily Dunn

23 February 2026

An in-person introduction to memoir writing with Lily Dunn, exploring voice, memory, and how writing our lives can become a source of clarity and confidence.

23 February 2026

How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis, with Kate Muir

Jul 21

21 July 2025

How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis, with Kate Muir

21 July 2025

The midlife event you’ve been waiting for.

To launch How You Find Your Voice, we are thrilled to welcome Kate Muir, author of How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis, for a bold and joyful night of storytelling, reinvention and renewal. Midlife isn’t a declline. It’s just the beginning.

21 July 2025

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