One of the world’s most beloved authors, Isabel Allende returns to How To Academy to share the story of Emilia del Valle, an unforgettable new heroine on a treacherous, life-changing journey.

‘What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time. She knows that all stories are love stories, and the greatest love stories are told by time.’ – Colum McCann

As a child, Isabel Allende would go with her grandfather to his hacienda in Southern Chile, crossing the Cordillera mountains and the volcanoes, to help tend to his sheep. She has since spent her whole life going back, both in fiction and in reality, and has said she would like to die there – a place in the world where she most feels like herself. Is it little wonder, then, that Isabel has returned to Chile for her new book My Name is Emilia del Valle, a country known to fans of her internationally bestselling debut, The House of the Spirits?

My Name is Emilia del Valle tells the story of an unforgettable heroine: a young woman ahead of her time, trying to forge a successful career as a journalist in a man’s world during the Chilean Civil war of 1891. Drawing inspiration from Isabel’s own battles with misogyny and religious oppression, and her experiences of the Chilean military coup of 1973, this story may be Isabel’s most personal to date. 

No fan of feminist and magical realist literature should miss this conversation with a bona fide ‘literary titan’ (Vogue).

Tickets to this online event are free for members of How To +.