In the 1960s and 1970s, stewardesses organized to fight sexism and transformed the airline industry, Nell McShane Wulfhart writes. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-29 12:00:24 UTC ]
Rosanna Mclaughlin, Izabella Scott and Skye Arundhati Thomas have been confirmed as the new editors of literary magazine the White Review. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 09:34:08 UTC ]
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Explore the myriad powerful stories through visual storytelling and these graphic memoirs and true stories by women, including The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-01-13 11:38:00 UTC ]
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Barr’s new book weaves history and personal experience to argue that the patriarchal concept “Biblical Womanhood” has left a trail of sin and destruction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has bought She’s In CTRL, a book "about women, tech and daring to dream" by Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, a leading advocate for girls going into STEM careers as the founder of social enterprise Stemettes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-10 19:45:10 UTC ]
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Bestselling novelist Lisa See brings'The Island of Sea Women' to the L.A. Times Book Club Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-01-08 15:00:51 UTC ]
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My name is Marion Tessier and I work at Kingston Libraries. This year has been really stressful but also very exciting. I had the opportunity to use skills I developed before but never got to use for concrete projects, as well as learning new skills and discovering new tools and resources. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-05 17:21:01 UTC ]
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Get through the rest of the year with some sweet, queer comics and manga, including I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-12-23 11:34:00 UTC ]
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Kim Cattrall has rounded off the second series of the "Women's Prize Podcast", picking books by Toni Morrison and Margaret Atwood among her top titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-22 18:58:43 UTC ]
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The novel that launched a television hit has a new installment, and it’s as winning as the first. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-22 06:43:00 UTC ]
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Book club and literary community Rebel Women Lit aims to ‘showcase the amazing range’ of Caribbean literature with the newly launched Caribbean Readers' Awards. The post In Jamaica, Rebel Women Lit Launches the Caribbean Readers’ Awards appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-18 19:25:33 UTC ]
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Octopus is rolling out a guerilla marketing campaign for Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, as the debut feminist memoir's sales exceed 100,000 copies through UK Bookscan in its first six months. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 02:21:29 UTC ]
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Noel Bowler photographed some of the largest newsrooms across the world, exploring the physical spaces that house our modern press. With declining readership, reduced advertising and persistent questions about ‘truth’ and relevance of newspapers in the 21st century, the structures of print media... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-11-30 06:00:50 UTC ]
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The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation has been won by The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili, translated from German by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin (Scribe). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-27 04:31:57 UTC ]
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Find more Religion & Spirituality coverage here on women authors writing books aimed at female audiences. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Mairi Kidd, previously m.d. at Barrington Stoke and Head of Literature at Creative Scotland, has been appointed c.e.o. of the Newcastle-based National Centre for Children's Books, Seven Stories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-12 02:55:02 UTC ]
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Drawing on Octavia E. Butler's journals and notes, "A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky" offers a glimpse inside her journey to becoming a science fiction writer. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-11-11 15:30:06 UTC ]
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been crowned the Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Winner of Winners’ for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun (HarperCollins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-11 09:24:21 UTC ]
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Ebury Press has swooped for Sacha Dench's Flight, an account of her 7,000km journey in a paraglider with a propeller strapped to her back, to follow and help to save the Bewick’s swan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-08 22:09:40 UTC ]
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Don’t expect the usual bromides about hard work and resilience in “One Life.” The soccer star’s memoir gets into her political awakening as much as it does her sports career. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-11-06 10:00:28 UTC ]
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Virago has acquired a "personal" and "campaigning" exploration of the language we have had for women’s bodies and experiences over the centuries, by Oxford academic Dr Jenni Nuttall. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-03 21:05:42 UTC ]
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