Books by and for independent women

Review of Manchester Translation: Chinese writer Ding Liying and translator Nicky Harman.

The short story collection from the bestelling author of The Jane Austen Book Club.

A review of the inaugural lecture at International Anthony Burgess Foundation, as part of Manchester Literature Festival.

Our take on Liza Campbell’s debut novel about Georgia O’Keeffe obsessive Ivy Wilkes.

Zak Jane Keir tells us about her work and the Women’s Erotica Workshop at Ladyfest Ten

An interview with poet Katy Price who will be running a ‘Sound & Silence’ workshop at Ladyfest Ten

It’s tentacles, tiaras, mousehunters and monsters ahoy at Saturday’s shenanigans!

It’s a lamp that keeps your page and looks like a house. What more could you want?

An interview with poet Alex Pryce, in the run up to Lit at Ladyfest Ten

Our intrepid Yorkshire correspondent went to see Helen Dunmore at Ilkley Literature Festival.

Want to show off your love for Anne Sexton? This charm bracelet should do the trick.

Alexis Somerville on her obsession with collecting retro girls’ annuals…