Books by and for independent women

Zombies, vampires and mythology. We’ve got the best in YA fiction.

A dark and gruesome tale with some awkward innuendo.

Next up in the battle of the independent bookshops is Scarthin Books, Cromford!

From derby dolls to Ari Up, we’ve got wild women covered.

A review of Perfect Lives, a collection of short stories by Polly Samson.

What to get the would-be Hogwarts pupil who already has the box-set.

A Very Dystopian Xmas: a gift guide for lovers of dystopian fiction.

Maegan Chadwick-Dobson on Indian feminist publishing house Tara Books.

A fictionalised account of Katherine Mansfield’s life.

Debut novel by Nadia Kalman, about a Russian family in America.

Gift ideas for the ones that get away all too often.

Francesca Baker is incurably curious, reads everything she can and scribbles her thoughts as much as possible. She’d love to be a real life journalist and bona fide novelist, but to keep paying the bills, she’s sticking to doing it purely for the love. Possibly even more passionate about music than she is literature (can [...]