Books

4 May 2018

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Jasper Barry

Profession - Novelist. 'That Deplorable Boy', the second novel in my trilogy about a gay love affair in late 19th century Paris, has just come out. I'm now working on ...

3 May 2018

My Top Female Scientists By Weike Wang

At the top of the list is always Marie Curie. She discovered radium and polonium. She is the only woman thus far to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. Another on ...

3 May 2018

4 Ways To Achieve Balance In Your Life

Having a balanced body and mind requires a lifestyle change for most people. Here are 4 ways to help you achieve balance within your life. Breathing correctly is the most ...

3 May 2018

My Top Tips For Re-Imagining A Classic Fairytale By Louise O'Neill

The Little Mermaid was one of my favourite movies as a child, so the task of re-telling the story through a feminist lens was both an exhilarating and a daunting ...

3 May 2018

A Day In The Life Of Me By Molly Green

I open my eyes early, happy that for once I’ve had a very acceptable 6-hour sleep. Then I think how delighted I am that I’m a) still alive and b) ...

3 May 2018

A Day In The Life Of Me By Elaine Everest

When the subject of this article was suggested I thought I’d appear quite a boring person. Perhaps I should delve into fiction and come up with some impressive facts about ...

3 May 2018

A Day In The Life Of Me By Sally Green

As a writer who works from home I’m constantly grateful that instead of the one hour commute by car that I used to have, I now just walk downstairs to ...

3 May 2018

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Daisy Waugh

I learned to read Tarot as a laugh but after a single day’s course I became obsessed. A few years and much training later, I was reading tarot cards professionally ...

3 May 2018

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Camilla Way

I started writing my first novel, The Dead Of Summer, after a conversation with my brother about the abandoned sand mines beneath Greenwich, London, where we grew up. My first ...

3 May 2018

How Writing Helped Me Survive My Twenties By Meg Fee

I spent most of college desperately sad. I was aware that the feeling was neither normal or okay, but I didn’t know how to undo it. I was sick with ...

3 May 2018

My Favourite Female Heroes From Literature By Annalie Grainger

My new novel, In Your Light, is about secrets, sisterhood and running away... It celebrates all types of female relationships - between siblings, friends, aunts and nieces, mothers and daughters, ...

2 May 2018

5 Wellness Myths That Aren't Helpful

Said to ‘wake up your liver’ or ‘kickstart your digestion’, lemon water actually does pretty much the same thing as just water. It hydrates you. It doesn’t ‘alkalise’ your body ...

2 May 2018

Author Grace Kitto Discusses Her New Book 'Saving Grace'

Grace Kitto is a successful TV producer, wife and mother, with a busy work and home life. Yet for 45 years, she was locked in a war with her body ...

2 May 2018

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By David Joland

I think I probably enjoy writing comedy, creating businesses and spending time with my kids in equal measure. Unfortunately the lack of sales for my debut novel “Janet & John ...

Samantha Brennan and Tracy Isaacs by Ruth Kivilahti

2 May 2018

5 Ways To Approach Fitness As A Feminist Issue

In our new book Fit at Mid-Life: A Feminist Fitness Journey, we offer and promote the idea of fitness as a feminist issue. Women especially, but also men, can benefit ...

2 May 2018

If Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness What Does?

Its official according to an 80-year study on happiness just released by Harvard, money doesn’t make you happy. Close relationships (more than money or fame) are the thing that makes us ...

2 May 2018

Why The Issue Of Gender Equality Is Far From Dealt With

In our society today, we are extraordinarily lucky to have feminist wonder women to provide a ‘lift’ for other women on their way to the higher ‘floors’ of our society: ...

1 May 2018

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Vanessa De Haan

One of my ancestors was Admiral FitzRoy, who invented a type of barometer as well as the weather forecast, and therefore saved many lives at sea. He was also captain ...

1 May 2018

10 Tips For Writing Thriller Novels By Robert Hobbs

Following the release of his debut thriller novel, Robert Hobbs shares his top 10 ingredients for writing a successful thriller: Sexy locations or unusual places of interest add so much ...

1 May 2018

My Writing Day By Laura Madeleine

I’m lucky enough to have been writing full-time for about five years now. I live with my partner, who is also freelance. It’s great in some respects, in that we ...

1 May 2018

Expecting The Unexpected By Melissa Hill

My husband figured that something was up when I’d gone off Mexican food. Rarely a week goes by when we don’t tuck into something spicy and for him this was ...

1 May 2018

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Isaac Kuhnberg

I like to keep my everyday life and my writing life separate. My first book was published some years ago when I was the buyer in a bookshop, and I ...

1 May 2018

The Soundtrack To My Writing By Kristen Lepionka

I always listen to music when I write, but the type depends on my mood and on the scene I’m writing. Because I’m also a musician (guitar and piano, plus ...

1 May 2018

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Emma Tallon

I have a very overactive imagination, so although I can read or watch a certain amount of violence, I can’t deal with anything even remotely creepy or scary. This even ...