Category: Women Writers

• The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore: A tour de force of lyrical prose and the uncanny

  A. K. Blakemore, Books, Fiction, The Glutton by A. K. Blakemore, Women Writers

• Oh, dear: On Lydia Davis’ Collected Stories

  Lydia Davis, Women Writers

• Memoir: Ghost in the Bone by Penny Bunton – A remarkable tour de force

  Actresses & Actors, Authors, Books, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Penny Bunton, Women Writers

• Biography: Simone de Beauvoir by Ursula Tidd

  Biography, Books, Feminism, Non-Fiction, Women Writers, Women’s Rights

• To sever your head from your heart: Dangerous liaisons in Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head

  A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch, Authors, Books, Fiction, Iris Murdoch, The Philosopher’s Pupil by Iris Murdoch, Women Writers

• Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner: A moving meditation on love and personal choices

  Anita Brookner, Feminism, Fiction, Women Writers

• Moments of Truth: Twelve 20th-Century Women Writers. A great book by Lorna Sage

  Authors, Biography, Books, Feminism, Journalism, Lorna Sage, Non-Fiction, Women Writers

• The Philosopher’s Pupil by Iris Murdoch: An Appreciation

  Abuse of Women, Authors, Fiction, Iris Murdoch, Literary Classics, Misogyny, The Philosopher’s Pupil by Iris Murdoch, Women Writers

• Jane Eyre – A wonderful, radical heroine

  Anne Brontë, Authors, Books, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Feminism, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Literary Classics, Stevie Davies, Women Writers

• Dirty Weekend by Helen Zahavi: A wonderful fable-like story of feminist power and retribution

  Abuse of Women, Dirty Weekend by Helen Zahavi, Fiction, Helen Zahavi, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence Against Women, Women Writers