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Cash Carraway: From sex worker to published author
The writer was living in poverty and working in the sex industry when her blog was spotted by a publisher.
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- Hannah Keegan
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Books
Authors defend JK Rowling in row with Brexit donor
And it all comes down to writing rooms
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- Anna Brech
- Published
Visible Women
The Haunting of Hill House’s author Shirley Jackson was an overlooked genius
Jackson was one of the 20th century’s greatest horror authors – but today, her proto-feminist writing is largely forgotten.
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- Moya Crockett
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Visible Women
10 brilliant British female screenwriters whose work you need to watch
Women make up just 16% of screenwriters in British film – but that’s not down to a dearth of talent.
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- Moya Crockett
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- Moya Crockett
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Remembering the wit and wisdom of Maya Angelou
On what would have been the writer and activist’s 90th birthday, we look back at her most life-affirming quotes.
Visible Women
Virginia Woolf’s best quotes on love, literature and feminism
Revisiting the iconic writer’s words of wisdom on her 136th birthday
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- Moya Crockett
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Visible Women
Forgotten Women: The proto-feminist playwright and wartime spy
In the first of a new series, we take a look at the life of groundbreaking 17th century writer Aphra Behn.
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- Anna-Marie Crowhurst
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Food
10 cocktail recipes inspired by iconic women authors
Intoxicating recipes and feminist literary history: a winning combination.
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- Moya Crockett
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Books
An eight-year-old has written a bestseller about her annoying brother
"Well, he's a little downright annoying," said Nia Mya
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- Jasmine Andersson
- Published
People
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie responds to transphobia accusations
The author has been criticised for comments she made about transgender women.
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- Moya Crockett
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People
Famed food critic AA Gill on why cancer prompted him to propose
He asked his partner to marry him after 23 years together.
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- Moya Crockett
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- Harriet Hall
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Caitlin Moran, Carey Mulligan and others read history’s moving letters
“You are so lovely that I burst darling”