Author Archive: Women Writers Women Books
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Meet Emilia Bassano: Poet, mother, feminist and Shakespeare’s reputed muse
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm: Writing Emilia The following piece appeared first on Shakespeare’s Globe Blog Morgan Lloyd Malcolm is a playwright and screenwriter – her newest play, Emilia was written specifically for the Globe Theatre. A story of the often beguiling and always fascinating Emilia Bassano – whom many consider to have been a muse and inspiration for Shakespeare – Emilia opens on 10 August […]
Who’s Gonna Write Your Wild Horses?
Serendipity is a weird and wonderful beast, as you can read in the Acknowledgment of Kerry Lonsdale’s latest novel EVERYTHING WE GIVE. We’re hugely proud to have played a tiny part in the creation of the latest instalment of her stunning EVERYTHING series. About EVERYTHING WE GIVE From the author of Everything We Keep comes the final novel in […]
Q&A with Laurie Nadel, PhD
Laurie Nadel, PhD., is a specialist in acute stress, trauma and anxiety issues. She is a member of a critical incident stress management team working with first responders. After losing her home to Hurricane Sandy, Dr. Laurie ran long-term support groups for survivors. From 2003 to 2005, she directed a program for teenagers whose fathers were […]
Q and A with Debra Dean
Debra Dean is the bestselling author of four critically acclaimed books that have been published in twenty-one languages. Her debut novel, The Madonnas of Leningrad, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a #1 Booksense Pick, a Booklist Top Ten Novel, and an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year. Her new book, Hidden […]
The Beauty of Dirty Skin by Dr. Whitney Bowe
My path to writing The Beauty of Dirty Skin began in a very unlikely place – the hospital. When I was ten years old, I became very sick due to a bad bug, a parasite, which found its way to my intestines. My doctors, unable to identify the source of my chronic pain, gave me […]
Hannah Fielding: A Writing Q&A
Do you write full-time? Yes, whenever possible I write Monday to Friday and even at week-ends when I can get away with it. I have been doing so for some six years now, since I signed a publishing contract for my debut novel. For years before that, I yearned to write full time, but my […]
Interview in Writers Digest: Curation & Community: Inside the Online Literary Magazine Women Writers, Women’s Books
We’re hugely excited about featuring in Writer’s Digest! Read the interview HERE
How To Take Your Writing To The Next Level
Finding your way in the publishing world as a writer isn’t always easy but She Writes University aims to bring authors the tools they need to successfully write, publish and promote their books. With webinars kicking off on April 5th, writers will have the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the publishing […]
Boekenweek in The UK: Interview with Esther Gerritsen
In the countdown to the forthcoming Boekenweek – a week-long celebration of books and literary culture held in the Netherlands each March – the independent publisher World Editions is celebrating the best of Dutch literature in translation by way of a blog tour profiling three of their authors. Today, on the very first day of the tour, Books By Women is […]
Penguin Women Writers
Penguin Women Writers is a new series of forgotten classics by women writers to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote in Britain. In honour of the anniversary, Kamila Shamsie and Penelope Lively have selected and introduced four books by female authors which they felt deserve to be better known. Kamila Shamie, a […]
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