This weekend Jeanette Winterson posted a picture of a collection of her books with new cover designs & blurbs smouldering away on a pile of burning refuse. The reaction on social media was huge. My twitter time line was full of people outraged by the caption that accompanied it. The term “wimmins fiction” was triggering.… Read More Opinion | Jeanette Winterson and THAT photo
The great thing about this collection of essays is that it gives Muslim women a voice of their own. This isn’t just a quick hit piece by an ambitious journalist to grab headlines while these topics are trending on twitter. It’s about taking back the narrative and removing the lens of white feminism that these women are all too often viewed through.… Read More Book Review | Cut from the Same Cloth: Muslim Women on Life in Britain edited by Sabeena Akhtar
Anna by Sammy H.K Smith is quite possibly my book of the year. After I had finished reading it, I scolded myself for not reading it sooner. Anna tells the story of one woman’s battle to survive in a world gone wrong. She is captured by a man who brands her. She is forced to learn… Read More Book review| Anna by Sammy H.K. Smith
A Wild and Precious Life is a beautiful and unapologetically bold collection of work from writers who face the challenge of recovery or have emerged from it. The anthology, put together by Lily Dunn and Zoe Gilbert, shows the power of creativity as part of the healing process whilst also showcasing the stunning work of some… Read More Book review| A Wild and Precious Life: A Recovery Anthology
A Melancholy Event by Dan Glaister is a spectacularly spook novella about one girls obsession with the past.… Read More Book Review| A Melancholy Event By Dan Glaister
The End of Men by Christina Sweeney Baird is an immersive dystopian novel that I just couldn’t put down. The story begins with a few cases of a mysterious disease that spreads rapidly and kills suddenly. A brilliant doctor, Amanda McClean raises the alarm that she suspects there is a deadly new illness in her… Read More Book Review| The End of Men by Christina Sweeney Baird
Bad love is one woman’s journey through the memories of her early love life and the formative moments that made her who she is. Ekuah Danquah first falls in love at 18 with an ambitious young musician. She relives the memories of their relationship from their first fiery meeting to the confusing trials that discovering… Read More Audiobook Review: Bad Love by Maame Blue
We Have Always Been Here is the fantastic queer Muslim memoir of editor and photographer Samra Habib. In the book she details her life so far starting with her birth and early childhood in Pakistan. There are some beautifully written snapshots of her early life in the first part of the book. Her memories of… Read More Book Review: We Have Always Been Here – Samra Habib’s Queer Muslim Memoir
Every year we get ready for Pride. We fill the streets with rainbow flags and slap on a bit glitter. It is the designated time of year when most liberal, hetronomative societies in the world have to tolerate the LGBTQQIAAP (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersexual, asexual, ally, pansexual) community so they can shout:… Read More Book Review: The Stonewall Riots – A Documentary History by Marc Stein
Summer maybe nearly over but there is still time to squeeze in a few holiday romance reads. Here are three lesbian romance novels from Bold Strokes Books to heat things up on the beach this August. Sit. Stay. Love by Karis Walsh Alana is an urban woman forced to completely change her life and finds… Read More Book recommendation: Lesbian Romance Holiday Reads
Istoria Lit 