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Author Meg Mason: ‘Sad Girl Lit is offensive. Where is the equivalent tag in books written and read by men?’

BOOKS: Five years after the publication of her darkly funny and touching bestseller ‘Sorrow and Bliss’, Meg Mason turns her attention to loneliness and literary obsession in ‘Sophie, Standing There’. The New Zealand author talks about navigating reader expectations, why parasocial relationships aren’t all bad, and the real-life writers who…

The Independent UK

Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason: a tale of introspection and burgeoning self-awareness Jane Austen would have relished

Meg Mason’s new book, Sophie, Standing There, has been advertised as a bittersweet story of love, loneliness and finding connection in the most unlikely of places.

The Conversation

‘I was scared I was going mad’: Meg Mason speaks to fellow authors about the parasocial relationships that begin on the page

As a lonely teenager, the novels of Nancy Mitford offered the Sorrow and Bliss author a lifeline, and an imaginary friend. She explores why reading can create a particularly intense bond with a favourite writer

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Best Australian books out in August: new Meg Mason, musicians tell all and a time-travel tale by ‘a master storyteller’

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

Meg Mason’s novel about a sad, divorcing festival worker asks: can books save your life?

I sometimes say that My Family and Other Animals – Gerald Durrell’s autobiographical novel from 1956 – saved my life. My mother pressed her dog-eared copy into my hands during a year I was hospitalised repeatedly for major depression.

The Conversation

Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason review – a tale of literary obsession, with cameos from real-life authors

A heartbroken woman becomes fixated on a famous writer in this witty, touching follow-up to Sorrow and Bliss

The Guardian - UK

The Ultimate Pisces Gift Guide: Best present ideas to shop

Perfect presents for those born between February 18 and March 20

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10 of the best books about heartbreak

Take a literary dose of self-love with a chaser of sadness and fury

Evening Standard

Best books to gift (and gift again) at Christmas: The Independent newsroom make their picks

CHRISTMAS 2025: When you give someone a book as a gift, what you’re really giving them is a few hours of pleasure. Indy staff share their trusted literary gifts this Christmas

The Independent UK

The books we give as gifts

When you give someone a book as a gift, what you’re really giving them is a few hours of pleasure. Indy staff share their trusted literary gifts this Christmas

The Independent UK

On my radar: Meg Mason’s cultural highlights

The writer on motherhood and Marguerite Duras, the euphoria of Florence + the Machine and a brilliant Le Carré redux

The Guardian - UK

Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist announced

Fill up your summer reading list with these books by female authors

Evening Standard

Six ‘wonderfully diverse’ novels make the Women’s prize shortlist

Louise Erdrich, Elif Shafak and debut novelist Lisa Allen-Agostini are among the contenders offering an ‘escape’ from global crises

The Guardian - UK

Well-dressed and distressed: why sad young women are the latest book cover trend

Their lives are tough. Their clothes are stylish. Their faces are hidden. The cover girls of today’s book have a lot in common – but are they here to stay?

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