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11 Books About Forbidden Love to Read If You're Spending Valentine's Day Yearning

In these classics and contemporary, complex romances, the heart wants what the heart wants.

Marie Claire

More sex please, we’re bookish: the rise of the x-rated novel

From the Women’s prize to the bestseller lists, authors are pushing the boundaries of how explicit the novel can be – and readers can’t get enough

The Guardian - UK

Five Great Reads: Miranda July, the problem with purity culture, and why a professor of fascism left the US

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

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‘The risk was worth it’: All Fours author Miranda July on sex, power and giving women permission to blow up their lives

The artist and author’s hit book had so much in common with her own life that even her friends forgot it wasn’t real. How did this revolutionary portrayal of midlife desire come to inspire a generation of women?

The Guardian - UK

Women’s prize for fiction 2025: six experts review the shortlisted novels

From a longlist of 16, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Women’s prize for fiction. Our experts review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on June 12.

The Conversation

Latex, Teletubbies and Miranda July: putting my way through feminist mini-golf course Swingers

Designed by nine artists from around the world, this playful, playable exhibition at Melbourne’s Rising festival celebrates mini-golf’s rebellious history

The Guardian - AU

Amanda Seyfried has heart set on lead role in All Fours TV series

Amanda Seyfried has revealed that she is "campaigning" for the starring role in the TV adaptation of Miranda July's provocative novel 'All Fours'.

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Emma Jane Unsworth: ‘I blush when I think of Miranda July’s All Fours. I became a changed woman’

The author of Slags on Patricia Highsmith, Judy Blume and her lifelong reaction to Yeats

The Guardian - UK

All Fours by Miranda July audiobook review – the frank, sexy novel everyone’s been talking about

The author’s hypnotic reading evokes the desires and existential crisis of a 45-year-old woman on a wild road trip

The Guardian - UK

The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits review – a quietly brilliant midlife roadtrip

Once your kids are at university, what’s next for you? This compelling depiction of life at a crossroads is a male counterpart to Miranda July’s All Fours

The Guardian - UK

The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 has gone to a debut author – here’s where to read the winning book

The winning novel is “a classic in the making”

The Independent UK

The Women's Prize for Fiction shines a light on personal freedom and the search for human connection

Miranda July and debut author Aria Aber are shortlisted in this year's Women's Prize for Fiction

Marie Claire

Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout shortlisted for the Women’s prize for fiction

American authors of All Fours and Tell Me Everything are competing for the 30th award alongside four other novels highlighting ‘the importance of human connection’

The Guardian - UK

Women’s Prize for Fiction unveils 2025 shortlist featuring four debut novelists tackling identity, history and self-discovery

The category is dominated by new voices, joined by previous nominees Miranda July and Elizabeth Stout

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All fores! Miranda July among artists to create feminist mini-golf course in Melbourne

Swingers, which aims to celebrate the sport’s feminist history, will take over the Flinders Street station ballroom as part of the 2025 Rising festival

The Conversation

How midlife became a crisis

In the acknowledgments of her 2024 novel “All Fours,” Miranda July explains that she was inspired by a series of conversations about “physical and emotional midlife changes” with several women close to her.

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Year in review: top 10 culture fixes of 2024, as chosen by art & culture editor Hannah Silver

It's been a bumper year on the Wallpaper* culture desk – here are some of the highlights, as reported in 10 culture stories, from body horror to the Blitz club revisited

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‘This book is my bible!’ The women who read Miranda July’s All Fours, then blew up their lives

The wildly acclaimed novel about a perimenopausal woman going on a journey of erotic awakening has left a wave of women following in the protagonist’s wake

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Katherine Heigl is Opening Up About Perimenopause: "You Just Have to Embrace It"

The actress gets frank about an under-discussed topic in women's health.

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to the new era of midlife lust! I need a lie down …

Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman and Miranda July are showing us middle age can be full of sexual energy. So why do I feel so fatigued, asks Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on female artists: a force to be reckoned with

Editorial: Tracey Emin is right, women keep on creating into old age. Their work is finally getting the attention it deserves

The Guardian - UK

Exuberant bums abound on the new Rivals. What a relief

I’m deeply attached to Jilly Cooper, who sent me champagne for my wedding, and delighted that Disney has remained true to her denizens of Rutshire

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists

Salman Rushdie’s memoir about his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett’s revisionist historical novel, “James,” are among the finalists for the 75th annual National Book Awards

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie and Miranda July among National Book award finalists

This year’s contenders for the main prizes also include Percival Everett, Hisham Matar and Kaveh Akbar

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Why Do You Hate Me?: USA; The Louis Theroux Podcast; Split Screen: Thrill Seekers; Where Should We Begin? – review

Marianna Spring’s measured approach to Trump conspiracists pays off; a hijab-wearing porn star is a surprise interviewee; Nick van der Kolk revists 00s reality TV; and Esther Perel’s must-hear chat with author Miranda July

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