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Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert review – how pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves

The Pulitzer-nominated journalist recounts how modern misogyny has been shaped by a mass culture attuned to male desire and all-pervasive pornography

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2025

Educators wonder how to teach the writings of Alice Munro in wake of daughter's revelations

For decades, Robert Lecker has read, taught and written about Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate from Canada renowned for her short stories

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024

Alice Munro followed the back roads of stories, mapping routes home to southwestern Ontario

Alice Munro, who has died at the age of 92, was a storyteller devoted to representing the rich complexity of human experience, often through her nuanced exploration of southwestern Ontario history and culture.

The Conversation · May 16, 2024

Friday essay: how women writers helped me find my voice after divorce

When my 25-year marriage broke down in 2017, I did what I always do in my life, especially in times of crisis. I turned to books. Specifically, to books by women.

The Conversation · Oct 19, 2023

The indie publishing mavericks shaking up the UK books world

Last year, all of literature’s big prizes went to small publishers. In a risk‑averse climate, edgy debuts and ‘tricky-to-sell’ foreign titles have found a home at the likes of Fitzcarraldo Editions and Sort Of Books

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023

‘Post-marriage, I was a teenager again’: how I turned the page after getting divorced in my 30s

When Joanna Biggs split up with her husband, she stepped off a conventional path into what seemed like chaos. Could books and art guide her to an alternative happy ending?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2023

Gregory Day's essays are immersed in the natural world, but think beyond the category of 'nature writing'

Gregory Day’s essay collection Words are Eagles is carefully subtitled: “Selected Writings on the Nature and Language of Place”.

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2022

A dying earth and a lament for lost fathers: Sheila Heti strips back the novel and makes it new

Sheila Heti’s slender, folkloric novel Pure Colour contains multitudes. It’s a love story, a lament. And it’s a philosophical enquiry into rupture: radical alteration caused by the death of a father, and a dying iteration of life on earth.

The Conversation · Jun 14, 2022

Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso review – a masterclass in unease

The American writer’s first novel applies her spare, elliptical style to a creepy coming-of-age tale set in Massachusetts

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2022

The best new books to read in April as selected by avid readers and critics

Our critics’ top picks for the month include novels about a dystopian tech future, feuding visitors to a remote Irish island, and teenage boys falling in love in conflict-riven 90s Glasgow.

ABC News · Apr 1, 2022