Arachne Recommends Books for International Women's Day
By Arachne Press
Arachne Recommends Books for International Women's Day
By Arachne Press
We asked the authors and editors of our up coming titles to choose three titles each that they would recommend for International Women's Day. (Not all the books are in print so if you want the complete list, take a look at our website)
What I Loved: An 'addictive masterpiece' - The Times
Siri Hustvedt
£9.99Recommended by Clare Owen A beautifully written, intense and intelligent book about art, love and loss from a writer who invariably gets less attention than her husband (novelist Paul Auster)!
The Good Women Of China: Hidden Voices
Xinran
£10.99 £10.44Recommended by Clare Owen True - often harrowing and heartbreaking - stories of women living during the Cultural Revolution, collected by the host of a Chinese radio call-in show.
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
£10.99 £10.44Recommended by Cherry Potts A powerful and wildly original Science Fiction novel that tackles gender fluidity decades before anyone else, in passionate and often witty observations of human, and alien frailty.
Persepolis: The Story of an Iranian Childhood
Marjane Satrapi
£16.99 £16.14Recommended by Cherry Potts A graphic novel/autobiography about growing up as a stroppy teenager in Iran. Funny, distressing and beautiful.
The White Darkness
Geraldine McCaughrean
£7.99 £7.59Recommended by Cherry Potts I could have picked any of McCaughrean's young adult novels, but this is the one I read first and adored. A tautly written adventure that doesn't sidestep difficulties, and is truly shocking at times.
Inhale/Exile
Abeer Ameer
£9.99 £9.49Recommended by Ness Owen The poems I've heard so far are a fascinating mix of the personal and political, of language and place. Between Iraq and Britain, the poems move from tender family histories to shocking atrocities
Aubade After a French Movie
Zoe Brigley
£7.47Recommended by Ness Owen This pamphlet includes some of the wonderful Gwerful Mechain's poetry, bringing it into the 21st century (including an interpretation of the infamous Ode to a C*** in a brave modern voice). The poems are a spoken celebration for what it is to be a women without shame.
Mrs Narwhal's Diary
S J Norbury
£8.99 £8.54Recommended by Laura Besley I heard the author read an exert of Mrs Narwhal's Diary at an LWB event and completely fell in love with the style of the book and the main character's unique voice.Â
The Bass Rock: ‘A rising star of British fiction’ Sunday Telegraph
Evie Wyld
£16.99Recommended by Lily Peters This is the story of three women, in some way related, across three time periods. It is set by the wild North Sea in the Scottish borders and the landscape is a character in its own right. It is unsettlingly written, and it has everything you need: scandal, spooky empty houses and a hint of witchcraft.Â
All of the editors and writers who contributed to this list have books out this year. Head over to our website to find out more.