women's empowerment

Authors offer advice on investing in women this March for IWD

Highlighting International Women’s Month by focusing on investing in women to bridge the gender equality gap.

Exploring the representation of women of colour in publishing and strategies for a more inclusive industry.

Highlighting brilliant books by Palestinian women authors on International Women’s Day, amid historical adversities.

Discover the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, celebrating exceptional, diverse novels by talented women.

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, a powerful voice for human rights in Iran, honoured for her courage in absentia.

Vagina Obscura author Rachel E. Gross spoke to the How To Be Books Podcast about how female genitalia and anatomy has been linked to shame.

“How To Say Babylon” by Safiya Sinclair transcends oppression through poetic words in this evocative memoir.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe gives an inspiring Booker Prize speech on the power of books during her imprisonment in Iran.

V, formerly known as Eve Ensler shares her powerful journey from trauma survivor to activist and writer with Sandi Toksvig at the Trouble Club.

Nobel laureate and author Narges Mohammadi starts hunger strike in Iran prison to protest medical neglect and hijab law.