As Nicola Sturgeon relentlessly promotes her memoir, the book featuring the work of these 34 women was removed from view by the National Library of Scotland because it was deemed “harmful” and a risk to the Library’s reputation. Frankly, this is Sturgeon’s legacy. Censorship.

in a sane world, the national librarian would be sacked before she had the chance to resign. this is, as these things always are, indefensible.

The Frontline Issue 6. We share women's voices from Afghanistan, on the 4th anniversary of the Taliban returning to power. Out Friday 15 August.

Pictures from an Exhibition. I popped into the Dear Library exhibition at the National Library just after it opened. The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht wasn’t there of course, but Juno Dawson’s What’s The T had made it (with only one nomination - WWWW had 4). Delighted that my

As there is a lot of interest in the National Library story, we are sharing the FoIs we have, tidied up just to put them into date order, with notes to guide readers through, and some additional redaction of personal data. ethelwrites.com/censorship-the…

Well there is a challenge for Edinburgh International Book Festival!

The Frontline This issue is one of the most moving things I have ever read. It brought me to tears - Afghan women writing of bright hopes and dreams crushed by a regime cruel beyond words, and yet still they reach out to other women and girls and keep the flame of hope alive. Such courage.

Four years today the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. The women in this week's edition continue to fight to be heard. Please read them. 1/2 frontlinewomen.substack.com/p/issue-6-the-…

The opening of our piece from Fawzia Koofi, who was first elected to Afghanistan’s National Assembly in 2005 and became its first female Deputy Speaker. She is a human rights advocate and a former peace negotiator with the Taliban. 2/2

We are quoted in this report on further developments related to the National Library of Scotland's treatment of The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht. Donor ‘shocked’ as national library excludes gender-critical book thetimes.com/article/8c144b…