“There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.” Elizabeth David died #OnThisDay in 1992 #ReadMoreWomen

“Love and beautiful love has been mine from many men, but the great passion of four or five transcended that of other women — and what more can any woman want?”  Alice Dunbar Nelson #ReadMoreWomen

“Time was a wave, almost cruel in its relentlessness as it whisked her life downstream, a life she had to constantly strain to keep from breaking apart.” Han Kang #ReadMoreWomen

For this month's Re-Covered column, I've written about Alethea Hayter's pioneering group biography 'A Sultry Month', the plot of which pivots on a tragic event that took place in London 176 years ago today. Originally published in 1965, it's about to be re-issued by Faber Books!

Where to begin... Maya Angelou, Virginia Woolf, Octavia Butler, Ursula K Le Guin #ReadMoreWomen

who clean the house who cook the food who bless the babies who stay too true who make the clothes who buy the shoes who sleep too little who sing no blues Mahogany L. Browne, ‘nameless’ #ReadMoreWomen

“Friendship is a simple thing, and yet complicated; friendship is on the surface, something natural, something taken for granted, and yet underneath one could find worlds.” Jamaica Kincaid #ReadMoreWomen

“So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you.” Shirley Jackson died #OnThisDay in 1965 #ReadMoreWomen

“It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.” Tove Jansson was born #OnThisDay in 1914 #ReadMoreWomen

"My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet." Edith Wharton died #OnThisDay in 1937 #ReadMoreWomen

“If our love is a sin, then heaven must be full of such tender and selfless sinning as ours.” Radclyffe Hall was born #OnThisDay in 1880 #ReadMoreWomen

“What dreadful Hot weather we have! – It keeps one in a continual state of Inelegance.” ☀️ Jane Austen, September 1796 #heatwave #janeausten #janeaustenshouse

“This world is out of date” Irish novelist and playwright, Kate O'Brien died #OnThisDay in 1974 #ReadMoreWomen

“Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave, and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.” Alice Childress died #OnThisDay in 1994 #ReadMoreWomen

“A library at night is full of sounds: the unread books can't stand it any longer and announce their contents, some boasting, some shy, some devious.” Helen Oyeyemi #ReadMoreWomen

"I hate writing, I love having written." Dorothy Parker #ReadMoreWomen

"We need to raise our voices ourselves" It's #WITMonth! Founder of independent publisher 3TimesRebel Press, Bibiana Mas, talks to host Бенуа on the #TheCultureShot about championing female voices & minority languages in fiction. LISTEN: spoti.fi/3KihyTV #podcast #feminism

I wrote about unconventional heroines, screwball comedies & the pleasures of language itself in The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks. TY Astra Magazine for the opportunity & Samuel Rutter for the editorial wisdom 💘 astra-mag.com/articles/badly…

“Outside the leaves on the trees constricted slightly; they were the deep done green of the beginning of autumn. It was a Sunday in September.” Ali Smith #ReadMoreWomen