British Women Writers Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/category/contemporary-women-writers/british-women-writers/ Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:42:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 INCEPTIO and PERFIDITAS by Alison Morton https://booksbywomen.org/books-by-alison-morton/ https://booksbywomen.org/books-by-alison-morton/#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:01:48 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10510 Author Alison Morton   INCEPTIO New York, present day, alternate reality. Karen Brown, angry and frightened after a kidnap attempt, has a choice – being eliminated by government enforcer Jeffery Renschman or fleeing to mysterious Roma Nova, her dead mother’s homeland in Europe. Founded sixteen centuries ago by Roman exiles and ruled by women, Roma […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/books-by-alison-morton/feed/ 0 10510 Masquerading as Male in Crime Writing: A Pseudonym Story https://booksbywomen.org/masquerading-as-male-in-crime-writing-a-pseudonym-story-by-e-v-seymour/ https://booksbywomen.org/masquerading-as-male-in-crime-writing-a-pseudonym-story-by-e-v-seymour/#comments Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:36:45 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10437 Rightly or wrongly, there is a perception, in certain quarters in Britain, that women cannot write as convincingly and authentically as men about guns, weapons, biological, or otherwise, explosions, flying off in helicopters, tearing off on motorbikes and security service issues. I suspect, although I have no evidence to support it, other than the fact […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/masquerading-as-male-in-crime-writing-a-pseudonym-story-by-e-v-seymour/feed/ 9 10437 Revolt by Qaisra Shahraz, Released October 7, 2013 https://booksbywomen.org/revolt-by-qaisra-shahraz-released-october-7-2013/ https://booksbywomen.org/revolt-by-qaisra-shahraz-released-october-7-2013/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2013 03:19:34 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9953 Revolt by Qaisra Shahraz is Launched Arcadia Press launched Revolt by the international best-selling English / Pakistani author Qaisra Shahraz. We have been following her international travels to exotic literary festivals in China, India, Indonesia, Germany just to name a few. In preparation for Qaisra stepping up as Site Sponsor for Women Writers, Women Books, […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/revolt-by-qaisra-shahraz-released-october-7-2013/feed/ 0 9953 Alternative History…What if women were in charge? https://booksbywomen.org/alternative-history-what-if-women-were-in-charge-by-alison-morton/ https://booksbywomen.org/alternative-history-what-if-women-were-in-charge-by-alison-morton/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2013 04:00:10 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9238 A small child, curls bobbing on a head she’s forgotten to cover with the sunhat her mother insists on, crouches down on a Roman mosaic floor in north-east Spain. Mesmerised by the purity of the black and white pattern, the craftsmanship and the tiny marble squares, she almost doesn’t hear her father calling her to […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/alternative-history-what-if-women-were-in-charge-by-alison-morton/feed/ 10 9238 How Guernsey Evacuees Changed My Life https://booksbywomen.org/how-guernsey-evacuees-changed-my-life-by-gillian-mawson/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-guernsey-evacuees-changed-my-life-by-gillian-mawson/#comments Sun, 01 Sep 2013 04:00:47 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9104 In May 2008 I was an administrator at the University of Manchester and also a part time history student. One day whilst working in a Manchester archive, I discovered that over 17,000 Guernsey evacuees had arrived in England in June 1940, just before the Nazis invaded their island. I was totally astounded! I knew that […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-guernsey-evacuees-changed-my-life-by-gillian-mawson/feed/ 3 9104 A day in the life of… Joanne Harris https://booksbywomen.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-joanne-harris-by-joanne-harris/ https://booksbywomen.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-joanne-harris-by-joanne-harris/#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2013 04:00:01 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9202 Ever since I left teaching in 1999, I’ve been waiting for a typical day to come along, so that I could describe it to all the people who kept asking. Some time ago, I realized that typical wasn’t really a word that fitted my life all that easily. When I was a teacher, I had […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-joanne-harris-by-joanne-harris/feed/ 12 9202 Women Vs Thrillers https://booksbywomen.org/women-vs-thrillers-by-susi-holliday/ https://booksbywomen.org/women-vs-thrillers-by-susi-holliday/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2013 04:00:10 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9173 All writers need inspiration. For me, it’s the “what if” scenario: What if your neighbour turns out to be a serial killer? What if the supermarket at the end of your street is a cover for an international drugs cartel? What if the old man who owns the second-hand bookshop is actually a ghost? It’s […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/women-vs-thrillers-by-susi-holliday/feed/ 6 9173 When Life Starts to Resemble your Writing https://booksbywomen.org/when-life-starts-to-resemble-your-writing-by-claire-king/ https://booksbywomen.org/when-life-starts-to-resemble-your-writing-by-claire-king/#comments Sat, 17 Aug 2013 04:00:03 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9099 People often ask me if the mother character, Maman, in The Night Rainbow is based on myself. The short answer is no.   I’m not a big fan of ‘write what you know’. So many interpretations of this axiom lead to pretty unimaginative stories. Of course our lives inform our writing, because we have experiences […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/when-life-starts-to-resemble-your-writing-by-claire-king/feed/ 10 9099 Writing with Dyslexia https://booksbywomen.org/writing-with-dyslexia-by-tamsinjupp/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-with-dyslexia-by-tamsinjupp/#comments Mon, 05 Aug 2013 04:00:22 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8816 I wasn’t diagnosed with dyslexia until I was in my twenties and at university. Apparently my tutor thought my handwriting ”looked like someone with dyslexia” and sent me off to be tested. When they confirmed I was, I purposefully didn’t look into what that meant. I didn’t want to be labelled. But as my middle child grows and […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/writing-with-dyslexia-by-tamsinjupp/feed/ 8 8816 But Who will Want to Read it? https://booksbywomen.org/but-who-will-want-to-read-it-by-judith-kinghorn/ https://booksbywomen.org/but-who-will-want-to-read-it-by-judith-kinghorn/#comments Sat, 03 Aug 2013 04:00:33 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8956 An esteemed British writer, one whose novels have been published for half a century, advised me recently not to read my own book reviews – unless they’re written by someone whose opinion you respect. Good reviews will make you vain, they told me, and the bad ones will crush you. Since then, I’ve tried to […]

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