A deep dive into the Women’s Prize longlist

Amy Whitaker shares her thoughts on the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist.

Valentine’s Day in literature: sickeningly sweet or comically cruel?

Edie Gilmour explores the often funny and tragic portrayal of Valentine’s Day in literature.

A lost generation: the literary landscape of 1920s Paris

The books you need to read in 2023

Angela Carter’s subversive mythology

The tragedy of E. M. Forster’s concealed homosexuality

How much is reading considered a seasonal activity?

The power of Kate Chopin’s ‘The Awakening’

Fastening the tunic: feminist retellings of Greek mythology

The evolution of feminist science fiction