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Human history is much deeper, more complex, and more nuanced than you probably remember from school. Many history books, especially the ones you read in class, focus on major events like battles and treaties. Unfortunately, one consequence of this is that women often get sidelined, as the spotlight rests mainly…

My first boyfriend told me with some pride that he’d read Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying (1973), and Shere Hite’s The Hite Report (1976). Though they had been selling in the millions, I hadn’t yet read either, and was keen to find out what he had learned.

The American journalist’s thoughts on how we should respond to art created by dreadful people are muddled and poorly researched

French is described by friends and peers as an ‘unfailingly generous’ human being whose writing about sensitive and complex issues surrounding India was widely admired

All writers and painters who are mothers must tread a heroic path. In an ideal world, we wouldn’t have to, says the Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

They may be publishing most famous author-editor pairing

From Doris Lessing’s frank memoirs of social change to less famous campaigners in decisive struggles, these accounts provide an inspiring look ‘into the window’ of history

The Booker-nominated author on discovering Jane Austen, taking a crash course in Moby-Dick and falling for fairytales

Bibliomemoirs are an increasingly popular way for writers to celebrate reading and its power to shape lives