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Billie Eilish Is Unrecognisable as She Transforms Into 1950s Icon for Sylvia Plath Film 'The Bell Jar'

Billie Eilish undergoes a dramatic 1950s transformation for her role in 'The Bell Jar', marking her feature-film acting debut and introducing Sylvia Plath's novel to a new audience.

International Business Times UK · Aug 5

Rosebud Baker Has Always Rooted for Imperfect Women

The comedian shares what was on her reading list while working on her debut memoir, 'Fully Baked.'

Marie Claire · Jul 10

Billie Eilish Debuts Dramatic New Hair Ahead of the Bell Jar Film Role

Billie Eilish's new auburn hair has sparked speculation about her role in the upcoming film adaptation of The Bell Jar, with fans speculating about her involvement in the project.

International Business Times UK · May 30

Billie Eilish to make movie debut in The Bell Jar

Billie Eilish is in final talks to take on the lead role in The Bell Jar.

BANG Premier · Mar 11

Sylvia Plath’s ‘fig tree analogy’ from The Bell Jar is being misappropriated

In chapter seven of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963), protagonist Esther Greenwood imagines her life branching out before her like a green fig-tree. Each individual fig on the branches represents a different “wonderful future” – a family, a successful career, romance, travel, fame, etc.

The Conversation · Jul 22, 2025

Novelist Sarah Moss: ‘Hunger numbed my shame and humiliation’

As a bullied schoolgirl, the writer starved herself while greedily consuming classic novels. Looking back, she asks if their fragile heroines played a part in her increasingly dangerous attempts to lose weight

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024

Best short novels for a classic quick read in 2024

Ingenious storytelling in 300 pages or less

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2024

21 of the Greatest American novels that everyone should read

From historical classics to postmodern marvels

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024

But The Girl by Jessica Zhan Mei Yu review – an impressive debut

This observant novel follows a young Malaysian Australian writer as she unpicks her preconceptions of an artist’s life, postcolonialism and Sylvia Plath

The Guardian - AU · Aug 24, 2023

'I had a sadomasochistic fascination with English': a vivid, playful debut disrupts clichés of docile Asian womanhood

Many contemporary novels adamantly refuse readers a pleasurable reading experience – with clunky prose and a cloying earnestness. But life’s too short for boring books.

The Conversation · Aug 2, 2023