Like many, I was astonished when I read Elizabeth Harrower’s The watchtower (my review), upon its publication by Text Classics in 2012. Astonished not so much for its writing, though that is excellent, but for its subject, which is what we’d now call coercive control. The astonishment comes from the fact that The watchtower was … Continue reading Helen Trinca, Looking for Elizabeth: The life of Elizabeth Harrower (#BookReview)| Whispering Gums
Gertrude H. Dorsey’s short story is the third in the anthology Great short stories by African-American writers, which my American friend Carolyn sent me. It presented an unexpected challenge. Gertrude H. Dorsey (Browne) The biographical note at the end of the anthology is one of the shortest provided by the editors. It goes: Who was … Continue reading Gertrude H. Dorsey (Browne), An equation (#Review)| Whispering Gums
When my reading group chose our books for the second half of the year, the shortlist for the Miles Franklin Award had not yet been announced. However, wonderfully, the three books we chose from the longlist, all ended up on the shortlist. One of those was Winnie Dunn’s debut novel, Dirt poor Islanders. It is … Continue reading Winnie Dunn, Dirt poor Islanders (#BookReview)| Whispering Gums
Click here on 8/21 for Zoom Link Alisa Alering is the author of the novel “Smothermoss,” (Tin House, 2024) a Shirley Jackson Award finalist that the New York Times Book Review calls …| Storyknife Writers Retreat
Titles are intriguing things, and we don’t always pay them the attention they deserve, but the title of Australian writer Andrea Goldsmith’s ninth novel, The buried life, is worth think…| Whispering Gums
Click here to watch on July 17 Join us on Thursday, July 17 at 6pm Alaska time for Live from Storyknife featuring July’s writers in residence. The session will be live on Zoom and the recordi…| Storyknife Writers Retreat
Like my last forgotten writer, Ruby Mary Doyle, today’s writer, though also a prolific contributor to newspapers in her day, has slipped into the shadows. Neither Wikipedia nor the Australian…| Whispering Gums
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's "Ladyland"| The Monstrous Regiment of Women
Join us on Thursday, June 19 at 6pm Alaska time for Live from Storyknife featuring June’s writers in residence. The session will be live on Zoom and the recording will be posted on this page after the reading. Abegunde is a memory keeper, poet, and ancestral priest. While at Storyknife she is drafting a healingContinue reading "Live from Storyknife June 2025"| Storyknife Writers Retreat
Join us on at the Porcupine Theater on Wednesday, June 4th at 7pm for Alan Lightman and Maria Popova in Conversation “Do Art and Science Represent Opposite Truths?” This event is co-sponsored by the Bunnell Street Arts Center and Storyknife Writer’s Retreat, tickets available at The Porcupine Theater. Alan Lightman is a physicist, novelist and MIT’sContinue reading "June Opportunities"| Storyknife Writers Retreat
Click here to watch Join us on Thursday, May 22 at 6pm Alaska time for Live from Storyknife featuring May’s writers in residence. The session will be live on Zoom and the recording will be po…| Storyknife Writers Retreat
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We’re so thrilled for our dear friend and WB team member, Susan Johnston Taylor who currently has a plethora of good news worth celebrating! Congratulations, Susan. Please share your exciting […]| Writing Barn
Mt. Iliamna peeking out on a bluebird sky day in April (which means it’s sunny and still pretty nippy, but a welcome break from April showers). At the end of March, the Association of Writer…| Storyknife Writers Retreat
We’re so excited for Nadia Salomon whose NF picture book, A VOICE OF HOPE won the BCALA, SLJ 2025 Children & Youth Literacy Award for non-fiction and a CBC 2025 […]| Writing Barn
Over thirty-five years ago when Dana Stabenow was just starting out as a novelist and short story writer, she was awarded a residency at a new residency center just for women writers, Hedgebrook. T…| Storyknife Writers Retreat
February is a changeable month in Homer, Alaska. Some years, very cold and snowy. Other years, mud and freeze/thaw cycle. It’s a hard month to predict. This year, everyone is feeling the raw winds …| Storyknife Writers Retreat
Looking for a women's writing retreat? We've got you covered with this list. Go North, South, East, or West—there's something for everyone!| The Write Life
January in Alaska is a time of long, dark mornings which foster reflection. It’s a time to look back in gratitude and forward in hope. Let me take a moment to thank the 296 individuals, busi…| Storyknife Writers Retreat
Each month, we provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.Here's this month's list of 16 releases we're excited about!| Ms. Magazine
At just 25 years old, horror writer Lore V. Olivera is already on her way to both television and film success. Currently staffed on the upcoming Amazon show El Gato, based on... The post How Lore V. Olivera Discovered the Path to TV Writing Through Coverfly appeared first on Coverfly.| Coverfly
Time for an update of what I’ve been reading lately: three recent publications by women writers that are each, in their own way, unusual and engrossing reads. First up: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, her first novel since The Night Circus, which was a favorite of mine. With The Starless Sea, Morgenstern has written a deeply felt and […]| Shannon Turlington