Books Archives - The F-Word

“I wanted the novel to feel haunted by the prospect of hope, without it ever being secured”: an interview with Naomi Booth

Zoe Turner29 September 2020

Zoë Turner interviews author Naomi Booth about her chilling new novel Exit Management ...

Mainstream feminism has a problem

Zoe Louise Tongue28 September 2020

Zoe Louise Tongue reviews Alison Phipps' new book, Me, Not You, which analyses the exclusionary basis of mainstream feminist movements and reflects on what white feminism can learn from Black feminist theory...

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Modern gothic mastery

Rosie Chalmers27 September 2020

Rosie Chalmers delves into the Booker-shortlisted author’s chilling second novel, Sisters...

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Exposing London’s rotten interior

Jessica White16 September 2020

Jessica White investigates the chilling deconstruction of capitalism and class in Naomi Booth's latest novel, Exit Management...

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September fiction round-up

Leah Cross15 September 2020

The editors of The F-Word’s fiction section select their pick of best new titles for September...

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Edinburgh Book Festival 2020 top picks

Olivia Logan15 August 2020

New non-fiction editor for The F-Word, Olivia Logan, shares her top picks for the (online!) Edinburgh Book Festival 2020...

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Sexuality, power and social justice in the #MeToo era

Georgina Diaz20 May 2020

Georgina Diaz finds a lot to get her teeth into in Carolin Emcke’s book When I Say Yes ...

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Movies never gave me a language, but they gave me a look

Alessia Galatini31 March 2020

Christina Newland’s collection of essays is a fun yet precise analysis of women discovering their sexualities through film...

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An investigation of desire

Katherine Tallent23 September 2019

Katherine Tallent reviews Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women and finds a compelling narrative, but also recognises the limitations of this much discussed bestseller...

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An eccentric and lingering snapshot of millennial womanhood

Sophie Whitehead30 August 2019

Sophie Whitehead reviews Livia Franchini’s debut novel, Shelf Life, and finds an evocative portrayal of a lonely life...

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Your summer reading list

Molly Greeves29 July 2019

Molly Greeves picks out her top suggestions for this summer’s poolside book haul...

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Gay love in Victorian Britain

Georgina Diaz11 July 2019

Georgina Diaz finds Outrages by Naomi Wolf a valuable read on the makings of modern homophobia despite recent questions regarding the accuracy of some of the author’s research ...

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Sex, smut and shape-shifting

Sophie Whitehead2 July 2019

Sophie Whitehead reviews Andrea Lawlor’s debut novel, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl and enjoys a dive into the queer worlds of the early 1990s...

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Comfort in silence? Clara Heathcock and Patrick Wray’s PERFORATED EARDRUM!!!

Victoria Bailey1 July 2019

When music critic and music lover Clara Heathcock perforated her eardrum it meant that she wasn’t able to listen to music. The experience led to a period of introspection and, ultimately, a book. Victoria Bailey is absorbed and impressed...

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Warmth, wit and ugliness

Emma Chan21 June 2019

Emma Chan reviews Juno Dawson’s latest novel, Meat Market...

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“I wanted to highlight how dangerous it is for any woman to give up her voice”: an interview with Louise O’Neill

Sophie Whitehead2 May 2019

Sophie Whitehead interviews author Louise O’Neill about her feminist retelling of The Little Mermaid, The Surface Breaks...

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“I wanted to feel seen” – An interview with Babs Tarr

Emily Zinkin9 April 2019

Babs Tarr is one of Emily Zinkin's favourite artists. When they were both at Thought Bubble she got the chance to interview her ...

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The violence in silence

Zoe Louise Tongue27 March 2019

Zoe Louise Tongue reviews The Anatomy of Silence, a collection of essays on experiences of rape and sexual violence, which explores the silence that still exists around rape culture even in the era of #MeToo ...

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