100 books by women you have to read

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

Write on, sister: 20 great books by women

The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction last week announced a list of the top 20 most influential books written by women. We continue our series on female authors, looking at the books as voted for by the public.

Brought to Book: Vona Groarke on the unbearable lightness of reviews

‘What has being a writer taught me? Precision. Restraint. Slyness. Envy. Thrift. The value of a good noun’

Children’s Books: Still capturing the castle – and teenage readers – 65 years on

Dodie Smith’s classic ‘I Capture the Castle’ never loses its appeal

Word for Word: ‘I lost my heart to a Western’