Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. Co-written with Derrick O’Keefe, this memoir by Malalai Joya is the youngest woman to serve as MP in Afghanistan, and … Continue reading Day 21: Raising My Voice
Day 20: Arturo’s Island
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. This is a new translation of Arturo's Island by Elsa Morante (tr. Ann Goldstein) - a spectacular novel from Italy … Continue reading Day 20: Arturo’s Island
Day 19: The Country Where No One Ever Dies
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. From Albania, The Country Where No One Ever Dies by Ornela Vorpsi (tr. Robert Elsie & Janice Mathie-Heck) is a … Continue reading Day 19: The Country Where No One Ever Dies
Day 18: Purple Hibiscus
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. I read Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in April 2018 and found it an incredible novel about the emotional … Continue reading Day 18: Purple Hibiscus
Day 17: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. This collection of Greta Thunberg's speeches, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, was the book I selected … Continue reading Day 17: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Day 16: Small Beauty
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. I came across Small Beauty by jia qing wilson-yang – my choice for Canada – by accident just as I … Continue reading Day 16: Small Beauty
Day 15: Crimson
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. For me, Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen (tr. Anna Halager) was a challenging but interesting read. The author first wrote the … Continue reading Day 15: Crimson
Day 14: Aya de Yopougon
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. One of the most unique books I've read so far during this project comes from Côte d'Ivoire – Aya de … Continue reading Day 14: Aya de Yopougon
Day 13: Paradise of the Blind
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. I found Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong (tr. Phan Huy Duong & Nina McPherson) such a compelling … Continue reading Day 13: Paradise of the Blind
Day 12: The Wind That Lays Waste
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. Having visited Argentina for a few weeks in 2019, I fell head over heels for everything about the country's culture … Continue reading Day 12: The Wind That Lays Waste
