The Women Writers Handbook edited by Ann Sandham

This useful and informative guide is published to celebrate Aurora Metro Books 30th anniversary. It contains essays, poems, short stories and extracts from a wide variety of women writers, some well known, others less so. There are also a series of interviews throughout giving insight into the working methods and the career paths of women writers working in areas such as academic writing, translation, script-writing, biography and fiction and insights into how some of these writers manage day-jobs, freelance work and family commitments. The second part of the book is a series of writing workshops and resources useful for writing groups and individual writers. Detailed, insightful and informative this is a guide and an introduction that will appeal to any women writer looking to develop their skills and for useful outlets and resources for their work. It will also have appeal to anyone studying feminism and the history of women's writing. An essential addition to the Madwomen in the Attic library. Thanks so much to Love Books Blog Tours for a copy of the book. The blog tour continues; details below.