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We are pleased to announce to the world that our October book club title will be My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante! There is a copy to give away on social media channels and the live twitter chat will be on Monday 26th with Daniela Petracco, the Director of Europa Editions who publish Elena. Then head over here to carry on the discussion.

Join our online book club and get involved in discussing riveting reads by brilliant women writers.

As part of our mission to champion writing by women, each month we collaborate with authors and publishers to coordinate giveaways, live webchats, and more.

Our September read is The Detective's Secret by Lesley Thomson: A man has died under a late night train and Stella Darnell suspects it’s murder. Now she’s stirring up the past with questions that lead to an unsolved case from twenty years ago."

Join in on Twitter on WEDS 30TH SEPT 2015, 7PM
#FBSBOOKCLUB or/ then head over here to carry on the discussion.

Join our online book club and get involved in discussing riveting reads by brilliant women writers.

As part of our mission to champion writing by women, each month we collaborate with authors and publishers to coordinate giveaways, live webchats, and more.

This month's choice is The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman: "From the world of street-fighters to the world of champions; alive with the smells and the sounds of the streets, a raucous, intoxicating tale of courage, reinvention and fighting your way to the top." Further info at: http://www.annafreemanwriter.com/revi...

Live twitter discussion: WEDS 26TH AUGUST 2015, 7PM #FBSBOOKCLUB

Further discussion here afterwards! See you soon!

Hi Rebecca, you beat me to it before I edited it to 7! :) Yes definitely a great result. To my shame I (Louise- FBS moderator here!) haven't read any of these. I have A Spool of Blue Thread so will bump that up my "to be read" list.

The Man Booker longlist for 2015 has been announced and 7 of the 13 novels are by women writers. This is a massive improvement on last year which only contained 3. Check out our 'shelf' with them all here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Have you read any of these books? What did you like/ dislike about them? Share your thoughts here!

Love books? Badass babes? Birthday cake? Then get your ticket booked for our upcoming birthday spectacular, featuring lush literary freebies, live performances from incredible women writers, stalls from our fave publishers and grrrl-fronted orgs, opportunities to win amazing prizes, and loads more besides.

We'll be confirming the full-line up soon, but we can guarantee this is one party you won't want to to miss. Get your tickets for only £5 now while you can, or come along on the night for £8 on the door.
As a completely unfunded organisation staffed entirely by volunteers, all the profits from ticket sales will be reinvested back into our mission to champion writing by women, and will help us continue to support and celebrate women writers at our workshops and events across the UK, give emerging women writers a platform via our sell-out publishing projects, and showcase women writers from across the globe via our free webzine and podcast.

Stay tuned for more details on what you can expect on the night. We can't wait to see you.

We have a number of free places set aside for those unwaged or otherwise unable to afford the ticket fee. Please email us if you think you may be eligible.

Tickets available from http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/for-boo...

July 9th was June Jordan's birthday. Poet, author, playwright and founder of “Poetry for the People”; June Jordan left behind a large body of work. She is remembered for her unerring dedication to human rights and political activism, while her powerful poetry and astute observations on race, sexuality and global injustice uplifts and informs, in equal measure. Find out more here: http://forbookssake.net/collection/ha...

Are you familiar with her work? What are your favourite pieces?

Hi there! *waves* For Books' Sake has been a little quiet on Goodreads for a while but we are now back and raring to go! If you are our "friend" or follow our reviews, you might have noticed that we are developing our bookshelves. Our vision is to create an at a glance, one stop shop directory of women's writing so we've got shelves of all the main genres and also for groups we particularly want to promote such as women writers of colour and LGBTQI+ authors. As you can see its a work in progress! So please help us out. Recommend here or send us a message with your favourite books by women writers and which categories they should go in. Thanks and look forward to hearing from you.

It's our 3rd birthday today! The site has been revamped, with an exciting new events page, which you can submit events to by emailing hello@forbookssake.net. We also have a better design as well as improved search and share functions. Go check them out!

Our brilliant editor, Jane Bradley, has also written this amazing article about why, three years on, For Books' Sake is still an essential voice. Click here for the article!

Our lovely features editor, Beulah, is looking for pieces covering the birthdays of Ntozake Shange, Zadie Smith and Doris Lessing.

If you're interested, or want to pitch another feature, please leave a comment here or tweet For Books' Sake at @forbookssake or Beulah at @TheNotoriousBMD

This topic is somewhat inspired by Jeanette Winterson's birthday (which we wrote about here), but anything goes! Fiction, non fiction, YA, sci-fi, erotica, poetry, memoir, graphic novels...

This is the place to pick up recommendations, no matter what genre you're into!

The title's fairly explanatory - what are you reading right now? Are you enjoying it?

Hello everyone!

If you're a member of this group, you're probably familiar with For Books' Sake. If not, we're a website and online community dedicated to books by and for independent women. Our site is a mixture of news, features, interviews and reviews - all featuring work by brilliant female writers.

So: tell us about yourself! Who are you, why do you love books, and who's your favourite female writer?