Get 30% off in the May sale - for one week only
We're celebrating the achievements of women and their efforts to drive change, both in academia and beyond, with a curated list of must-read books for International Women's Day.
Until the end of the month, you can get 25% off the books below by entering the discount code WOMEN22AU at checkout.*
Plus, we've compiled a selection of materials including author podcasts, blog posts, and free to access resources from some of our digital platforms. Keep scrolling to discover free content on and by women.
* The prices shown below are our site-wide sale of 10% off. Please enter code WOMEN22AU to get the full 25%. The discount is set to expire midnight (AEST) 31st March 2022 and is only valid on books featured in our International Women's Day promotion (includes eBooks).
Tune into our podcast to hear conversations with some of our authors and experts, including:
Kendra R. Parker on leading science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler
Rafia Zakaria on the veil as a personal, complex and cultural object
Ciara Cremin on why the future must be feminine
Carol J. Adams on the sexual politics of meat
and so many more here, or wherever you get your podcasts...
We have 250+ books available to read open access on Bloomsbury Collections. Some of our recommendations for International Women's Day include:
Indigenous Women's Voices, edited by tebrakunna country, Emma Lee & Jen Evans
Women Warriors and National Heroes, edited by Boyd Cothran, Joan Judge & Adrian Shubert
Feminist Moments, edited by Susan Bruce & Katherine Smits
Women's Activism and "Second Wave" Feminism, edited by Barbara Molony & Jennifer Nelson
Nina Jankowicz, author of How to Lose the Information War and How to Be a Woman Online, discusses how the internet is failing moms-to-be for Wired Magazine.
Tara T. Green, author of Love, Activism and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, discusses Black women and pleasure in her Ms. Magazine profile of Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
Read an excerpt from Summer Brennan's High Heel on the Literary Hub website to find out why nobody wins in the age-old debate over high heels.
#MeToo and Literary Studies contributors, Somia R. Bibi & Nidhi Shrivastava, take over the Bloomsbury Literary Studies blog to discuss the limitations of the #MeToo movement in the South Asian subcontinent and diaspora.
