Literature
Dangerous Women
RIH speaks to Clare Conville, one of three female co-authors of a fascinating advice compendium for women, providing a ‘guide to modern life’.
My Book List
Looking for a book? From poetry anthologies to captivating biographies and historical fiction, one Running in Heels writer rounds up their must-read novels of the moment.
Banned Books: The Novels You Weren’t Supposed to Read
Banned by governments, here are some of the most famous outlawed titles – and a few that might surprise you.
Reader’s Block: The Far Cry
Looking for a book to give your brain and imagination a work out? Emma Smith’s award-winning, coming-of-age novel is an evocative, humorous read.
Reader’s Block: Frankenstein
The best books question the big ideas in life such as morality, justice and social responsibility; and this novel takes these weighty subjects head on.
Beach Reads: The Guilty Pleasures
Unfold your towel, settle into the sunshine and enjoy the dog-eared pages. We’ve chosen some of the best literary junk food for snacking pleasure!
Review: The Paris Wife
Much more than a tale of Ernest Hemingway’s first marriage, Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife is a fascinating window into 1920′s Paris which reminds us how far women have come today.
Books and The Blues
Great writers have an insight into life, and a recognition of the dark side as well as the bright. It is this ability to go into those dark places and find truth and beauty that helps us to do the same.
Men Writing Women
When a man writes a woman does he really right a woman? Some say that men couldn’t possibly understand the opposite sex enough to write about them. But are gender boundaries really that rigid?
Reading in Heels: Ten of Our Favourite Fashion-Inspired Reads
From style guides to the trashiest of trashy novels, the fashion industry has inspired an entire library’s worth of books. RIH rounds up the ones worth splashing out on…
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