At Books that Matter, championing amazing women goes to the very core of what we do. Through reading and a shared sense of community, our aim is to uplift female voices and highlight fantastic work by women. Here are 10 books by women whose work has broken barriers, given voice to marginalised people and most […]

A highlight of this month has to be celebrating Galentine’s, especially when it might have been a while since your last bottomless brunch or girl’s night out. So, we’ve curated our top picks of bookish gifts from small businesses to show your gal’s how much they mean to you.      1. Starting with these […]

“ Dorothy from the Wizard Oz famously said “There’s no place like home” and, during lockdown and the restrictions placed on our movement as a result, many of us are spending more time at home than we ever have before. There’s no reason for this period of hibernation to be boring though and there are […]

“ With the second lockdown in full swing, and time going slower each day, it’s easy to fall into a repetitive cycle of feeling sluggish, with low motivation and high procrastination. And at the same time, many of us who usually love snuggling under the duvet with a book and a cuppa (and this is […]

“ The phrase “filling your cup” is based on the concept of treating your mental health and wellbeing as a ‘cup’ which needs to be regularly replenished in order for you to face life’s challenges. If you’re currently living under lockdown or Tiered restrictions, some of the things you once did to fill your cup […]

“ For those of us in the northern hemisphere currently experiencing lockdown, it likely feels very different to the lockdown we went through earlier this year. The shorter days and cooler weather makes cosying up indoors a much more appealing prospect than going outside. What better way to pass the time on these long autumn […]

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect”: 10 prompts for journaling during lockdown The quote by French-Cuban writer, Anais Nin, “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect”, is just a small reminder of the value in journaling. And now more than ever, journaling during this […]

In celebration of Black History Month, this week’s Feminist Icon blog spotlights on Phillis Wheatley, the first African American, and one of the first women, to publish a collection of poetry in the colonies. Her achievements as a published poet served as a catalyst for the growing antislavery movement across pre-19th century America. Around the age […]

Today, witches form a part of our modern popular culture and appear in some of our favourite films, books and TV shows. Their power gives them a mystique and intrigue that is ever-fascinating but society did not always view witches in this way and the history of the word is far darker than many of […]

Authors have long used the power of fiction to reinvent the image of the witch. In ‘I, Tibuta’, Maryse Condé subverts traditional depictions of witches through a post-colonial lens, while in ‘The House of Spirits’ Isabelle Allende subtly weaves magic into the day-to-day experiences of one family across multiple generations. Read on to learn more […]