Category: Fantasy books

‘Women want to experience pleasure’: how the female gaze caught the attention of film, TV and fiction

by The Guardian | Apr 19, 2026 | Books, Culture, Fantasy books, Feminism, Film, Film criticism, Television, Television & radio, The Guardian | 0 |

From passionate romantasy novels to premium television dramas, culture is bringing the agency, desires and interior lives of women to the fore. It’s proving good for business, but is this a permanent revolution?Do you...

Women’s prize for fiction goes to Susanna Clarke’s ‘mind-bending’ Piranesi

by The Guardian | Sep 8, 2021 | Awards and prizes, Bernardine Evaristo, Books, Culture, Fantasy books, Fiction, Susanna Clarke, The Guardian, The Women’s Prize for Fiction, UK news | 0 |

Clarke’s follow-up to Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was praised by judges as ‘a truly original, unexpected flight of fancy’Comment: Piranesi is a triumphantly unusual winnerSusanna Clarke, who published her...