This is How We Come Back Stronger (Virtual)
Join authors Stella Duffy and Rosanna Amaka, two of 38 contributors to the feminist anthology This Is How We Come Back Stronger, written in direct response to the early pandemic and to raise money for fighting violence against women and girls. They’ll be in conversation with Bidisha to discuss what resilience means to them, creativity in and after crisis, and how to look forward with hope.
'Stronger manages to be both timeless and timely at once. It is a communion of powerful voices providing connection, catharsis, and vision in the midst of the uncertainty of grief.' – Jamia Wilson
In partnership with The Feminist Book Society.
Rosanna Amaka was born to African and Caribbean parents and began writing her debut novel The Book of Echoes to give voice to the Brixton community in which she grew up. Published by Doubleday in 2020, the book has been shortlisted for the Author's Club First Novel Award, The RSL Christopher Bland Prize and the HWA Debut Crown Award.
Stella Duffy is an award-winning writer of seventeen novels, over seventy short stories and fourteen plays. She worked in theatre for over thirty-five years as an actor, director and facilitator. She is the co-founder of the UK-wide Fun Palaces campaign supporting community connection. Stella is also a yoga teacher and training in Existential Psychotherapy aiming to combine psychotherapy, embodied practice and creative work. Her ongoing doctoral research is in the embodied experience of postmenopause.
Bidisha is a broadcaster, journalist and film-maker, specialising in international human rights, social justice, gender and the arts. She writes for broadsheets and presents for the BBC, Sky News, Channel 5 and CNN. Her most recent book, Asylum and Exile: Hidden Voices of London, is based on her outreach work in UK prisons, refugee charities and detention centres. Her most recent film project is the Aurora series, which follows her film debut An Impossible Poison.
The Feminist Book Society celebrates feminist authors of brand-new fiction and non-fiction, from escapist beach reads to literary novels and Big Ideas, via monthly sell-out author panel events and an ever-growing international network. It brings people together in lively discussion to share ideas and actively champion the fight for equality.
This Is How We Come Back Stronger can be ordered from our partner bookshop Hatchards. 20% of the book's price will go to the charities Women's Aid and Imkaan in the fight to end domestic abuse and support survivors.
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