Thursday, January 13, 2011

Women's Tales: schedule

W E L C O M E
Women's Tales
a virtual book event
January 13-20, 2011
stories by and about women


Because women studies has always been an interest of mine and lately on the backburner of my life since college, I decided to reconnect this year. Today I present Women's Tales.

AND, I will be reading some selections for A Year of Feminist Classics reading challenge.


Books featured and mentioned:

Bitter Melon
by Cara Chow
- giveaway
- guest post: Q&A with Cara Chow
- my review


Gated Grief:
The Daughter of a GI Concentration Camp Liberator
Discovers a Legacy of Trauma
by Leila Levinson
- giveaway
- my review
- guest post: Q&A with Leila Levinson --still coming


Dust
by Elizabeth Bear
- giveaway


Habit of a Foreign Sky
by Xu Xi
- giveaway
- guest post: Q&A with Xu Xi
- my review


Love in a Headscarf
by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
- book fashion


Muslim Women Reformers:
Inspiring Voices Against Oppression
by Ida Lichter
- giveaway
- guest post: Q&A with Ida Lichter
- my review teaser


So Long a Letter
by Mariama Ba
- book fashion


A Vindication of the Rights of Women
by Mary Wollstonecraft
- my review teaser


Guests:

Poetry: Strength by Freda

Video List: 12 Terrific TED Talks Every Young Woman Should Watch
by Kaitlyn Cole

Book List: Favorite books about Islam and women by Audra

Book List: 20 Essential Works of Holocaust Literature by Kate Rothwell

End Credits

Announcement: giveaway winners on February 1, 2011

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