Books
Want a great book recommendation? Be it summer reads or a classic to cosy up with, find out what team Marie Claire are reading
Books
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Caitlin Moran: 'The only argument you should be having in feminism is one with yourself'
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Stu Heritage: ‘Why I’m raising my sons to be the very best feminists’
Author and Guardian columnist, Stuart Heritage, lays down the ground rules on toxic masculinity and championing women for his sons in a post #metoo era
By Marie Claire
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20 plus new books by Black and POC authors to put on your 2021 reading list
*Manically Googles 700ft bookshelf*
By Kate McCusker
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Kiley Reid: 'Giving black artists responsibilities like teaching you something new about race is just additional labour'
Features Editor Jenny Proudfoot sits down with bestselling author Kiley Reid for MC Book Club to talk about her debut novel, Such A Fun Age...
By Jenny Proudfoot
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#ShelfLife: Delta Goodrem on her favourite books
We grill our favourite people on the books that changed their lives...
By Sophie Goddard
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#ShelfLife: Leona Lewis on the books that shaped her
We grill our favourite people on the books that changed their life…
By Sophie Goddard
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Marcus Rashford launches a book club and we're totally onboard
At 23 years old is there anything this man can't do? Emma Mason reports
By Marie Claire
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Claudia Winkleman on getting over other people's perfect lives
Back on our screens with Strictly and definitely on our reading list with her debut book, Quite, the funny and fabulous Claudia Winkleman is here to get a few things off her chest
By Maria Coole
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How many of the Duchess of Cambridge's favourite books have you read?
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Dawn O'Porter talks lockdown, grief and her new book 'Life In Pieces'
Digital Features Editor Jenny Proudfoot sits down with Dawn for MC Book Club to talk about her new book, Life In Pieces, or as she calls it her 'accidental memoir'...
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Favourite short reads handpicked by top writers
Now sit down, chill out and take your pick from seven of the best bite-sized stories by female authors. Isn't that better already..
By Maria Coole
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Books to educate yourself and your children on race and racism
What to read when you want to educate your family about race and racism
By Olivia Adams
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J.K. Rowling will be releasing a free new children's book online
By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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Why books can stop you losing the plot
Feeling down or struggling with low-level anxiety? Turns out biblio-therapy could be the answer
By Maria Coole
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One specific mindful hobby has jumped in sales by 1000% as people self isolate
Here’s everything to know…
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Why my greatest fear is other people’s children
This Mother's Day will be the strangest one ever thanks to coronavirus and social distancing, but for mum-of-two Lotta Sonninen there's one silver lining - no furniture-destroying, stain-smearing other people's kids will be in her house
By Olivia Adams
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Apparently Harry Potter fans make better partners
By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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Elizabeth Day on being broody and battling her dislike for Boris Johnson
By Olivia Adams
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Check out our top five novels for cosy Christmas reads
Good luck getting up off the sofa now...
By Niamh McCollum
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‘I’m determined to break the shameful quietness of poverty’
Cash Carraway has spent most of her life living below the breadline. Now she joins a wave of female writers speaking out about it
By Marie Claire
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'I went suddenly blind overnight'
TV producer Vanessa Potter was in perfect health and then one morning, she went suddenly blind
By Marie Claire
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The South Korean book that inspired a new wave of #MeToo
A novel called Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 launched South Korea's #metoo protest. Now as the film adaptation hits the big screen, its fans are subject to online abuse
By Marie Claire
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Study says that if you've read Harry Potter, you're probably a better person
Winning.
By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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Why Flo Perry is making masturbation a feminist issue
Writer and illustrator Flo Perry is on a mission to get women talking about masturbation - and kick this last taboo out of the bedroom
By Marie Claire
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Check your bookshelf - some copies of Harry Potter could be worth £28,000
By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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How to fail upwards – and why it’s key to your success
As Charlotte Philby’s debut novel is published – nine years after her first manuscript was rejected by countless agents – she reflects on the importance of perseverance in the face of adversity and why failing is so much a part of the journey for many successful women
By Marie Claire
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‘Put aside your fears and just go’: why every woman should read this travel memoir
From lone rider to feminist icon: how Elspeth Beard’s round-the-world adventure inspired women across the world to get on their bikes…
By Nicola Moyne