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The Duckworth Newsletter

For Curious Minds

The burlesque dancers who lit up the 1933 World’s Fair

Anika Scott talks about the real burlesque dancers of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, who inspired Madame Mystique aka Rosa Mancuso, the star of her new book, Sinners of Starlight City.

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Transport yourself to 17th-century England

Take a walk with Anna Abney through the streets of London and the fields of Derbyshire as she explores historically significant locations and how they appear in her novel, The Messenger of Measham Hall

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The City, Feminism and Freedom

Our fantastic author Joanna Scutts will be at London Gower Street Waterstones on the 20th July 2023 to celebrate the paperback release of Hotbed: Bohemian New York and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism. Joanna will be in conversation with Sunday Times Literary Non-Fiction Book of the Year author Francesca Wade, and will be discussing the role of the city in developing feminist ideas.

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Unable to make it? Don't worry!

If you're unable to make Gower Street, Joanna will also be in conversation with Lauren Elkin, author of Art Bodies, for an evening of feminist history, art and activism at The Feminist Library, 24th July 2023. You can book tickets here.

Storm the Bastille!

Brush up on French culture with these magnifique titles!

The French don’t communicate, they converse! Decode French culture

Journey with celebrated chef Julia Child through food and French living

A humorous look at the French language and the pitfalls of flirting with French

Authors in the News

Priscilla Morris was recently interviewed by Citizen Femme about her Women's Prize-shortlisted debut novel Black Butterflies

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Monica Macias, author of Black Girl from Pyongyang, was recently interviewed on the Asian Review of Books podcast.

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Out this month

The dazzling story of the early feminists who blazed a trail for the movement’s most radical ideas

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With self-deprecating humour, A. A. Milne, famed author of Winnie-the-Pooh, recalls the formative events of his life

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