Books
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Bella Mackie talks How to Kill Your Family and the rage she wants women to take from it
With How to Kill Your Family hitting shelves this summer, Bella sat down with MC to talk crime fiction, writing female psychopaths and the role reading plays in her life...
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Georgia Toffolo talks romantic fiction, heroines being in control of their own narrative and her important new book
As Meet Me in Tahiti hits shelves today, we sat down with Georgia Toffolo to talk writing female heroines, Instagram book clubs and the joys of a good read…
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These are the books you need to read before their film adaptations hit the screen
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These are the editor-approved summer reads I'm investing in this season
MC's Features Editor gives her top summer book recommendations...
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Candice Brathwaite: Why are we still so obsessed with what men think of women?
As her much-anticipated second book Sista Sister hits the shelves, bestselling author and activist Candice Brathwaite tells us what she wishes she'd known about relationships, interracial dating, and dulling your shine to get someone to like you.
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The View Was Exhausting co-authors Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta on the romance of friendship
'When we’re writing, we try to imbue our friendships with just as much emotion and care and tension as a romantic relationship.' Partners in life and writing Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta talk love and friendship in their dazzling debut novel, The View Was Exhausting.
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Jack Guinness breaks down how and why you should immerse yourself in Queer Culture this Pride
Jack Guinness has just launched The Queer Bible, a collection of essays by his queer heroes, elevating, amplifying and celebrating the voices of the queer community...
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Pandora Sykes: ‘If we could just strive for things to be good enough, it would be so freeing’
Features Editor Jenny Proudfoot sits down with bestselling author Pandora Sykes for MC Book Club to talk lockdown, Life Lessons festival and the paperback release of How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right?...
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These are our Editor approved books to add to your 2021 reading list
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Wait, did The Prisoner of Azkaban predict Dumbledore’s death?
One fan theory certainly seems to think so...
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The Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 longlist has officially been announced
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Caitlin Moran: 'The only argument you should be having in feminism is one with yourself'
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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
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20 plus new books by Black and POC authors to put on your 2021 reading list
*Manically Googles 700ft bookshelf*
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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...
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#ShelfLife: Delta Goodrem on her favourite books
We grill our favourite people on the books that changed their lives...
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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…
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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
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How many of the Duchess of Cambridge's favourite books have you read?
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Self-help guru Rachel Hollis shares ways to get back on track when the world's against you
Fear. Grief. Loss. Betrayal. Best-selling author Rachel Hollis has been through all these emotions. Here, she shares her five crucial ways to get through the mother of all years
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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'...
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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..
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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
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J.K. Rowling will be releasing a free new children's book online
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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
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One specific mindful hobby has jumped in sales by 1000% as people self isolate
Here’s everything to know…
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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
