This month, for the first time ever, we have a double cover reveal for you – let’s take a look at the cute, shiny paperback incarnations of short story collections Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny and Barbara the Slut by Lauren Holmes…
Sunday the 15th of March sees Mother’s Day, a day to celebrate every single thing your Mum has done for you. Whether it’s something as basic as your washing, as unconditionally kind as coming to collect you from the train station when you’ve missed the last bus and don’t want to shell out for a cab, or telling your dad that he really ought to respect your life choices (even if it means you’ll be out of work for a year until the green grows out of your hair), Mum has your back, and Mum’s are the best. And, in some cases, let’s not forget that Mum has to be Dad too. To help you give your Mum the very best gift possible, we’ve paired some of our brilliant Mum-friendly books with some especially Mum-friendly presents. Spoil her rotten this Mother’s Day.
In this episode we meet Katherine Heiny, author of Single, Carefree, Mellow. The literary love-child of Nora Ephron and Bridget Jones and written by an author who is incredibly witty, irreverent and charming, the book is finally out today.
Name: Katherine Heiny
Book: Single, Carefree, Mellow.
What’s it about? A collection of ten exquisite stories that form a guided tour of the human heart.
To celebrate WOM4N, we asked several of our authors and staff to share their favourite female characters from the 4th Estate bookshelves. Here, Katherine Heiny, author of the forthcoming ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow‘ explains why she relates to one of fiction’s most famous heroines…
‘She’s a murderer — but that’s not why I’m in awe of her.
She’s a rebel and a feminist and courageous and resourceful — but that’s not why I admire her.
She’s charming and seductive and irresistible to men — but that’s not why I want to be like her. (Well, that’s not the whole reason, anyway.)
She’s vain and selfish and manipulative — but that’s not why she fascinates me.
While our summer certainly feels like it’s over (or at least dwindling rapidly…), Lena Dunham’s is not. The actor, director, producer AND writer of the upcoming Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned has instagrammed her summer reading list – a nice collation of book porn to keep us going through this British autumnal blip. Read more…
