At the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival, IASH launched the crowdfunding campaign for our brand-new book Dangerous Women: Fifty reflections on women, power and identity. This is the next stage in the legacy of the Dangerous Women Project (2016-2017) in which we asked 365 writers to reflect on ‘what it means to be a dangerous woman’. Today, the book is fully funded - a remarkable achievement in this tumultuous year!
Fifty of our favourite pieces have been brought together into a manuscript, to be published by Unbound. The book contains biographies, cartoons, poems, short stories, essays and more by some of the most exciting female voices from around the world. Contributors include Nicola Sturgeon MSP, broadcaster and journalist Bidisha, playwright Jo Clifford, prize-winning novelist Irenosen Okojie, acclaimed journalist Jean Rafferty, essayist and writer Laura Elizabeth Woollett, novelist and architect Yewande Omotoso, poet and performer Rachel McCrum, prize-winning novelist and poet Claire Askew, celebrated author Nada Awar Jarrar, critic and publisher Laura E. Waddell, BBC comedy writer Jasmine Tonie, writer and editor Annee Lawrence, award-winning poet and translator A.C. Clarke, poet, writer and presenter Mab Jones and feminist historian Chiara Bonfiglioli, along with a host of IASH alumnae and University of Edinburgh staff.
The book is now on the path to publication, but it is still possible to pledge for a copy at https://unbound.com/books/dangerous-women/
You can also follow our progress on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DangerousWomen_