A vast global project ... a joyous multiplicity of writings incorporating collective manifestos, poetry, fiction, and autobiography ... Readers will find both old acquaintances and new discoveries ... admirably and intentionally reaching beyond received western ideas ... an endlessly fascinating anthology

Bulging with brilliant and exciting writing. Its vast sweep takes us from the 15th century, when Christine de Pizan, a court writer in medieval France, imagined a City of Ladies where women would be safe from harassment, through to the present day, with work by Maggie Nelson, Eileen Myles, Rachel Cusk, Deborah Levy and Lola Olufemi

The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing rounds up the voices of women from across history to discuss the meaning and practice of feminism. This is a book that every person should read: the multiplicity of voices from various times and spaces allows women of the past alongside women of the present to be noisy about why feminism matters. It is a collective masterpiece

A glorious history of women's struggle for liberation from 1405 to 2020, featuring rebellious feminists of all stripes

Dawson has curated a tour de force of feminist thinking, spanning seven centuries and multiple continents, and drawing impressively across genre. Playwrights sit alongside political theorists, followed by poetry or fiction. Feminism appears as a vibrant, multi-faceted thing, changing and evolving but ever-present across the centuries ... This collection is not only interested in feminism as a political ideology, but feminism as a creative and artistic force ... what strikes the reader most is the palpable anger that rings across so many of these selections ... This anger was refreshing, a reminder that through the centuries women have had, and continue to have, so much to be angry about ... This book is an important reminder that feminism doesn't need tote bags or novelty jumpers. It doesn't need to be happy and sparkly all the time. Instead, it needs the imaginative, powerful, collective scream into the void that a collection like this provides

A marvellous argument for stories. There are Norse gods, references to Merlin, a tour through purgatory and a strange parallel world where magic is real and humans are bit players in the clash of supernatural realms. Bewitching

A magical book; doors between worlds; talking birds, vicious fairies and a trip to Purgatory. Stuffed with literary allusion and mythic echoes from the Norse legends to Alan Garner, straddling dimensions and hopping genres with ease, this is a one-of-a-kind fantasy novel that's worth getting lost in

Epic, imaginative and exquisitely written, this is a feat of fantastical world-building

Reminded me of how I felt reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell or His Dark Materials - this is a masterpiece

A triumph. Book where the best hearts meet the best minds meet the best imaginations are few and far between

An enchanting weaving together of mythologies and a meeting of worlds, all bound up with the power of stories and the fate of the ultimate book. Far-reaching and profound, this is a novel to lose yourself in

Every page is a declaration of love for story, for literature, for libraries

Savour and absorb the world Knox conjures

An ambitious, gripping, and multifaceted [novel], animated by a sharp imagination

A murder, a mysterious library and something called the Absolute Book feature in this fantastical new outing

A book about books, a psychological crime novel, a romance, a portal fantasy, a technothriller, a historical fantasy, and an allegory - this melding of modes and mixing of genres, this surfeit of stories, is The Absolute Book's greatest strength. Accomplished, exuberant, generous, original . . . readers will have few regrets

A tour de force. Ursula Le Guin would have loved this book

The power is in the skill and pace of Knox's storytelling, the perfect spinning of the intricate plot, the sharp dialogue and luminous evocation of place

A bibliophile's daydream

A propulsive parallel-worlds fantasy epic about the power of stories and storytelling

Contains multitudes, spanning the geographies of Canada, Britain and New Zealand; the cosmologies of fairies, demons and angels; and the genres of thriller, domestic realism and epic fantasy. Reading the book is like holding folds of shot silk to the light, finding green flash in something that looks purple, and appreciating how thoughtfully the warp and weft embrace each other. I'm in awe of it

A mind-blowing optical illusion of a novel. This grand ode to Story itself is one that begs for a reread

Full of intrigue, mystery, magic, and history, this is a fascinating read that is hard to put down

If you love a little supernatural magic and mystery, you will love this clever blend of myth, religion, folklore and reality, as the story draws the reader into the realm of faerie and demon, immersing us in a fantasy world where bliss can be found

One of those books which will never let you go. A beautiful, fantastic, ride that travels from one end of the earth to the other and beyond, Knox takes you on a journey that will amaze and astound you . . . The Absolute Book takes readers on a journey they won't soon forget. Fantastic and wondrous, it is a delight and will leave readers wistful for a world as magical as the one she's created

Epic and exquisitely written, this is a feat of fantastical world-building

The dream for any book lover - a story about the importance of stories and all the ways we pass them on

Where better to get lost than a mighty, make-believe kingdom reminiscent of Swift

Enchanting . . . Knox hits the mark

A devastating stripping back of the gendered and politicised conditions that shape desire, a revelation of the unnerving ways we are made vulnerable to others in unequal systems. Its crisp, knowing prose is unparalleled, its anger remarkable.

Nolan's intelligent, elegant first novel, a gripping portrait of love turned toxic.

The star feature of Nolan's narration is her ability to cut through received ideas about women, relationships and even rape. Her headlong, fearless prose, feels like salt wind on cracked lips. You wince and you thrill.

A raw read of vulnerability, desperation, and most definitely a new voice in fiction

A thrilling read...if you want a visceral, honest, unputdownable summer read then this is it. You'll devour it in a day.

A very elegant novel, with coercive control at the core. She has such a strong voice and not a sentence is extraneous

I read this in one go... I found it raw, honest, brutal and real.

Written with acerbic style and wit, this is an intoxicatingly good look at romantic obsession, delusion and desire.

Beautifully written…and the short chapters keep things moving at an addictively fast pace. Most importantly, it’s shamelessly real