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Book Bite: Queens and Kings by Lucy Worsley

Book Bite: Queens and Kings by Lucy Worsley

Carrying on with Women’s History Month (here in Canada), all of my Book Bite posts this month will be on books written by women! I typically do focus on sharing female-authored books but all of the books I recommend for October will be in this […]

My Top 7 Female Literary Biographies

My Top 7 Female Literary Biographies

Women’s History Month is in October here in Canada, and so this month, we focus entirely on women’s history! One area of history that particularly fascinates me is literary history. As an avid reader, the lives, careers, and legacies of authors is an incredibly complex […]

Women’s History Month October 2026

Women’s History Month October 2026

Hello everyone, I hope you have been keeping well. With my grandfather’s passing in the spring, I decided to give myself a good portion of the year to relax and take time for myself- I started this site back in January 2015 and will continue […]

Summer 2026 Hiatus

Summer 2026 Hiatus

Long time, no see, friends! I am here to apologise and update everyone. As some of you may have noticed, I somewhat disappeared around the middle of March. I wanted to explain what happened, where you can find me, and what my plans are. 

Margaret Beaufort by Lauren Johnson

Margaret Beaufort by Lauren Johnson

Although the Tudor period is dominated by Elizabeth I and Anne Boleyn, there are so many fascinating women from the period. Women in and around the Tudor court continuously navigated a complex and oftentimes dangerous world where they were forced to make incredibly difficult decisions. […]