April is now over, and so is the fifth annual Women in SF&F Month. THANK YOU so much to all of last month’s guests who made this year’s series possible with their great discussions and recommendations! My own wish list always grows even faster than usual during April.
Thank you to Renay for her work on the list of recommended science fiction and fantasy books by women that she started in 2013. We’ll be collecting submissions to add to it for a couple more days—if you haven’t already added some this year and would like to do so, you can add 10 of your favorite old or new SFF books by women read over the last year here. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to add some books and helped spread the word about it!
Thank you to my husband John for his help with graphics; he did all the weekly schedule graphics (and any older graphics related to this month, just like he designed this website!).
Thank you to the those who read and helped spread the word about the articles.
Since Sundays throughout April have been included summaries of the last week, here’s what happened then in case you missed anything:
- Emma Newman (Planetfall, Tea and Jeopardy podcast) discussed discovering that the 18th century attitudes about women in her Split Worlds books were more applicable to today than she’d realized. (Her article mentions reasons why Women in SF&F Month exists in the first place.)
- Lisa (Tenacious Reader) discussed celebrating and encouraging women, submissions statistics, and some women writing wonderful epic/high/historical fantasy, horror, and science fiction.
- Laura Anne Gilman (Vineart War, Silver on the Road) wrote a tribute to her father discussing his influence and how understanding where we come from helps shape worlds.
- Joanna (Strange Charm) examined the tomboy princess trope using examples from her bookshelf, including Deerskin by Robin McKinley, Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier, and more.
- Laura Lam (Micah Grey) discussed the women in her upcoming science fiction thriller False Hearts: “a book about women and the fraught, nuanced, interpersonal connections between them.”
- Although this isn’t exactly a part of Women in SF&F Month despite being about a book written by a woman with a female main protagonist, I posted my April Patreon review of Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear.
If you missed any of the 2016 articles, all of this year’s guest posts can be found here.
It’s been an extremely busy month so I’ll probably be taking at least a couple of days off from blogging before starting to catch up with the reviews I need to write—but I will be returning to reviews and features soon as well as announcing the stand alone fantasy book to be reviewed in May!
