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Dear Damsels publishes empowering collections of fiction, non-fiction and poetry by women writers.
So Long As You Write tote bag
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Book & bag bundle: So Long As You Write
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So Long As You Write: Women on Writing
Fifteen women writers explore what happens when we give ourselves the space to create, as a reminder that it doesn’t matter who is reading – so long as you write. Read More
Tools for Surviving a Storm: Eleven Tales of Nature, Love and Fear
A transporting, original collection by Nadia Henderson, examining the lines between nature and the human world. Read More
What She’s Having: Stories of Women and Food
Whole stories are made across a dinner table, and in What She's Having, sixteen writers explore the complex and meaningful relationships that women have with the food we cook, eat and share. Read More
Let Me Know When You’re Home: Stories of Female Friendship
In Let Me Know When You’re Home, fifteen women writers look at female friendship in all its forms, in a collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Read More
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Submit your writing for DD’s next publication opportunity – a collection by a single author
Submit your work for our second ever collection of by a single author. Read More
1 week ago
Honesty lines
By Alice Godliman
Alice Godliman's thoughtful poem explores the joy in aging with the expectation of perpetual youth. Read More
2 weeks ago
Heartstrings
By Roisin Craig
A short story that explores the opportunities and dangers afforded by a community that forms itself around a shared narrative. Read More
3 weeks ago