Meet Ash and Han – extract from All The Women She Knows

Read an extract from Ash and Han, a story included in All The Women She Knows by Tutku Barbaros. Read More

Dear Damsels is Changing

Dear Damsels,  Today, we’re announcing a transition for DD. We’ve been running this platform for nearly a decade (if you can believe it!) and in… Read More

‘Foxglove’ by Nadia Henderson: from Tools for Surviving a Storm: Eleven Tales of Nature, Love and Fear

By Nadia Henderson

Read Foxglove from Nadia Henderson's collection Tools for Surviving the Storm. This incisive short story explores how mother's debilitating fear turns to obsession. Read More

Aprikosen, Marillen – from What She’s Having: Stories of Women and Food

By Maria Ilona Moore

Maria Ilona Moore's non-fiction piece Aprikosen, Marillen, where she explores her family's history, nostalgia and duality of homemade apricot jam. Read More

Seating Arrangements – from Let Me Know When You’re Home: Stories of Female Friendship

By Sara Sherwood

Read a short story by Sara Sherwood, following old friends at a dinner party. and originally published in Let Me Know When You're Home. Read More

WISDOM prompts: lessons, advice and heroes

We're thrilled to share the winner of the DD WISDOM prompts competition, Emma Boyns. Read More

Writing Tips from So Long As You Write

Did you make a resolution to write more this year? So Long As You Write, edited by Kerry Ryan, is brimming with inspiration and tips on putting pen to paper.  We share some of her advice. Read More

Our next theme – WISDOM

As one year ends, and another begins, what have you learned? Our next theme is WISDOM. Read More

Introducing Tutku Barbaros – author of DD’s next collection

Meet Tutku, whose triumphant story collection we’ll be publishing next summer as DD’s second one-author book, with support using public funding from Arts Council England.  Read More

DD Book Bundle Prompt Challenge

To celebrate our new DD book bundle, we put together some writing prompts themed to tie in with our books, and asked our wonderful community to respond to them. One lucky writer wins a DD Book Bundle! Read More