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Rare Birds Books sets out to prove, once and for all, that it’s not the length of a book that counts… it’s what the author does with it.

Worth the wait?

Good things come to those who wait… We take a look at some of the most prolific Rare Birds of all time, and those who enjoy a more relaxed approach...

‘Without reason and accountability’ – women written under a male gaze

Rare Birds Books shifts our focus to male writers, to examine why they sometimes have such a hard time writing believable female characters.

An Unexpected Point of View

Following an unfortunate ‘almost exchange’, Rare Birds Books asks the question: why settle for an unreliable narrator, when you could have an unusual one?

Meet Rosie: our member of the month!

Rosie is our member of the month in June. Today on the blog she shares her favourite reads and more.

Meet Ruth: our member of the month!

Ruth is our member of the month in May. Today on the blog she shares her favourite reads and more.

Fair Game Fiction

Is it ethical to cast a real-life person in a piece of literary fiction? Rare Birds Book Club takes a look at a divisive genre.

Women Don’t Read (Insert Lie Here)

If the ladies get ‘women’s fiction’; what do the boys get? Everything else, apparently… Women write across all genres, and *spoiler alert* we read them all too.