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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.

Great Escapes to Literary Landscapes

Where to next? We look beyond the page of our favourite books, and explore the literary landscapes that inspired some of our favourite rare birds.

Meet Emma: our member of the month!

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

Blurred Lines: facts between the fiction

Here’s some advice for anyone who has a writer in their life: be careful not to upset them… you might find yourself starring in their next best-seller.

What’s In A Name? A Book Baring Another Author’s Name Would Still Be A Treat

Women wanting to write were forced to use male pseudonyms for centuries. We’ve come a long way since then… so why are female writers still hiding behind men’s names?

Miss Representation: Female Writers on Screen

If you believe the movies, men are the serious writers and women only write relationship advice. Rare Birds Book Club is here to dispel that Hollywood myth.