Bookshelfie: Scarlett Curtis

Activist and author Scarlett Curtis celebrates Virginia Woolf and her brave and trailblazing attitude to mental health.

Former Women’s Prize for Fiction judge, Scarlett, is co-founder of The Pink Protest which has helped change two laws: a bill to help end period poverty and another to include FGM in the Children’s Act. She’s curated two books, Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and Other Lies) and It’s Not Okay to Feel Blue (and Other Lies); the former is a National Book Award winner. Her podcast, Feminists Don’t Wear Pink, amassed over 1 million listens in only 25 episodes.

Scarlett’s book choices are: 

** Girls in Love by Jacqueline Wilson

** I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

** Dawn by Octavia Butler

** Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

** The Accidental by Ali Smith

Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season five of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women’s Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and they continue to champion the very best books written by women.

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