Sian Norris a writer and journalist specialising in reproductive and LGBTIQ rights. Her work has been published in openDemocracy 50:50, the Guardian, the i, New Statesman, Byline Times, politics.co.uk and many more. Her book, Birth Violence, explores how the Far Right is attacking women's reproductive rights in Europe and will be published by Verso in Autumn 2022. She is also the founder of the Bristol Women's Literature Festival.
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Published in: 50.50Autumn: writing the now as we live through itPublished this autumn, Ali Smith's latest novel Autumn explores the political upheavals of summer 2016, as well as...
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Published in: 50.50I Love Dick: what makes a feminist classic?Chris Kraus's feminist classic I Love Dick, reissued in paperback this year, confronts the reader with complex...
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Published in: 50.50The Joyce Girl and the mad wives of modernismAnnabel Abbs' debut novel explores the life of Lucia Joyce - daughter of James - whose desire for an independent...
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Published in: 50.50Hotel: a meditation on the meaning of 'home'Joanna Walsh’s new book, Hotel, is a memoir of the breakdown of her marriage and the difficulties in leaving a...
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Published in: 50.50The Quipu project: testimonies of forced sterilisation in PeruThe mass forced sterilisations of Peruvians is one of the grave human rights violations of our time. But the...
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Published in: 50.50Ali Smith's Public Library: civic space and intimacyThe 'serious playfulness' of Ali Smith's most recent collection is underpinned by reverence for civic space and the...