The annual Women's Week Festival is October 9-18, 2009. It is the 25th year, and literature, art, music, comedy and drama promise to make this an amazing trip for all.

Sep 20, 2009 - Victoria Oldham

Claims that fiction which draws on domestic themes fails to address important issues ignores the fact that the domestic space can be politicized.

Aug 25, 2011 - Sally Piper

She is elusive and enigmatic. Both feared and loved, the witch embodies the human struggle to manipulate creation itself.

Sep 1, 2009 - Christopher Mansour

The Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, is a work of Literature that illustrates how community affects the character's disposition.

Dec 28, 2010 - Chantelle Mowatt

Lots of Moms in lots of books. Take a look at this enticing Mother's Day literary collection of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

May 9, 2006 - Colleen Preston

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre...we know the major titles of classic women authors, but what about the "minor" works? Here are some overlooked masterpieces.

Aug 8, 2011 - Sarah Davis

Does Gothic fiction perpetuate stereotypes of women, or challenge them? A discussion concerning Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights'

Feb 3, 2011 - Kevin Barr

Early American literature shows that Puritan women were bound within a tight community and refused the opportunity to develop themselves intellectually.

Feb 23, 2011 - Lesley Lanir

Women often have to fight to be heard, and they have used literary writing to break through the silence, even overcoming religious and cultural ideologies.

May 2, 2010 - Paula Wilder

Japanese crime fiction writer Natsuo Kirino takes a feminist and psychological perspective on Japan's societal underbelly.

Jun 15, 2010 - Shiloh Drake

Analyzing literature from an academic mindset is important, but often literary works can be used to open conversations to help bring about positive life changes.

Mar 29, 2010 - Paula Wilder

Understanding symbolism deepens the meaning and enhances the reading of many great literary works including short stories, novels and poetry.

Feb 9, 2010 - Vickie Britton

We've come a long way from the days when a "real poet" wrote only long-hand, perhaps transcribing a precious finished piece by typewriter.

Apr 22, 2008 - Brenda Ann Burke

Literature is permanently shaped by changing ideologies, regardless of whether it was written in the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, or twenty-first centuries.

Feb 5, 2010 - Angie Briscoe

A few steps to keep in mind when reading a literary work.

Mar 24, 2011 - Rachel Grima

Want to journey into modern Japanese literature but don't know where to begin? Check out these popular recommended works.

Nov 9, 2010 - Rachel Ives

Edith Hall's The Return of Ulysses examines Homer's epic poem The Odyssey and its inspiration on works of film, art and literature.

Oct 7, 2008 - Lisa Rufle

Rapunzel, like many other classic fairy tales, has been the basis for many interpretations by contemporary writers in novels, short stories and poetry.

Oct 13, 2009 - John K. Davis

A survey of Puritan women in early American literature reveals the strict, unjust Puritan model of community life.

Feb 23, 2011 - Lesley Lanir