The Female Line: An Anthology of Northern Irish Women Writers

The Female Line: Northern Irish Women Writers, edited by Ruth Hooley, was first published in 1985 by the Northern Ireland Women's Movement.In 2016, The Female Line has been republished as an ebook, with a new Preface by Ruth Carr (formerly Hooley... Read more

The Female Line: Northern Irish Women Writers, edited by Ruth Hooley, was first published in 1985 by the Northern Ireland Women's Movement.In 2016, The Female Line has been republished as an ebook, with a new Preface by Ruth Carr (formerly Hooley). Its reissue makes the anthology available to a new generation of readers and ensures its place in the record of women's writing and publication in the north of Ireland.Authors included:Fiona BarrMary BeckettEvelyn BermanShirley BorkGeraldine BradleyFrancine CunninghamAnne DevlinPolly DevlinDorothy GharbaouiAnn W. CleaveChristine HammondRuth HooleyAnne JagoMaura JohnstonJennifer JohnstonMarie JonesEileen KellyJan KennedyKate MaddenStella MahonPatricia MallonSandra MarshallFrances McEnaneyMary McGowanMedbh McGuckianJill McKennaBlanaid McKinneyJanet McNeillElizabeth MillerFrances MolloySheila MulvennaBrenda MurphyAnne NobleChristina ReidGeraldine ReidAnne-Marie ReillyDelia RimingtonBernadette RossCarol ScanlonJanet SheppersonLaura ShierAnne StrainAnne TannahillMary TwomeyUna Woods Less