In her book "In Search of Frankenstein - Mary Shelley's Nightmare" Chloe Dewe Mathews draws parallels between the themes of Shelley's novel and the environmental crisis.
Since the early 2000s, visual activist Zanele Muholi has used photography to re-envision the realities of Black LGBTQIA+ lives in South Africa. Published in tandem with a Tate exhibition held in 2020, the Zanele Muholi Exhibition Book showcases the breadth of their ongoing photographic and activist practice.
In Dayanita Singh’s latest photo-novel, Let’s See (pub. Steidl, 26th May 2022), she revisits the earliest years of her archive – looking back at the images she created when she did not yet consider herself a photographer.
August 9 is Book Lovers Day 2021, to celebrate the wonderful world of storytelling the Hundred Heroines team are sharing the books they're currently reading.