Reading's Influential Women The Orbita Group Editor Tony Curtis (poet and

Editor Tony Curtis (poet and a respected art critic) has brought together experts whose subtle and accessible essays extend further our appreciation of what continues to be a mainstay of our literary and artistic canon

"The astonishingly acclomplished debut of a poet who will surely take his place among the very best of hisgeneration

the Poetry Days Award

It seemed pretty strange

novelist Yusef Habshi al-Ashqar and novelist-playwright Ahmed al-Fagih

Reading's Influential Women The Orbita Group Editor Tony Curtis (poet andA wide ranging and fact filled compendium of influential women, all with a connection to the Reading area. Some are well known international names, others deserve to be. They are pioneers, familiar faces, recognisable voices, unsung heroes, campaigners, world changers, socialists, celebrities, Olympic champions, writers, artists, and scientists. This book features more than 60 individual Women who have a connection with Reading and have made a notable