Other Words
Author webinars
Several of the authors who contributed to Other Words dive further into key themes connected to their writing and their NoMo journey in a series of webinars. Each webinar features a presentation or discussion by the authors, followed by a Q&A, and will be hosted by the NoMo Book Club.
Searching for Solidarity
The author and adventure activist Jessica Hepburn walks us through some of the inspirational non-mothers who she has encountered as part of her writing journey in her books 21 Miles: Swimming in Search of the Meaning of Motherhood and Save Me from the Waves: An Adventure from Sea to Summit.
Mythology and (Un)motherhood
The author Annie Kirby uncovers the links between mythology and non-motherhood, as explored in her novel The Hollow Sea.
​Annie discusses representations of non-motherhood, and other transgressive female archetypes, in various myths and folk tales, and how these influenced her own writing - as well as how we can relate this to the myths that still follow women who aren’t mothers today.
Other Writers Like Me
The writer and translator Nicole Louie will discuss some of her literary 'muses' - the great female authors who have inspired and influenced her own writing, as outlined in her book Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children. In particular, Nicole will focus on the writers Beatrix Potter, Virginia Woolf and Hilda Hilst.