A Sisters of the Soil Novel/With Recipes by Sonia Day Friesen Press 306 pages, $31.99 In 2006, a group of eight women met for the first time in New York, “lured by a press release from the Brooklyn ...

But she pushed back against the patriarchy, instead putting her time and effort into botany. She wrote books, she studied — but she was knocked back at every turn, simply because she’s a woman.

Bayside Council has partnered with Sydney Writers' Festival to host an Author Talk with Debra Oswald on Friday 23 May in the ...