
International Women’s Day 2022: Reading Recommendations
International Women’s Day 2022: Reading Recommendations
International Women’s Day 2022 is on March 8th. This year’s global theme is #BreakTheBias and in Canada, Women Inspiring Women. We asked our editors of Quill & Quire for their favourite reads. See the recommended adult, YA and children’s books that celebrate and give voice to women.
International Women’s Day 2022 is on March 8th. This year’s global theme is #BreakTheBias and in Canada, Women Inspiring Women. We asked our editors of Quill & Quire for their favourite reads. See the recommended adult, YA and children’s books that celebrate and give voice to women.

Adult Books
Shared by Attila Berki, Quill & Quire‘s acting review editor
Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World by Eliza Reid
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The Unconventional Nancy Ruth by Ramona Lumpkin
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Spílǝxm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell
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Seconds Out: Women and Fighting by Alison Deans
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Undersong by Kathleen Winter
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Children’s Books
Shared by Inderjit Deogun, Quill & Quire‘s books for young people editor
Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas by Sam Maggs; and Kendra Wells, ill.
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The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Used to Reclaim Cultures by Christian Allaire
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Her Epic Adventure: 25 Daring Women Who Inspire a Life Less Ordinary by Julia De Laurentiis Johnston and Salini Perera, ill.
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Fired Up about Consent by Sarah Ratchford
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The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad
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