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• Hazel Butterfield
• 07 October 2026

'If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.' - Haruki Murakami,

• Hazel Butterfield
• 24 August 2026

'A good book is an event in my life.' - Stendhal, The Red and the Black

• Hazel Butterfield
• 15 July 2026

'If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.' - Haruki Murakami,

• Hazel Butterfield
• 15 June 2026

Let’s be honest: being a woman in 2026 feels like being the project manager of a body that keeps submitting new feature requests without approval. One minute you’re cruising along, the next your hormones have staged a coup and your cortisol has packed its bags to live permanently in the red zone.

• Hazel Butterfield
• 11 May 2026

Sometimes, books just take us away for a little while, and return us to our place with a new perspective." – Sara Nisha Adams

• Hazel Butterfield
• 20 March 2026

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this latest collection of books and I feel that although they are all very different, they all need to be read for what they offer on reminding us of the incredible strength of women.