My colleague and sister-in-spirit, Elaine Morin, just pointed out a great interview about Inanna Press in Booknet Canada that highlights one of our co-edited anthologies, Writing Menopause. It’s a delightful endorsement of our work from the Assistant Publisher, Evelyn Elgie. (I almost said “new” assistant editor, but she’s been there almost a year now.)

She says:

“So, the community of older women that I see at Inanna is really, really powerful of women who are writing on all sorts of different aspects of society. The different things that are important to older women that we often don’t talk about that can maybe be taboo. For instance, we have a book called “Writing Menopause,” which is an anthology. I have taken it to every market that I’ve done, every sort of tabling opportunity since I’ve been at Inanna. I took it to the National Women’s Studies Association Conference last weekend in Puerto Rico. And what I consistently see is that it gets a ton of attention. There’s not a lot of work on women’s experience of menopause.“

Sure, it should come as no surprise that the Assistant Publisher of our own press might endorse our book. But what really pleases me is that she pulled it out of the way back catalogue to highlight it and that says she takes it with her to every conference. She highlights the importance of it and its continued relevance to readers. It remains the only book of it’s kind. Not bad for a book that is almost a decade old in a world where books can take years to get published and forgotten in weeks. I’m proud to have produced something that lasted. I think I can speak for Elaine on that point too. And I’m still so proud of all of our contributors who wrote so fearlessly.

If you’re curious about feminist publishing or already care about it, I encourage you to listen to or read the whole podcast. It’s worth your time.