FEMINIST BOOKSTORES
Feminist
Bookstore Network Catalog
Feminist bookstores from across the United States and Canada came
together to produce a catalog that "celebrates the rich diversity
of women's lives and visions." The catalog includes a list of
feminist bookstores, along with snail-mail and email addresses,
phone and fax numbers. Also find a collection of recommended books
on everything from lesbian fiction to travel.
Feminist
Bookstores
This site lists feminist bookstores all over the world and links
to book review sites. Order your feminist bookstore catalog here!
The site contains both lesbian and feminist shops.
Gay Mart
The Gay-Mart shopping site has a selction of books written by
and for the queer community. The site hosts a vast selection of
books ranging from queer theory to children's books.
Jewish
Feminist Resources
At this bookstore you can find all of your favorite books written
by and about Jewish feminists. Order books through this site and
a portion of the proceeds can go to "Bridges: A Journal for Jewish
Feminists and Our Friends."
New
Words
This women's bookstore in Cambridge Massachusetts provides links
to publishers, feminist presses, bookstore resources and information
about local women's studies departments. The site is updated regularly
with staff favorites and a section entitled "What's new and hot."
Sisterspace
This DC bookstore specializes in books by and about African American
women, and sponsors community events and readings.
Toronto Women's Bookstore
A Canadian member of the US/Canada Feminist Bookstore Network,
this empowering space features books writen by women, for women,
and about women's issues. Drop by to take a course on writing,
politics, and other empowering topics; visit the website to discuss
new works or old favories; or browse books, music and jewelry
from their collection.
Women
and Children First Bookstore
This store contains 30,000+ books, including titles in lesbian
and gay fiction and non-fiction, local authors, and many children's
titles. The site also has a listing of upcoming events.
FEMINIST PRESSES
Attic
Press
Ireland's only feminist press publishes books by and about women,
specializing in Irish/Women's Studies, Literature, Teenage Fiction
and Children's Fiction.
Firebrand
Books
Firebrand is an award-winning feminist/lesbian publishing house.
Their site contains links to other feminist sites and author pages.
State
University of New York Press
c/o CUP Services, P.O. Box 6525
Ithaca, NY 14851
info@sunypress.edu
Volcano
Press
This site contains titles on family violence and women's health,
as well as biographies of authors.
P.O. Box 270 C
Volcano, California 95689-0270
(800) 879-9636
FEMINIST LITERARY SEARCH UTILITIES
Association
of American University Presses (AAUP)
This site allows users to search the holdings of a number of university
presses- over 75,000 titles from more than 60 presses.
Project Gutenberg
The web page of this enormous effort to put classic books on-line
allows users to view available texts by title and by author. In
addition, a listing of other electronic text resources is available.
ADDITIONAL FEMINIST LITERATURE RESOURCES
In Other
Words
In Other Words Books and resources is a site by, for and about
women that contains information about Portland, Oregon feminist
events.
Spinsters
Ink
This feminist publisher's site includes a catalog of books, background
information on the company, information on Norcraft: A Writing
Retreat for Women, and more. Spinsters Ink focuses on underrepresented
women.
spinster@spinsters_ink.com
Voices from
the Gaps.
This feminist site allows you to search through a database of
women of color authors. The site contains biographical information
about these authors as well as lists of works and pictures.
Women's
Bookshelf
This site contains an astounding number of reviews and ordering
information for books by women, for women and sold by women by
subject and with a searchable database. Also find message boards,
publishers's catalogs, shopping and a number of women-related
and writing-related links.
