One of the wittiest female characters in literary history, Nora Charles from The Thin Man, doesn’t hold a candle to her inspiration, Lillian Hellman. Lillian was author Dashiell Hammett’s ...

This week we're celebrating International Women’s Day by recognising inspiring female role models across the arts world. Here we look at women in literature ... remains top of the class ...

The world of comics is populated by many thousands of characters ... Vampy continues to dispel myths about female comic book ...

The world of literature is a rich tapestry woven with diverse voices and perspectives, and the contributions of female authors ... into the inner lives of her characters with unparalleled sensitivity.

Six of the top ten heroes were female, including Katniss ... of women and girls in children's literature. The poll also showed that some characters remain memorable more than a century after ...

Numerous other female literary characters exist beneath the umbrella of queerness; the signs are sometimes subtle and sometimes not. Take Clarissa Dalloway, the titular heroine of Virginia Woolf ...