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By Sara Chambers
To chase down the books in this post, we recommend OverDrive for local library audiobook titles, and Bookshop.org for all titles in print (all 10% off): here’s a Mavis Doriel Hay for starters. For out of print titles, AbeBooks can be a good source of affordable used books. Happy hunting!
By Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou
Paradise Rot is translated by Marjam Idriss and published by Verso, and available in paperback and ebook; both formats are currently discounted on the Verso UK site.
By Giulia Rho
MUBI is screening A Month of Single Frames (from Mon 8 March) and Vever (from Tues 9 March) to mark International Women’s Day 2021.
By Annie Ring
It’s a Sin is currently available to watch for free on All4.
By Elhum Shakerifar
The Eighth Life (For Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili, translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, is published by Scribe (paperback, £9.99). Enter the code CC8TH at checkout to get 10% off the book at Burley Fisher Books, or check OverDrive to see whether you can borrow the ebook from your local library.
By Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou
Mishandled Archive is a cross-disciplinary project. Learn more from Tara Fatehi Irani’s website, where you can also order the book, including special signed editions. The book is published by Live Art Development Agency (LADA) and supported by Arts Council England.
By Jenny Chamarette
It Takes Blood and Guts by Skin (with Lucy O’Brien) is currently in hardback (£20.00, or £18.60 + shipping on Bookshop.org), in audiobook (narrated by Skin and Lucy O’Brien, prices differ by platform), and ebook (£9.99). If you have a UK library card, you can check OverDrive to see if your library has the audiobook or ebook for loan.
By Frances Morgan
The Assistant is available to rent or buy from a number of online platforms: Birds Eye View have handily collated them. We recommend Curzon Home Cinema (£3.99 to rent).
Listening to Lizzie Borden and Jessie Rovinelli talk So Pretty, Working Girls, and Beyond
By Reba Martin
Courtney Barnett’s Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sitis available on Spotify, Youtube and Bandcamp: Friday 2 Oct is a Bandcamp Friday, when whatever you pay goes direct to artists.
By Hava and Maz @therightlube
Indianara is currently showing in the MUBI library (UK and US) until May 2021.
By Anahit Behrooz
The Virgin Suicides is available to rent or buy from Amazon and iTunes in the UK, and is on Kanopy in the US. Anna Backman Roger’s book Sofia Coppola: The Politics of Visual Pleasure is available in paperback (£15.95) from our friends at Burley Fisher Books, or check Overdrive to see if you can borrow the ebook from your library.