This book, volume ten of the Series 'The History of British Women's Writing', maps the most active and vibrant period in the history of British women's writing. Examining changes and continuities in fiction, poetry, drama, and journalism, as well as women's engagement with a range of literary and popular genres, the essays in this volume highlight the range and diversity of women's writing since 1970. Contents: Fiction: from realism to postmodernism and beyond / Hanson, Clare: Poetry on page and stage / Dowson, Jane: Mrs Worthington’s daughters: drama / Griffin, Gabriele: Media old and new / Chambers, Deborah: Publishing and Prizes / Low, Gail: The grandes dames: writers of longevity / Joannou, Maroula: ‘The Monstrous Regiment’: literature and the women’s liberation movement / Whelehan, Imelda: Writing the F-Word: girl power, the third wave, and postfeminism / Munford, Rebecca: The Gothic: danger, discontent, and desire / Zlosnik, Sue: Changing the story: fairy tale, fantasy, myth / Harries, Elizabeth Wanning: Disputing the past: historical fiction / King, Jeannette: Life Lines: Auto/biography and memoir / Anderson, Linda: Writing the nations: Welsh, Northern Irish, and Scottish Literature / Dix, Hywel: Unsettling the centre: black British fiction / Scafe, Suzanne: Redefining Britishness: British Asian fiction / Ranasinha, Ruvani: Writing Now / Chambers, Claire (et al.):