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Andra Jenkin

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Andra Jenkin is an Auckland writer who has co-authored Double Edged Sword with Simonne Butler, performed at the Indonesian Readers and Writers Festival, edited such titles as The Atomic Composition of the Seeming Solid by Shane Hollands, and drawn for the NZ anthology of womens comics, Three Words. Andra was born in Auckland in 1974.

The sixth best book of 2017: The Power by Naomi Alderman

The sixth best book of 2017: The Power by Naomi Alderman

This Christmas week we countdown the six best books of 2017. Number six: Naomi Alderman's feminist sci-fi novel The Power.

By Andra Jenkin | 18th December, 2017

LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 07: Naomi Alderman attends the Baileys Women’s Prize For Fiction Awards 2017 at The Royal Festival Hall on June 7, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

Book of the Week: Imagining a future where women are the oppressors

Andra Jenkin reviews The Power, a wildly successful feminist sci-fi novel which imagines a world where women are in control.

By Andra Jenkin | 20th July, 2017