Janet Todd is an academic and novelist, known for her biographies of feminist writers as well as several novels. Todd was born in Wales and grew up in Bermuda, Sri Lanka, England, and Scotland. As an adult she worked in Ghana, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. before returning to Britain. She is a Professor Emerita at […]
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Book Launch: Aphra Behn – A Secret Life at Heffers
Book launch: ‘Aphra Behn – A Secret Life’ by Janet Todd Tuesday 13th June 2017 At 6.30pm on Tuesday 13th June, join Janet Todd at Heffers as she celebrates the launch of her book, Aphra Behn – A Secret Life; an account of the life, work and history of the seventeenth century dramatist, poet of […]
Times Literary Review #467 – Dreaded Diagnosis
https://literaryreview.co.uk/dreaded-diagnoses
Jenni Murray picks the best books about history’s forgotten women
Janet Todd’s Mary Wollstonecraft: A Revolutionary Life features on the list, from Jenni’s book A History of the World in 21 Women. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/10/jenni-murray-picks-the-best-books-about-historys-forgotten-women
BBC Radio London – Jo Good
Jo Good talks to Janet Todd about writing and publishing Radiation Diaries, about rote learning and poetry that sticks in the mind, and about taboo subjects of the body and health 10 September 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06hpz53
Times Higher Education – Cancer and the academy: a college president’s story
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cancer-and-academy-college-presidents-story
Woman’s Hour 25 July 2018 Radiation Diaries
Janet Todd discusses her childhood memoir and cancer in Radiation Diaries with Jenni Murray on Woman’s Hour on 25 July 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbn6yf
Selina Mackenzie TRE Talk Radio
Janet Todd chats talks about Radiation Diaries with Selina Mackenzie in 19 July 2018 https://www.talkradioeurope.com/janet-todd-radiation-diaries-with-tres-selina-mackenzie/
Turkish TV – July 2018 – Global Appeal of Jane Austen
Janet Todd talks about the global appeal of Jane Austen on Turkish television station TRT, July 18, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cgA_Q44AcI
Cambridge 105 – Interview with Janet Todd by Leigh Chambers
https://cambridge105.co.uk/leigh-chambers-13-06-2018/ Jan Todd’s Radiation Diaries