Reading University is now the proud owner of “almost certainly the most important English language manuscript still in private hands,” a six-notebook draft of Samuel Beckett’s Murphy. (The damage? A cool [almost] one million pounds.)

When writers eat.

When writers drink.

And speaking of comestibles: the typography picnic is a thing.

Whether or not you’ve heard of them (we all know what happens when you assume), these six lesser-known women writers deserve your attention.