Her Other Language is an anthology of writing by women which seeks to focus attention on the ongoing issue of domestic violence and abuse. Its contributors include distinguished writers such as Lucy Caldwell, Leontia Flynn, Bernie McGill, Joan Newmann and Medbh McGuckian alongside emerging and first-time writers and survivors. All of the over 90 contributors have given their poems, stories and play extracts freely in support of Belfast and Lisburn Women's Aid.

In her foreword, Monica McWilliams warns: 'What you are about to read is both joyful and painful. Fear and tension jump out from the pages.' Yet there is also hope, the hope of solidarity across generation, class, gender, sexuality, language and ethnicity. What began as a project to bear witness to violence against women, has expanded to articulate the many paths from harm into the freedom of imaginative capability.

Published with financial support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Allstate.

Frances Molloy's short story, Women are the Scourge of the Earth, which features in the anthology, is drawn from her short story collection Women are the Scourge of the Earth, available from this website for £10.00.

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