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#125: Harriet Hall: On Getting A Book Commissioned vs Pitching

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is Harriet Hall is Stylist's Head of Digital Features and Author of SHE: A Celebration of Renegade Women.

Harri specialises in fashion and feminism, and edits the Stylist Ask a Feminist column. Her book SHE: A Celebration of Renegade Women is available on Amazon and all good books shops. SHE is a love letter to all the women who have thrown out the rulebook and threatened the status quo. It's a toast to the brave, bold and brilliant women who make us proud.

We talk about the process of what happens when an editor commission you to write a book without a literary agent, dealing with trolls and branded feminism.

Hope you enjoy this one!



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0:57.7

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Control Lock Delete. Today's guest is Harriet Hall or Harry Hall. She is

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stylists head digital features, writer, and also a presenter and producer at

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Stylus magazine. She specializes in fashion and feminism and she edits the

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Ask A Feminist Column and we met, I think when she might have commissioned me to write and

1:22.4

ask a feminist column when my first book came out.

1:26.1

And then also we've been on a few kind of trips together to do with the stylists.

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And she's just a really great person.

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She's also written a book called She, a celebration of renegade women and it's

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available now to buy in all good bookshops and on Amazon.

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It's a book that celebrates amazing women over the years. From

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Koko Chanel to Cleopatra, to Jane Austin, to Michelle Obama, to many activists like Malala, she has written a book that really truly

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