BOOKS
Juliet is the author of two non-fiction books, and has contributed to several others.
She is available for commissions, talks, discussions and workshops.
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MALTA & GOZO
Bradt Guides, 4th edition 2019 (first edition 2010)
by Juliet Rix
In the most comprehensive guide to Malta and Gozo, Juliet takes readers around the islands’ unique historic, prehistoric, and cultural sights - from temples older than Stonehenge to the baroque glories of the Knights of St John, secret WWII control rooms to statement 21st-century architecture.
There are plenty of recommendations for the best places to stay, where to eat in this increasingly foodie destination, how to join in its colourful firework-fuelled festas, and of course the top spots for sunbathing and swimming.
The book takes travellers off the beaten track, into lesser known corners of Malta and Gozo, and the landscape Edward Lear enthusiastically described as “pomskizillious and gromphiberous, seeing as no other words can describe its magnificence”.
IS THERE SEX AFTER CHILDBIRTH? - A Couple’s Guide to Survival through Pregnancy, Birth and Parenthood
Thorsons, Harper Collins, 1995
by Juliet Rix
Bringing together medical and social research with a host of original interviews, this book presents previously hard-to-find information about the physical and emotional changes brought on by pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
This is an intense time in any couple's emotional and sexual relationship. Research shows that more than half of couples take longer than a year to get their sex lives back on track after the arrival of their first child, and counsellors and sex therapists recognise this as a time when long-term problems can take root.
Yet little or nothing is said about this in most antenatal classes, and 'baby books’ brush over it. Sex and parenthood is one of the last taboos.
Please note: This book is now out of print and out of date (medically and socially). The core findings about parenthood, expectation and understanding, remain highly relevant but 25 years on it is in need of an update.
CONTRIBUTED TO
Edited by John Mair, Tor Clark, Neil Fowler, Raymond Snoddy
and Richard Tait
Arima Publishing
July 2021
Juliet’s chapter on populism, the pandemic and the media’s coverage of the science of Covid-19 is one of a wide variety in this book introduced by the BBC’s Nick Robinson. Other contributors include: Mark Thompson, Alan Rusbridger, Will Hutton, Gavin Esler, Richard Tait, Mark Easton, Dorothy Byrne, Robert Moore and many interesting others. Juliet’s chapter was also published by the British Journalism Review in their June 2021 issue and you can read it here.
Edited by John Mair
Bite-sized Books
January 2021
Juliet contributed a chapter to this fast-turnaround collection of comment a year on from the first cases of Covid-19. The book covers a range of opinion from journalists and academics from China to Israel, and of course the UK. Contributors include the BBC’s Clive Myrie, David Banks (ex-Editor, the Mirror), Prof Julian Petley (Brunel) and Angela Antetomaso (Forbes).
Edited by Gina Barreca
Woodhall Press
March 2021
A collection of original essays about growing up female, by a diverse range of (mostly American) women writers, comedians, and media personalities including Jane Smiley, Fay Weldon, Susan Shapiro, “Judge Judy” Sheindlin, Marge Piercy, Darien Hsu Gee, Lisa Landry, Dawn Lundy Martin, New Yorker Cartoonist Liza Donnelly…and Juliet.
Edited by John Mair
Bite-sized Books
October 2020
Juliet contributed a chapter on impartiality to this fast-turnaround book of comment articles by a broad selection of people including John Humphreys, Raymond Snoddy, Prof Jean Seaton, David Elstein and Sir Anthony Seldon. The book is available in electronic and paper form from Amazon.
Edited by John Mair
Bite-sized Books
July 2020
Juliet contributed a chapter to this fast-turnaround collection of comment on the UK’s handling of the first phase of the pandemic. The book covers a range of opinion from journalists, and academics, including Matthew D’Ancona, James Ball, Prof Vicky Pryce, Rod Liddle and Paul Corrigan (health advisor to the Blair governments).
Juliet also appeared on the launch webinar for this book in July 2020.
