Putin’s War on Women

Sofi Oksanen is a Finnish-Estonian author renowned for her bold explorations of historical trauma, political repression and personal resilience. Her international bestseller Purge, which won the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Prix Femina Étranger, delves into the dark legacies of Soviet occupation in Estonia and the lingering effects on women’s lives, while her latest book, Same River, Twice, focuses on how the current Russian regime poses a grave threat to women. 

Jo Case is a writer, editor and critic who lives in Adelaide. She is deputy editor, Books & Ideas at The Conversation and has worked in various roles in books and publishing, including as a publisher, festival programmer and literary editor. She is co-editor, with Clem Bastow, of Someone Like Me: An Anthology of Non-Fiction by Autistic Writers (UQP, 2025). Her memoir of autistic motherhood is Boomer and Me (Hardie Grant, 2013).