Re-Sisters: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti

Re-sisters is a 2018 book by Cosey Fanni Tutti that explores the lives of three visionary artists: Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey herself. The book is a meditation on womanhood, creativity, and self-expression, and reveals the interlinking lives of these three women who were undaunted by the consequences they faced in pursuit of enriching their lives and challenging societal and cultural norms.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 17 August 2023
Publisher: Faber & Faber

From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity, and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into the lives of three visionary artists.

A fascinating tale of the interlinking lives of three legendary trailblazers.

SALENA GODDEN
Re-sisters emanates an enthralling power.

JUDE ROGERS, MOJO
Cosey Fanni Tutti has lived the life and has the stories to tell: not just hers, but those of two other still unheralded female pioneers.

JON SAVAGE
Myself, Delia, and Margery - a trinity of the sacred and profane, sinners and saints of a kind. Three defiant women with our individual, unconventional attitude to life. Untameable spirits, progressive thinkers living within the inherent societal constraints of our times.

In 2018, boundary-breaking visual and sonic artist Cosey Fanni Tutti received a commission to write the soundtrack to a film about Delia Derbyshire, the pioneering electronic composer who influenced the likes of Aphex Twin and the Chemical Brothers. While researching Delia's life, Cosey became immersed in Derbyshire's story and uncovered some fascinating parallels with her own life. At the same time, Cosey began reading about Margery Kempe, the 15th-century mystic visionary who wrote the first English-language autobiography.

Re-sisters is the story of three women consumed by their passion for life, a passion they expressed through music, art, and lifestyle; they were undaunted by the consequences they faced in pursuit of enriching their lives, and fiercely challenged the societal and cultural norms of their time.

An impeccably researched meditation on womanhood as viewed through the lives of three firebrands.

FIONA STURGES, GUARDIAN
Awe-inspiring. Read these revelatory portraits: this book.

Weight: 332g
Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571362196
Edition number: Main