
Gillian Anderson announces ‘even more daring’ follow-up to bestselling book of sexual fantasies
Gillian Anderson has announced a follow-up to her bestselling anthology of female sexual fantasies, WANT, with the hope that it will be “more international, and even more daring”.
The original book “gave thousands of women the freedom to talk about sex without shame or judgment; to see themselves in the words of strangers, and reflect on their own desires – some for the very first time,” Anderson said. “But Want unlocked so much more for so many and felt like just the beginning of a deeper conversation."
WANT was an instant No 1 Sunday Times bestseller in the UK, and reached No 8 in the New York Times bestseller list. The English edition is currently available in 74 countries, and translation rights have been sold for 27 different languages.
Anderson pledged a sum of £500 for each letter published in the original WANT book, to be split equally between the charities Women for Women International and War Child. The book’s publisher Bloomsbury also gave £50,000 to Women for Women International. Bloomsbury and Anderson said they will commit to the same contributions for this second collection.
Alexis Kirschbaum, editorial director at Bloomsbury, said working with Anderson “has been an immense and inspiring undertaking. We are doing it again to give even more women the opportunity to take part, and I can’t wait to see what the next book reveals.”
Announcing the opening of the DearGillian.com portal on Instagram, Gillian wrote:
Want gave thousands of women the freedom to talk about sex without shame; to see themselves in the words of strangers and reflect on their own desires. It unlocked so much for so many, and it was just the beginning of a deeper conversation.We want to throw the door wide open with another book, reaching more women, making it more international, and even more daring. Maybe you wrote in last time but didn’t finish. Maybe you thought your fantasy would be too much, or not enough. Maybe you hadn’t even heard of our project until now.However you’ve come to it, and whatever your experience, I want to hear from you and I want to hear it all. Share your fantasy at DearGillian.com.
Submissions are open now, and will close on 23rd May.