Sandi Toksvig and Helen Lederer lead the drive to tackle gender inequality in the artsFrom this month’s Women of the World gathering on London’s South Bank to many smaller bespoke festivals and competitions, the demand for public events and festivals centred on the female experience is growing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Viking is preparing for a "huge" campaign around the publication of John le Carré's new book, A Legacy of Spies, dubbed "the literary event of the autumn". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jacqueline Wilson and Melvyn Bragg are among the names to speak at this year's FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the literary event and will bring together an array of speakers including authors David Baddiel, Liz Pichon, Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
From The Girl on the Train to Gone Girl, badass women rule in today’s blockbusters. Author Kate Mosse picks her favourite justified sinnersThis year has been, in fiction at least, the year of the wild woman. Novels driven by vengeful, unreliable female narrators and psychopathically flawed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]