The late author Helen Dunmore is shortlisted for a Costa Award along with Jon McGregor, Kamila Shamsie and Sarah Winman with almost half of the titles coming from independent publishers in a strong year for women writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Professor Selina Todd argues that you can be taught to write well, as demonstrated by American and Australian university students. Plus letters from Christopher Dodd and Anthony OrmsonIan Jack’s wariness towards writing manuals and classes is a peculiarly British response to teaching this craft... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books by Maggie O’Farrell, Kit de Waal, Kate Tempest and Francesca Simon are among those shortlisted for the 2016 Costa Book Awards, in a strong year for women writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Rona Jaffe Foundation has announced the winners of its eponymous writer's awards for 2016. The awards are given annually to six women writers who "demonstrate excellence and promise in the early stages of their careers." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new hashtag, #women_writers, is providing a safe space for female writers to talk about their literary passions, careers and frustrations in response to sexism within the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The writer and poet Fiona Wright has won the Kibble award at the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers, given every year to Australian women writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crowdfunding publisher Unbound has launched Women in Print, a campaign to encourage more female writers to submit their ideas for books. Unbound has published 43 books, two magazines and a box set of photos to date, of which 32 were by male authors, 12 by female authors, and two by male and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Advocates for women writers – working to counter what is seen as bias towards males in the literary community – suddenly seem to be everywhere. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's book awards time in the UK! The five Costa Book Awards were all won by women writers, while Queen Elizabeth’s New Years Honours List included several authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 08:37 Nobel Prize-winning author V S Naipaul has declared that women's writing is "unequal" to his, during an event at the Hay Festival. The writer, who won the Man Booker in 1971 for In a Free State, said during an interview... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]