Penguin Random House UK chair Gail Rebuck has used her maiden speech in the House of Lords to champion greater literacy for the “most marginalised and excluded women in our society”, saying the literate woman is “a potentially empowered woman”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
August is Women in Translation month, dedicated to works of literature originally written by women in languages other than English. As we explained in our 2018 version of this list, such works make up a tiny percentage of the books published in the United States each year, though with increased... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-08-26 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The Women's Prize for Fiction is holding its first ever online festival, featuring three evenings of interviews with shortlisted authors, readings, behind-the-scenes content and live Q&As. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 00:13:53 UTC ]
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Author Florence Given is launching an instagram campaign, encouraging followers to pose with a copy of her debut feminist memoir, Women Don't Owe You Pretty (Cassell). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-20 11:12:41 UTC ]
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Rider has signed the first book from Brita Fernandez Schmidt, executive director for charity Women for Women International, featuring a foreword by Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-18 16:40:29 UTC ]
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Novelists including Candice Carty-Williams, Beth O'Leary and Jeanette Winterson are in the running for the Comedy Women in Print Prize (CWIP). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-16 13:06:20 UTC ]
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Featured image: Louise Brooks, interviewed in Lulu in Berlin, 1984 ¤ IN 1966, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES AUTHOR and screenwriter Anita Loos drolly paid tribute to one of the cinema’s most iconic brunettes. Loos had first been friendly with Louise Brooks “in California when she was an early-day sex... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-08-15 15:00:27 UTC ]
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As Crown Publishing predicted, readers eagerly anticipated Michelle Obama’s Becoming. Autobiography and memoir are best selling categories because virtually everyone enjoys learning about the private life of public figures. In this case, many were curious about the woman who seemed to rise above... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-08-12 11:00:00 UTC ]
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In collaboration with the Women's Prize for Fiction, sponsor Baileys is re-releasing free e-books of classic works using the real names of female writers who originally published under male pseudonyms. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-12 02:14:44 UTC ]
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Nora Caplan-Bricker writes about “Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women,” the latest book by the philosopher Kate Manne, which explores what male entitlement costs women and non-binary people. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2020-08-10 21:10:38 UTC ]
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Raven Leilani’s debut novel follows an interracial, intergenerational affair as it leads to an unusual redefinition of family. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-08-06 09:00:04 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus has signed activist and author Caroline Criado Perez's follow-up to the award-winning bestseller Invisible Women (also Chatto). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-03 04:14:52 UTC ]
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Taking a look at 19 internationally prominent women in political leadership, the nonfiction YA title 'In Good Hands' is to be made into a television series. The post Canada: White Pine Options Kids Can Press’ YA Book on Women Politicians appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-31 17:13:55 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has been selected as one of the Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2020, while its Gender Balance Network has won Employee Network Group of the Year (Private Sector) at the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (ENEI) Awards 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 15:13:59 UTC ]
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The Women’s Prize for Fiction is launching a crowdfunding campaign with publisher Unbound, in honour of its 25th anniversary, to create The Women’s Prize for Fiction Journal: Celebrating 25 years of #ReadingWomen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 05:08:34 UTC ]
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Constable is publishing a book this summer exploring the reasons why women are blamed for male violence. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-20 01:16:35 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has acquired world all language rights to Wake Up: Why the ‘Liberal’ War on Free Speech is Even More Dangerous than Covid-19 by broadcaster and journalist Piers Morgan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-15 12:44:18 UTC ]
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Penguin Business has pre-empted Permission to Speak by Samara Bay, a dialect and speech coach in Hollywood. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 08:04:22 UTC ]
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The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire has partnered with the Women Poets' Prize for the 2020 award, as it launches its second year in action. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 02:25:17 UTC ]
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Being a book publisher comes with a set of tough moral responsibilities. You provide livelihoods for authors and booksellers, your hiring decisions can greatly influence how UK culture is shaped, and you’re also a company with a duty of care towards your staff. Sometimes these duties come into... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-23 03:23:48 UTC ]
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Celebrate Pride Month and queer voices by reading these three captivating audiobook memoirs written and narrated by queer women. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-06-22 10:36:19 UTC ]
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