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 about his career at the Royal Geographical Society: "Women writers are different, they are quite different. I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not. I think [it is] unequal to me." read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has acquired Difficult Women, a history of modern feminism by journalist Helen Lewis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Kate Jegede has set up a new writing prize that aims to increase the visibility of women writers in the UK writing non-fiction works with a philosophical or critical thinking theme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nature writer Nicola Davies has been appointed BookTrust’s new writer-in-residence. Davies, who takes over the role from Nadia Shireen, will use her six-month residency to encourage children to explore the natural world around them. “I’m very happy to have been chosen to be a Writer in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An artist in India is challenging sexist drawings of women in comic books, by reimaging male heroes. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Royal Caribbean will no longer allow passengers to bring emotional support animals on its ships, such as the Mariner of the Seas. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors, publishers and trade professionals are joining together to launch a working class writers’ festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An independent publisher in the UK sees how sports are changing, and is taking steps to address the gender gap in outdoor adventure literature–with an anthology by and about women. The post Vertebrate Publishing’s New Climb: Bringing Adventuring Women Into the Picture appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has paid tribute to the “great and controversial” author V S Naipaul who died aged 85 on Saturday night. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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V. S. Naipaul, the award-winning writer born in Trinidad who settled in England and wrote an astonishing number of great novels and searing works of nonfiction, died over the weekend at the age of 85. After publishing a novel, The Mystic Masseur, and a number of short stories about Trinidad in... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Trinidadian-born author of Indian ancestry lived his adult life in England, writing the powerful but polarizing books on migration and empire that won him the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Sunday Times/PFD prize for writers aged 18 to 35 opens a new resource, while the Paul Torday Prize will honor a debut novelist decades older. The post Content From a UK Award for Younger Writers, and a Prize for Authors Over 60 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors' organisations have revealed an “ever-increasing” demand on financial hardship grants, with new applications to the Royal Literary Fund up a third in four years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Publishers has acquired a "gripping and darkly twisty" domestic thriller, Don’t Tell Teacher, and a second untitled novel, from author Suzy K Quinn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In our most recent salary and jobs survey, of the 664 people who responded, 119 said they have been sexually harassed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women in Publishing is to restart its regular meetings this autumn, launching with a panel discussion to explore the pay gap in September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A doctor of theoretical linguistics turns her hand to fiction, exploring the power of language in her dystopian début. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic has acquired a funny middle grade novel inspired by last year’s Women’s March by Laura Wood. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Books has revealed the first official book to accompany the new series of Doctor Who, a “beautifully illustrated collection of stories about the remarkable women” of the show. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No one can predict with certainty the direction of women's magazines, which have struggled to maintain print circulation as newsstand sales continue to fall. But if you're placing bets on a strategy that might help them flourish, look no further than Samantha Barry, the 36-year-old woman who is... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tash Aw, Jesse Greengrass and Fiona Mozley are among the 31 winners of the Society of Authors 2018 Authors' Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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