‘It’s markedly more difficult for women to make it into English translation,’ says English PEN’s Maureen Freely, who leads the Warwick Prize development. First award to come in the autumn.
Sisters in Crime on Diversity: Multiculturalism, They Wrote
The writers’ support organization Sisters in Crime releases a new report on diversity in mystery writing and today’s book publishing industry.
NSK Neustadt Prize Announces an All-Women Slate of Finalists
The Neustadt Prize’s biennial recognition of children’s and YA literature has, for the first time, chosen an all-female finalist roster. The winner will be announced in October.
At London Book Fair: The Unfunny Plight of Women in Comics
Tuesday, April 12, at #LBF16 in Olympia London’s National Hall Gallery: “Women in Comics: Is the Graphic Novel Industry Failing To Recognise Female Creators?”
20 Years of ‘New Books in German’
For twenty years, journal ‘New Books in German’ has provided insight and guidance about German literature to editors and publishers from around the world.
Leipzig Book Fair Prize: Where Are the Women?
Winners of the 2016 Leipzig Book Fair Prize were announced from a pool of over 400 new titles and a shortlist dominated, once again, by men.
Questioning Gender Ratio in the Man Booker International Longlist
With 13 titles longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize for fiction translated into English, some question the gender balance on the list.
Art and Anguish at Angoulême: Where Are the Women in Comics?
France’s great comics event, the Festival International de la Bande Desinée at Angoulême, faces serious criticism for being dominated by men.
With First Female President, PEN International Looks to the Future
The new president of PEN International, Jennifer Clement, discusses the organization’s mission to support human rights and its outlook for the future.
On Being a Woman in Publishing
Erin L. Cox looks at her career in publishing and wonders, does the number of female CEOs really measure the impact women have on the publishing business?
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