‘We want a new library of 100 great books by women’ says Hay Festival founder Peter Florence, as Cambridge University Press opens this year’s selection of free-to-read International Women’s Day content.
In Colombia, A Discussion of ‘Women’s Fiction’ Versus Fiction by Women
As part of the launch of Hay Festival’s Latin American anthology, ‘Bogotá39-2017,’ author Samanta Schweblin and editor Sara Malagón talk about labels and gender.
Tracey Armstrong on Women in Publishing: ‘Still Striving for Equal Pay’
Copyright Clearance Center’s Tracey Armstrong is on Frankfurt Book Fair’s ‘The Markets’ panel of female publishing executives.
Women Translators on Women in Translation: ‘Translations Are Already a Hard Sell’
From Words Without Borders: ‘Put in the time to seek out great books by women and underrepresented writers,’ one of a quartet of women translators says.
Vicky Williams on Women in Publishing: Women and Men Need to Champion Women
‘Women need to almost un-condition themselves,’ says Emerald’s Vicky Williams, who joins The Markets’ panel at Frankfurt Book Fair on women in publishing.
Women in Translation Month: Three Percent’s Chad Post Runs the Numbers
‘Keep an eye on Danish,’ Open Book and Three Percent’s Chad Post advises. ‘That seems to be the hot language for women writers’ in translation.’
Arpita Das on Women in Publishing: ‘Such a Non-Level Playing Field’
“For women not to be a stronger part of fields like education and publishing is ridiculous,” says publisher and CEO Arpita Das in India.
At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’: Why Aren’t There More Women Executives in Publishing?
From France and India: two female executives, two contrasting perspectives, in interviews on the challenges of women in executive roles in publishing.
Sophie de Closets on Women in Publishing: ‘What Troubles Me Is the Lack of Men’
Fayard CEO Sophie de Closets says the problem is less about women reaching executive roles than about finding ‘men who want to work in publishing.’
The UK Has a New Prize for Women in Translation: The Warwick
‘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.