https://booksbywomen.org/readwomen2014-update/ Mon, 09 Jun 2014 21:31:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://booksbywomen.org/readwomen2014-update/#comment-17735 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 21:31:40 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=11670#comment-17735 It’s so heartening that the campaign has had a positive response on Twitter and in the media – and that it has made more people aware of just how great the disparity is between men and women as writers/reviewers! More power to you

]]> https://booksbywomen.org/readwomen2014-update/#comment-17671 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 14:22:56 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=11670#comment-17671 Good to hear that the campaign is making a difference. Shameless plug: my blog about literary fiction by women marks it’s one-year anniversary this month. Lots of reviews and interviews, plus guest posts by authors and giveaways. http://readherlikeanopenbook.wordpress.com

]]> https://booksbywomen.org/readwomen2014-update/#comment-17540 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:46:09 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=11670#comment-17540 Great to see this update . . . . One of the best books I’ve ever read re: women and publishing is ‘How to Suppress Women’s Writing’ by Joanna Russ, published in 1983; so much still rings true. A favorite bit of literary trivia from the book: a novel published in 1847 under a pseudonym was hailed as ‘powerful and original,’ . . . ‘the work of a promising, possibly great, new writer.’ When a second edition appeared in 1850, and the author’s true identity was revealed, one reviewer liked the author to ‘a little bird fluttering its wings against the bars of its cage.’ The author: Emily Bronte. The novel: ‘Wuthering Heights.’

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