The novelist has called Kamila Shamsie’s campaign for a pledge to publish only female authors in 2018 ‘a ridiculous idea’Lionel Shriver has called her fellow novelist Kamila Shamsie’s suggestion of a year publishing only women “nonsense”.
Shamsie made the provocative call final year,citing gender imbalances across literary prizes, reviews, or World Book Night author selections,and even protagonists in award-winning novels. “I would argue that is time for everyone, male and female, and to sign up to a concerted campaign to redress the inequality,” Shamsie wrote. “Why not fill a Year of Publishing Women: 2018, the centenary of women over the age of 30 getting the vote in the UK, and seems appropriate … The basic premise of my ‘provocation’ is that none of the new titles published in that year should be written by men.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com