Suzannah Lipscomb Instagram – I am delighted to announce that I am chairing the judges of the inaugural @womensprize for Non-Fiction.
I am joined by an extraordinary panel: fair fashion campaigner @venetialamanna Manna; academic, author and consultant @profnicolarollock; biographer and journalist @annesebba; and author of 2018 winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction @kshamsie.
We need this prize. We have to banish the lingering perception that non-fiction is men’s work by showing that authority and expertise are qualities that women possess in spades.
This prize will shine a light on talented and often overlooked female writers creating brilliant, groundbreaking and revelatory work in genres that include history, science, philosophy, sport, nature, medicine, psychology and biography.
I am unspeakably glad that the prize has come into existence – and am very grateful to the sponsors, @findmypast. For me, it’s an enormous privilege and a joy to chair the judges: together we have a chance to elevate the best of women’s non-fiction writing this year.
I am wearing @aspigalondon. | Posted on 25/Oct/2023 13:30:12
