Indira Varma Instagram – 📕 What an inspiring night of creative and brainy female talent @womensprize
Congratulations to our fiction winner @v_v_ganeshananthan for her astonishing novel #brotherlessnight
A brilliant compelling, deeply moving novel that bears witness to the intimate and epic scale of the tragedies of the Sri Lankan civil war-
Monica Ali
And congratulations to @naomiaklein for winning the first ever prize for women writing non fiction for #doppelganger
Women writing is still radical
Yesterday was the 1000th day of girls in Afghanistan forbidden to continue their education after 11 years of age.
Women writers in the UK are still paid 36% less than their male counterparts reports.
what the actual F***k!? Let’s move that dial.
Thankfully we have @womensprize to celebrate women in their glorious diversity championing a new generation of women writers.
Led by the wonderous @katemossewriter and @clairemshanahan who guided our fabulous generous team of judges through 6 months of reading.
Our chair #monicaali @lauraleedockrill @aayobamiadebayo @mother_pukka going to miss you all very much.
I would urge you to read all the books long and short-listed they are all special. But yes #brotherlessnight is a masterpiece. And resonates beyond its borders.
Tomorrow marks the start of independent Bookshop Week so buy local or Bookshop.org
Thanks to @baileysofficial @audible_uk @findmypast for sponsoring. Women’s literature is woeful underfunded
Keep reading it opens the mind
📕❤️📕 | Posted on 15/Jun/2024 01:42:55
