Tag: women writers

On Culture: Let’s Talk About The Baileys Prize Shortlist

Given the amount of critical coverage of the Baileys Prize for Fiction in recent years, the response to this year’s shortlist has been somewhat muted. Which is surprising, writes Eleanor ...

by Eleanor Franzen • 14th April 201615th January 2026

Arts & Culture, Technology

On Culture: Let's Talk About The Baileys Prize Shortlist

Given the amount of critical coverage of the Baileys Prize for Fiction in recent years, the response to this year’s shortlist has been somewhat muted. Which is surprising, writes Eleanor ...

by Eleanor Franzen • 14th April 201615th January 2026

Interviews

Girls Behaving Badly: an interview with Emma Jane Unsworth

I find that the fun comes either side of the writing: having ideas is fun, and seeing the finished thing is fun, but the bit in the middle is just ...

by dancoxon • 9th April 20149th April 2014

Literature

Brazilian women are writing better than their male contemporaries now. Who to read and why.

Vinicius Jatoba, one of Granta’s Best of Young Brazilian Novelists, on four female, contemporary writers whose work he particularly admires.

by vjatoba • 31st October 201331st October 2013

Snapshots of Gender and Sexual Relations in 1920s São Paulo in Patrícia Galvão’s <em>Industrial Park: A Proletarian Novel</em>

Literature

Snapshots of Gender and Sexual Relations in 1920s São Paulo in Patrícia Galvão’s Industrial Park: A Proletarian Novel

Antonio Marcio Da Silva examines Patrícia Galvão’s depiction of São Paulo’s geographical spaces of segregation, and the issues that industrialisation brought to 1920s Brazil.

by marnat_brz • 23rd October 201323rd October 2013

Travel&Lifestyle

Women Writers and Other Fighters

In addition to talent, exclusion is also a strong component in Brazilian literature. Rosane Carneiro addresses this, through a singular and bold history that is common in the country.

by rosaneramos • 19th October 201319th October 2013

The Litro Blog

Love Journalism, Love Film? Enter the Film Reporter Competition for Women.

In response to the well-known fact that women remain under-represented generally across the film industry, a competition designed to encourage more women in film journalism has been announced by Sight ...

by 999Bagpuss • 26th November 20122nd May 2013

The Litro Blog

Liberating Domesticity from the Literary Ghetto

Short story writers Helen Simpson and Michele Roberts were at the London Review of Books last Thursday to talk about “Women Writing Women”. Before contemplating the depictions ...

by melanie-white • 5th June 201222nd February 2013

FastTrack Editorial Review