S01E02 | Women Writers Around the World
Mar 24, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 2
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Episode description
It’s Women’s History Month! To celebrate amazing women writers, Marina gives us some insight into the publishing world and why some consider it a tough industry, especially for women. Our host also shares some of her favourite books written by intelligent and astute female authors.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- Anne Tyler - A Spool of Blue Thread
- Barbara Kingsolver - The Posionwood Bible
- E. Annie Proulx - The Shipping News
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun
- Elena Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend
- Tara Westover - Educated: A Memoir
- Keggie Carew - Dadland: A Journey into Unchartered Territory
- Jean McNeil - Ice Diaries: An Antarctic Memoir
- Bernadine Evaristo - Girl, Woman, Other
- Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things
- Megha Majumdar - A Burning
- Jokha Alharthi - Celestial Bodies
- Hanna Alkaf - The Weight of Our Sky
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