Books, News, Women Writers
This year’s National Book Awards were dominated by women. Female writers took home prizes in three major categories: fiction, nonfiction, and young people’s literature. An event celebrating the...
News, Theater, Women Writers
Leah Purcell, an Indigenous Australian playwright and actress, won Australia’s top literary honor. The Guardian reports that Purcell was awarded $100,000 and “the Victorian prize for literature...
Books, News
If you love Oprah’s Book Club, you’re in luck. Those who appreciate Oprah Winfrey-recommended books will be excited to learn that the mogul has a new book imprint under Flatiron Books, a...
Books, News, Television
Natalie Portman has signed on for her first major TV role. The Oscar winner is teaming up with “Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman for a miniseries at HBO. Deadline reports that Portman will...
Books, Films, News
Erin Cressida Wilson continues her hot streak. The in-demand screenwriter has been tapped to adapt “Eileen,” Ottessa Moshfegh’s award-winning debut novel, for Fox Searchlight and producer...
Films, News, Television, Women Producers
A new television adaptation of Henry James’ “Portrait of a Lady” is in the works. As Variety reports, Number 9 Films, one of the producers of “Carol,” is teaming up with Red Production...
News
Eleanor Catton, the youngest ever winner of the Booker Prize for her period saga The Luminaries, has established a grant to provide the next generation of writers with “time to read.” Catton has...
Awards, News
Novelist Donna Tartt and playwright Annie Baker have won the Pulitzer Prize’s most prestigious categories. Filmmaker Laura Poitras also won for her NSA articles in collaboration with Glenn...
Anyone familiar with bestselling novelist Jennifer Weiner’s multi-pronged campaign against sexism in the book world knows that literary chauvinism is alive and well. The fifth annual VIDA Count,...
Awards, News, Women Writers
In the filmmaking world, fiction is dominated by men and nonfiction shared by both genders. Not so in literature. If the National Book Critics Circle is any indicator, the reverse is true. Women...
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