Baileys/Women’s Prize for fiction

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FromTheAllotment · 12/08/2020 19:55

Have you guys seen this?
twitter.com/baileysofficial/status/1293503434340151296?s=21

Dunno if there’s a thread already? But I thought this is very cool! Free books

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queenofknives · 13/08/2020 19:54

How fantastic! Thanks for this. (I had a terrible moment where I thought you were going to say a man had won the women's prize...)

Scout2016 · 13/08/2020 19:38

Great idea. Thanks for the link.

SerenityNowwwww · 13/08/2020 15:23

Wow. I just had a poke in the window of my local bookshop and I suspect a feminist was doing the windows! 😉

NoSquirrels · 13/08/2020 15:16

Fair bit of backlash against it and some retrospective "I'm not transing historical figures but..." reasoning alongside. Weird how even non-contentious "Look at these brilliant women" initiatives are being picked apart by identity politics.

LittleHootie · 12/08/2020 23:49

I think it's great. I'm surprised at the negativity on twitter, talking about "removing the agency" of the authors. I think people are applying 2020 rationale to the experiences of 150 - 50 years ago.

Lucyslampost · 12/08/2020 22:07

This is wonderful. I'm surprised by how emotional it makes me feel!

picklemewalnuts · 12/08/2020 22:03

www.baileys.com/en-gb/reclaim-her-name-campaign

Download books published for the first time with their female author's name.

Scout2016 · 12/08/2020 21:59

I can't access twitter for reasons I am too crap with IT to understand. What does it say please?

Siablue · 12/08/2020 21:56

I think this is a lovely idea. How lovely to see the names on the books. I will be getting them, some of them I haven’t heard of before so it will be good to read them.

FlibbertyGiblets · 12/08/2020 21:53

Isn't it great? Free books, by women, a wonderful idea.

TheFleegleHasLanded · 12/08/2020 21:48

Thank you OP, this is great!

JGACC · 12/08/2020 21:38

Ooo this is really really cool! I love their hashtag too

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