Literary women, literary prizes. Not often to be found in the same room.

[Bidisha]

Following V S Naipaul's well thought through and generous comments about all women writers, the release of several major prizes' shortlists and longlists for 2011 and the upcoming 16th annual Orange Prize for Fiction, I have written an article about women writers and the prize circuit. A shortened version of the piece was used in the paper Guardian on Friday 3rd June but due to a technical glitch was not put online. It is possible to read the original here.

bidisha-online.blogspot.com/2011/06/literary-women-literary-prizes-not.html

[InmaculadaConcepcion]

I like the sound of your summer reading program, SGM!