Evidence suggests male writers and readers are in decline – in Australia and elsewhere. Is a male-only publishing house the solution?
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Bernice Rubens won the 1970 Booker prize for her novel, The Elected Member, and is the only Welsh person to have ever won the prize.
Le Guin’s A Wizard of EarthSea and The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas are just two examples of her prolific and influential writing career in fantasy and science fiction.
BBC sitcom Fleabag rewrites the rules on depicting women in drama, freeing the female character from the mindless stereotyping that has straitjacketed women for so long.
We know that male writers win more prestigious literary awards than female writers, but sadly, when women do win, it’s typically because they write about male characters, or “masculine’ topics.
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Adjunct Research Fellow of The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
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Associate Professor, Creative Writing and Literary Studies, Victoria University
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Lecturer in Media and Journalism, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Interim Director of Lifelong Learning, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology