‘Big books by blokes about battles’: why we need the Women’s prize for nonfiction
#MaryBeard #NatalieHaynes #WomenWriters

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/10/why-we-need-womens-prize-for-nonfiction?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I do wonder how many people actually buy books because of the blurbs: Stephen Fry, “Magnificent”; Richard Osman, “A brilliant read”, as it might say on the back cover or on the website.

Do people really browse in a shop or online and say, “Oh Stephen Fry thought it was great, I think I will buy that”? Publishers clearly think so.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/book-blurbing-blog-post-mary-beard/ #books #MaryBeard #blurbs

Gotta love curling up in a freshly cleaned living room with the fireplace* going and #MaryBeard ’s new Twelve Caesars #book. BTW, polish your wooden furniture sometimes. I forgot my coffee table had tiger stripes.

*on the TV, alas.