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Free Thinking: Why We Read and the Idea of the `Woman Writer"

Series 1, episode 0

Do men and women use the same language when talking about novels they have enjoyed? How have attitudes in publishing changed towards both readers and writers if figures show that women buy 80% of all novels? Lennie Goodings is Chair of the Virago publishing house and has now written a memoir. She joins New Generation Thinkers Emma Butcher and Joanne Paul; and Helen Taylor, author of Why Women Read Fiction. Naomi Paxton hosts the conversation about writing and reading

Cast (unconfirmed)

Helen Taylor
Emma Butcher
Joanne Paul