They may not be writing bestselling books, but women in book clubs around the world are helping to radically alter the publishing world. An article in the Telegraph discusses the rise of predominantly female book clubs — now at 50,000 in England — and their buoyant effect on female authorship. In the 1980s, less than a quarter of the top 10 books on the New York Times bestseller list were by women writers. Now, for the first time, more than half of the books on that list are penned by women. Reporter Chris Hastings quotes J.G. Ballard, author of Crash and Empire of The Sun: “Women readers now outnumber men and they tend to seek out writers who know their own world at first hand. Women tend to find a lot of male writers boyish, macho and a little too interested in violence. The believe their books are too dependent on quick thrills.”
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