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Is Women's Writing Still Relevant?
The shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction is out, sparking an important debate: does the term “women’s writing” still make sense today, and do we still need prizes dedicated exclusively to female authors?
In the very first episode of Transatlantic Bookmarks, we discuss women’s writing, literary prizes, and whether male experience is still treated as the default universal perspective in literature. We also share some of our favorite female authors and talk about the books we love most.
📚 BOOKS MENTIONED:
• The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
• Heart the Lover by Lily King
• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
• 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
💌 Our Substack & Show Notes:
https://transatlanticbookmarks.substack.com/
📚 Read Ksenija’s Novels:
https://transatlanticbookmarks.substack.com/p/publications
📚 Ksenija on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6449766.Ksenija_Popovi_
🎙️ ABOUT TRANSATLANTIC BOOKMARKS
Hosted by European novelist Ksenija Popović and American engineer Sue Graham Johnston, Transatlantic Bookmarks uses books as the starting point for conversations about culture, history, psychology, morality, politics, and the questions hiding between the lines.
New episodes every Saturday.
👉🏻 CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:14 The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
04:35 Heart the Lover by Lily King
05:33 The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
07:05 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
07:24 Defining Women’s Fiction
12:20 Women Read More
13:06 The Balkan Perspective
15:53 The American Perspective
19:59 The Disparity in Literary Awards
22:42 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and the Opioid Epidemic
33:20 Is Women’s Prize for Fiction DEI?
41:55 Do We Read More Female or Male Authors?
46:04 The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
47:39 Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch and The Secret History
50:00 The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
53:20 Book Recommendations
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By Ksenija Popović & Sue Graham JohnstonThe shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction is out, sparking an important debate: does the term “women’s writing” still make sense today, and do we still need prizes dedicated exclusively to female authors?
In the very first episode of Transatlantic Bookmarks, we discuss women’s writing, literary prizes, and whether male experience is still treated as the default universal perspective in literature. We also share some of our favorite female authors and talk about the books we love most.
📚 BOOKS MENTIONED:
• The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
• Heart the Lover by Lily King
• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
• 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
💌 Our Substack & Show Notes:
https://transatlanticbookmarks.substack.com/
📚 Read Ksenija’s Novels:
https://transatlanticbookmarks.substack.com/p/publications
📚 Ksenija on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6449766.Ksenija_Popovi_
🎙️ ABOUT TRANSATLANTIC BOOKMARKS
Hosted by European novelist Ksenija Popović and American engineer Sue Graham Johnston, Transatlantic Bookmarks uses books as the starting point for conversations about culture, history, psychology, morality, politics, and the questions hiding between the lines.
New episodes every Saturday.
👉🏻 CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:14 The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
04:35 Heart the Lover by Lily King
05:33 The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
07:05 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
07:24 Defining Women’s Fiction
12:20 Women Read More
13:06 The Balkan Perspective
15:53 The American Perspective
19:59 The Disparity in Literary Awards
22:42 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and the Opioid Epidemic
33:20 Is Women’s Prize for Fiction DEI?
41:55 Do We Read More Female or Male Authors?
46:04 The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
47:39 Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch and The Secret History
50:00 The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
53:20 Book Recommendations