Women's book prize judge says men avoid 'chick-lit' novels written by female authors

A girls’s e-book choose has mentioned males must “broaden their horizons” and skim extra books written by feminine authors.

Mary Ann Sieghart, a choose of the Ladies’s Prize for Fiction award, additionally believes that males must cease fearing “chick-lit”.

She added that if such books had been written by male authors, males would fortunately learn them.

When requested on the Ladies’s Prize for Fiction shortlist unveiling whether or not a prize soley for girls was obligatory Ms Sieghart mentioned: “The extra prizes, the higher as a result of authors want consideration and so many nice books get revealed which don’t get the eye they deserve.

Mary Ann Sieghart

Sam Holden Company for the Ladies's Prize for Fiction

Ms Sieghart has urged males to "broaden their horizons"

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“And sure, it’s true we now not have Booker shortlists that are 100% male, which is why the prize was arrange within the first place, and thank goodness for that.

“However we nonetheless have a scenario the place girls learn round 50-50 books by women and men, however for males the ratio is about 80-20. They are going to learn 4 books by males for each one by a girl.”

The figures are from Nielsen, which supplies information on e-book shopping for.

Based on the Telegraph, she added: “I would really like males to broaden their horizons. With this shortlist we are able to say to males: listed below are six totally sensible novels which you'll get pleasure from as a lot as us.

“Clearly, (not) all males. However they've this bizarre concept that if it’s written by a girl, it’s not going to be geared toward them. I believe novels written by girls are geared toward all humanity.

“Males may be taught so much from broadening their horizons. They are going to get pleasure from their studying extra.”

“Take a look at David Nicholls’ One Day. I hate the expression ‘chick-lit’ however in case you’re going to label books by girls ‘chick-lit’ then One Day is as a lot ‘chick-lit’ as something.

“It’s a e-book about relationships, which might be labelled as ‘girls’s fiction’ if the writer was a girl. Nevertheless it wasn’t labelled as that, and plenty of males learn it.”

The winner of the Ladies’s Prize for Fiction will probably be introduced on June 15.