Wattpad Wades into Hollywood with Wattpad Studios – We’re seeing more and more of these hybrid enterprises, demonstrating in part the way that stories are diversifying across media platforms, well beyond traditional books. Wattpad has been particularly ambitious in this regard, with initiatives like Wattpad Brands, which has Wattpad writers creating ... more >
Women’s literary prizes are ‘problematic’ says Lionel Shriver – Orange Prize (now called the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction) winner Lionel Shriver criticized women’s literary prizes, called International Women’s Day “creepy,” and dismissed the idea of a Year of Publishing Women in 2018. Her critique goes back to the debate over ... more >