Podcasts have been growing in popularity over the past few years. They are now the nation’s newest on-demand service, providing new, exciting, and relevant content.
Around 7.1 million people tune into podcasts every week to stay up-to-date on current issues and hear incredible personal stories. The Women’s Prize for Fiction’s podcast has created a new series that combines the two.
Zing Tsjeng, author of Forgotten Women, and host of her podcast, aim to shed light on the quality of women’s literature.
They’ve already given us some to start with! To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the award, 25 new episodes have already been released.
The series explores the diverse back catalogue of Women’s Prize winning books and the bookshelves inspirational women. The episodes are divided into three categories: Bookshelfie (book shelf), #ReadingWomen, and Live Specials.
The series aims to encourage women to write more and read more women’s fiction.
Bookshelfie – A look at the bookshelves and collections of our guests. These episodes will examine the lives and works of influential women through the lense of the literature that shaped their work.
ReadingWomen : 8 episodes to encourage people to read past 24 Prize winners throughout 2020. From Zadie Smith’s white teeth to Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun.
Live Specials: Listen live to recordings of exclusive events held throughout the year including the Awards Night itself.
Kate Mosse is a writer and founder of Women’s Prize. She says that the podcast feels like listening in on the best book discussion in a pub. You’d be pulling in your chair closer! It’s a wonderful, informal conversation between women in all different fields – readers and writers.
Zing Tsjeng’s exciting new series will be joined by a number of guests over the next year. Kate Mosse will be joined by bestselling author and cook Melissa Hemsley and comedian Jessica Fostekew.
“I’m thrilled to be hosting this Women’s Prize Podcast series!” Zing says: “There will be some amazing conversations featuring really inspiring people. I’m excited to hear about life-changing books on other women’s shelves.”
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She continued, “The podcast will be a perfect way to celebrate all that the Prize has achieved in the last 25 years and give us the opportunity to think about what the next 25 year holds for women writers.”
The list of guests for this new series is constantly growing, and it covers all genres of fiction. Above all, it is a fun and informative way to spread awareness about the incredible work of women authors.
If you’re still not convinced, here’s another reason to listen to the Women’s Prize Podcast.
Kate says: “If you are an aspiring author, the podcast has a lot to offer you. Advice is woven into the episodes. Storytelling has been hardwired in our DNA since the first time we got together.
“Our podcast celebrates this – and voices of tomorrow, regardless of whether you are 18 or 88. We want to inspire people of all backgrounds so that more people can express themselves.
The Women’s Prize for Fiction podcast is available on Acast as well as all major streaming services.
Enjoy!
