Anne Goodwin, Author at Inspired Quill Publishing

8 Women In Translation for 2024

Anne Goodwin June 2, 2024 4 Comments

If you agree that reading diverse benefits your brain, you’re probably open to reading novels in translation. Why Should I Read Translated Works? If language affects thought, there can’t be…

Mother Language Day for Authors and Publishers

Anne Goodwin February 21, 2023 No Comments

Diversity and Inclusion

In 1999, UNESCO designated 21 February as International Mother Language Day. It’s an opportunity for all of us to acknowledge and celebrate language diversity and to resist the suppression of…

5 Novels with the Best (Authentic) Mental Health Depictions

Anne Goodwin October 5, 2021 No Comments

Diversity and Inclusion

Mental health is a popular theme in fiction but negative stereotypes abound. Charlotte Brontë has a lot to answer for with her madwoman in the attic in the classic novel…

Why We Need More Older Characters in Fiction

Anne Goodwin May 4, 2021 8 Comments

Diversity and Inclusion

In a 2013 Guardian article the novelist Penelope Lively, then aged 80, bemoaned the depiction of older characters in fiction: “The stereotypes of old age run from the smiling old…

LGBT+ History through Contemporary Fiction

Anne Goodwin February 2, 2021 No Comments

Diversity and Inclusion

Minority rights aren’t only deeply important for minorities. Like the canary in the coal mine, they can also indicate a society’s flexibility, respect and overall health. Equality benefits everyone, so…

Lockdown Reading

Anne Goodwin April 9, 2020 No Comments

Guides and Resources

Books to console, inspire and escape into… With all but essential workers on lockdown, and our social lives on hold, the time seems ripe for a (lockdown) reading revolution. But…

Perspectives on Identity in Short Stories

Anne Goodwin November 17, 2019 No Comments

I often get to the end of a novel and think Now I know where it’s going, I’d love to read it again. But, as a book blogger reading around…

Does Diverse Reading Benefit Your Brain?

Anne Goodwin May 31, 2019 No Comments

Diversity and Inclusion

You’re probably familiar with the ethical arguments favouring diverse reading. Celebrating marginalised stories is part of what Inspired Quill is about. You might not be aware, however, that reading diverse…

Victims, Villains and Vulnerability

Anne Goodwin May 23, 2017 No Comments

Guides and Resources

Over a decade ago, the children’s charity Barnardo’s ran a controversial advertising campaign aiming to raise awareness of the damaging impact of being born in poverty. The Advertising Standards Authority…

3 Things Learnt in My First Year as a Published Novelist

Anne Goodwin July 26, 2016 No Comments

Publishing Industry

Just over a year ago I was on the brink of achieving a lifetime’s ambition (and let me assure you, it’s been a long life), ready to celebrate the publication…

Q&A with Anne Goodwin

Anne Goodwin August 12, 2015 No Comments

Inspired Quill News

It’s a great privilege to work with so many talented authors here at Inspired Quill. But it’s easy to forget that our readers don’t have the same insights into their…

On Being an Elderly Prima Authorista

Anne Goodwin July 20, 2015 No Comments

Inspired Quill News

I had to smile when I discovered, via Twitter, that a group of writers had set up a website to combat the invisibility of authors publishing their first book over…

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