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Posts by Anne Goodwin

8 Women In Translation for 2024

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

    Mother Language Day for Authors and Publishers

    Anne Goodwin February 21, 2023 No Comments
      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…
      Why We Need More Older Characters in Fiction

      Why We Need More Older Characters in Fiction

      Anne Goodwin May 4, 2021 8 Comments
        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

        LGBT+ History through Contemporary Fiction

        Anne Goodwin February 2, 2021 No Comments
          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

          Lockdown Reading

          Anne Goodwin April 9, 2020 No Comments
            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

            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?

              Does Diverse Reading Benefit Your Brain?

              Anne Goodwin May 31, 2019 No Comments
                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

                Victims, Villains and Vulnerability

                Anne Goodwin May 23, 2017 No Comments
                  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…
                  Q&A with Anne Goodwin

                  Q&A with Anne Goodwin

                  Anne Goodwin August 12, 2015 No Comments
                    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

                    On Being an Elderly Prima Authorista

                    Anne Goodwin July 20, 2015 No Comments
                      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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