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Just because men are in the minority in fiction, it doesn’t mean we should scrap the Women’s Prize

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Just because men are in the minority in fiction, it doesn’t mean we should scrap the Women’s Prize

Barbara Kingsolver took home the prestigious award this week for her novel ‘Demon Copperhead’. With women accounting for nearly 80 per cent of book sales across the UK and North America, hasn’t the Women’s Prize already served its purpose? Yes, writes Claire Allfree… but there’s more to it

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