The bestselling author of the Chocolat series has given a troubling insight into life as a female author
Joanne Harris: 'No man in publishing is ever described as "juggling" anything. His work is art. Women's work is a hobby.' Photo: Gabriel Szabo/Guzelian
The Telegraph 08 July 2015
The author Joanne Harris has shed light on her experience of sexism in the publishing industry in a series of tweets.
Harris, whose books include psychological thrillers, the Rune fantasy series, and the bestselling Chocolat trilogy, told of being ignored by a male presenter while on a panel with three male guests before a female presenter came out to interview her, and being asked repeatedly about EL James's Fifty Shades of Grey book while on her last US tour.
Harris spoke as part of her #TenTweets series on Twitter, in which she posts 10 messages on a theme, usually about the publishing industry.
"Last time I toured in the US, every interviewer I met asked me what I thought of Fifty Shades of Grey," she said. "I happened to be travelling with a male writer, who spoke to the same interviewers on the same shows. NO-ONE asked him."
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