Bookshop changes 'women's fiction' label after appeal from 'sisterhood'

Book2Book - 03 Sep 2011

W H Smith is to drop the shelf label ‘women’s fiction’ in its book departments Photo: DANIEL JONES

The Telegraph

Claire Leigh and Julia Gillick, both 29, were amazed to receive a reply after appealing "in sisterhood" to Kate Swann, the chief executive of the chain. Ms Leigh, an NGO worker and Labour activist, wrote directly to the chief executive, saying they did not think women were a "minority or niche area", and were "deeply offended by this condescending practice."


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