Like a Woman bookshop to sell female authors only

Penguin, in conjunction with Waterstones, will mark International Women’s Day by opening a pop-up store in east London

Penguin is saying yes to Virginia Woolf and Margaret Atwood but no to the likes of James Joyce and Martin Amis as it prepares to open a bookshop in east London that will only sell books by women.

The pop-up store Like a Woman will be open from 5-9 March on Rivington Street in Shoreditch, to mark International Women’s Day and the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, which extended the women’s right to vote. The shop, which will stock books by more than 200 writers, will “celebrate the persistence of women who’ve fought for change: those who fight, rebel and shout #LikeAWoman”, according to Penguin.

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