Studies show men avoid female authors. Ahead of the Women’s prize for fiction, chair of judges Mary Ann Sieghart finds out why – and we ask male authors to redress the balance
The Indian novelist and her translator scooped the £50,000 prize with Tomb of Sand, a novel about death – but with laughs. The morning after their triumph they talk about fun, feminism and famous ancestors
From a meditation retreat via the Charlie Hebdo massacre to a catastrophic personal breakdown, this is a devastating portrait of the western capitalist everyman in crisis