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WHY IS the appointment of Lily Allen to the judging panel of the Orange Prize for Fiction causing such outrage? Is it because we imagine she can't read anything longer than a cocktail menu? Or are we simply being stuffy in the face of a real opportunity to engage young people with literature?
This notion that books can only be appreciated by Oxbridge bluestockings is blinkered and elitist. JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels and Richard and Judy's Book Club have proved to be the kind of populism that really brings literature to the masses. If anyone can get across the message that reading is hip, it's Lily..See the full content of this document
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Yes, Lily Can Be Literary
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