Sarah Jessica Parker addresses discrepancy in reading among genders

Sex And the City star Sarah Jessica Parker has recently addressed the discrepancy in reading among men and women.

The actress reflected on the importance of reading during an event with 92NY, which was organised to promote Victoria Redel’s novel I Am You – a book which was published by Sarah’s book imprint SJP Lit in September.

Sarah was of the view that there’s a “pretty serious decrease in men reading” compared to women.

“I think women have been supporting publishing in lots of ways and reading lots of different types of books, but we’re not reading the way we used to read,” explained the 60-year-old, per PEOPLE.

Hocus Pocus actress believed that it’s not the fault of the writers, but she said that people “are not getting books”.

As a publisher, she believed that it’s not the fault of the writers. Sometimes we look out for stories that also grab our attention as well

“I think there are riches to have in your hand. We’re just not getting books. We’re not pressing them. We’re not grabbing the attention because it’s so impossible to grab people’s attention now,” mentioned Sarah.

The actress and producer pointed out that there are “writers that have been around for a long time, who are still doing extraordinary work and surprising us, and there’s an entire new generation of writers across the globe who are thrilling to know about and read”.

Given publisher’s perspective, Sarah stated, “We try to find books that we’re really excited about, that really wow us immediately.”

“We hope we get the chance to publish them and either introduce a writer to readers or introduce a writer who’s debuting as a writer … every time a writer says yes, it’s a very big deal to us,” added the Footloose actress.