Bernardine Evaristo, the Booker Prize-winning author, has told The Londoner she’s “very worried” that young people aren’t reading novels any more and are instead “addicted” to social media scrolling.
“I feel that through our use of social media we are possibly losing the capability to concentrate at length,” she told us. “When I read a novel I connect in a very peaceful way to myself. When I am on social media... it almost feels like an addiction. It’s like you can’t help yourself even though you’re not taking anything in. I worry not for my generation... I worry for young people,” she said.
