Philip Jones addresses Lionel Shriver's comments about Penguin Random House's diversity drive and the rise of morality clauses in author contracts. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer Lionel Shriver, best known for her novel “We Need To Talk About Kevin,” has lost her spot as a judge for a writing contest after she published a column in the Spectator mocking a diversity drive in Britain’s division of Penguin Random House. Shriver was responding to an email she’d seen,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lionel Shriver has branded Penguin Random House (PRH) "drunk on virtue" after seeing a "by turns fascinating, comical and depressing" questionnaire for authors to complete as part of its diversity drive. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK (PRH UK) will now pay its work experience participants the National Living Wage in a bid to make the publishing industry more accessible and diverse. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors, agents and publishers have praised the increase in the number of books with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and mental health themes in 2015, but added that more needs to be done in terms of publishing BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) authors and books that feature... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]