The United Kingdom's Publishers Association's annual meeting features a study on UK publishing and 'soft power' at home and abroad. The post UK Publishers Release More of Their ‘Soft Power’ Study appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-05-07 18:31:44 UTC ]
The United Kingdom's Publishers Association's annual meeting features a study on UK publishing and 'soft power' at home and abroad. The post UK Publishers Release More of Their ‘Soft Power’ Study appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-05-07 18:31:44 UTC ]
Ahead of the Black British book festival, literary figures say the number of books being published by Black writers has ‘plummeted’UK publishing is less accessible to Black authors now than it was five years ago, according to some of the biggest names in the industry.The Black Lives Matter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-03-26 17:06:01 UTC ]
'We ask politicians on all sides to recognize the publishing industry’s economic value,' says the Publishers Association's Dan Conway. The post LBF: UK Publishing’s Impact Worth £11 Billion, New Report appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-03-12 03:55:23 UTC ]
As the UK publishing industry prepares for its annual encounter with many colleagues from other markets, a look at UK book business diversity. The post Heading to London Book Fair: Diversity in UK Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-04-01 19:24:36 UTC ]
For decades, I sat in meetings with all-white teams. The industry needs an independent body to advise on equalityI’m a literary agent and at the height of last year’s Black Lives Matter protests I was sent a list, with accompanying photographs, of the top editors working across the major... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-01-01 10:00:46 UTC ]
Bluebird has released Nikesh Shukla's debut memoir Brown Baby with a campaign featuring innovative Facebook adverts which are said to be a first for UK publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 03:25:47 UTC ]
At the Frankfurt Book Fair conference, writer Bernardine Evaristo delivered a forceful keynote on the systemic bias against people of color in the UK publishing industry The post Bernardine Evaristo to UK Publishing: Hire More Diverse People appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-14 18:02:09 UTC ]
The PA’s annual yearbook has found across-the-board growth for the book trade, with total invoiced sales up 3.5% on its last report—but Brexit and Covid-19 could endanger the recent gains Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 18:16:32 UTC ]
The Publishing Association has released its latest Yearbook statistics, showing growth in both the industry's print and digital revenues, making 2019 in its estimation “the biggest year ever for UK publishing”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 05:50:22 UTC ]
The Bookseller would like to capture the trade’s thoughts on social media and, in particular, "cancel culture" and its impacts on UK publishing, bookselling and writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 19:32:20 UTC ]
In 2012, the literary critic Suzi Feay lamented the lack of new lesbian voices in UK publishing. Describing what she saw as “a shortage of lesbian writers in Britain today”, she wondered who would follow in the footsteps of established authors like Ali Smith, Sarah Waters and Jeanette Winterson.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 12:20:04 UTC ]
More than 100 authors join new body calling for the industry to address deep-seated inequalities in output and personnelMore than 100 writers including Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo, Benjamin Zephaniah and Malorie Blackman have called on all major publishing houses in the UK to introduce... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-06-15 17:08:57 UTC ]
The protest movement sweeping the world since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has forced an international soul searching to understand the pervasive racial inequalities that haunt most sectors of our society. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 17:05:27 UTC ]
A new report championing working class writers has published today (1st May), recommending better funding for “new collaborations” and the “decentralisation of UK publishing”–including asking more literary agents to move outside the capital–to help promote inclusion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-30 13:41:58 UTC ]
William Bowes believes the redrawing of trading relationships with a number of territories worldwide is a chance to reassert the bedrock principles of UK publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Curtis Brown agent Gordon Wise, former president of the Association of Authors' Agents, has urged parliamentarians to defend the achievements of UK publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Research indicates diversity has improved in recent years, but a generational change is needed to balance the book trade, according to researchersA survey of more than 1,000 people working in UK publishing has found that more than 90% currently in the industry classify themselves as white... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
An industry-wide #LoveAudio campaign is launching next week, designed to shine a spotlight on the fastest-growing sector in UK publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anecdotal evidence suggests men are more likely to hold senior positions in UK publishing, despite women making up the majority of the workforce. But what are your experiences?Are things getting worse for women in publishing? Insiders speakA 2016 survey in the US found that 78% of the workforce... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]