How Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood grappled with the Tree of Life shooting in 2018. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#diverse community
#life shooting
Hachette UK has appointed Saskia Bewley to the newly-created role of diversity and inclusion manager. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#hachette uk
#newly-created role
Joanna Coles doesn't spend much time online.The chief content officer at Hearst, executive producer on the Freeform series "The Bold Type," and author of the new book "Love Rules," is certainly incredibly busy. But during a brief moment when she wasn't on panels at Cannes she told Ad Age that... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#executive producer
#bold type
#average age
#board member
Hanif Kureishi has hailed Penguin Random House's (PRH) diversity initiatives as "wise and brave". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Neither Lionel Shriver nor Penguin seem to understand the nature of their argumentWhat do we mean by diversity? And why is it good – or not?For all the myriad debates about diversity today, such questions are rarely addressed in any depth. The latest hoo-ha was generated by a Lionel Shriver... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lionel shriver
The Week in Libraries, June 15, 2018: The scholarly publishing community mourns Elsevier's Karen Hunter; The EU will vote next week on a controversial change to copyright law; Net neutrality sunsets, but the fight goes on. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#karen hunter
#copyright law
Both BookExpo and BookCon organizers have committed themselves to scheduling panels meant to raise awareness of diversity and multiculturalism in literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#raise awareness
Women’s writing magazine Mslexia has removed Lionel Shriver as a competition judge following the author’s controversial statements on diversity in publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
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 at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#diversity drive
#writing contest
In her rant against Penguin Random House, Lionel Shriver claimed ‘diversity’ is no longer a general-purpose nounThe novelist Lionel Shriver was vexed this week about Penguin Random House’s new aim for its authors and staff “to reflect the UK population taking into account ethnicity, gender,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#account ethnicity
#social mobility
#good measure
The irish writer weaves real nautical history with fantastical elements in her first novel for the Middle-Grade readership. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#catherine doyle
Penguin Random House’s vow to make its output ‘reflect British society’ has been met with predictable howls of outrageLionel Shriver has directed another broadside at the publishing world, this time taking aim in The Spectator at a Penguin Random House directive that by 2025 its hiring and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#staggering number
#wider society
Lionel Shriver says the "dissemination of good books" should be most important for publishers. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lionel shriver
#good books
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 at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lionel shriver
#diversity drive
In their search for material, producers are forging new relationships with online platforms. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#online platforms
The five editors presenting this year’s YA buzz books at a BookExpo panel on May 31 underlined the importance of inclusion in book acquisitions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#bookexpo panel
We Need Diverse Books, the grassroots organization committed to promoting greater inclusivity in children’s literature and the publishing industry, hosted a discussion titled "Life Cycle of a Diverse Book" on June 1, as part of BookExpo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#diverse books
#publishing industry
#life cycle
In recognition of the Singapore Book Council's 50th anniversary, the Asian Festival of Children's Content names Singapore its 'Country of Focus.' And in the States, Macmillan and Binc open a second year of diversity-driven bookseller scholarships. The post Industry Notes: Asian Festival of... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#asian festival
There is an eager audience of consumers for diverse books and films that is being neglected by gatekeepers, a panel of experts at the New York Rights Fair said. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#diverse books
The Booksellers Association has unveiled a raft of measures to improve diversity in bookselling, including handing out £50,000 worth of grants to bookshops. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#tackle diversity
#improve diversity
At Cambridge University Press, Paul Colbert is seeing a growing demand for English-language learning materials. Here he discusses the good and bad of English as a lingua franca. The post If English Is the New Lingua Franca, Is Diversity Promoted? Or Limited? appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lingua franca
#growing demand