Children’s authors of colour published in UK rose to 11.7% of market in 2021

BookTrust research shows, however, that the overall picture ‘remains far from representative’ with some writers and illustrators reporting tokenismNew research has found that 11.7% of children’s book creators published in the UK in 2021 were people of colour, up from 5.6% in 2017.Despite the big improvement, though, “the UK’s body of children’s literature overall remains far from representative” said Diana Gerald, chief executive of BookTrust, in the report’s introduction. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2022-11-23 06:01:50 UTC ]
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Viewpoints From the Children’s Books Salon: Trends, Concerns, and Publishing Pride

The observations made by these diverse publishers during at the first Children's Books Salon in New York speak to their common faith in the social power of books. The post Viewpoints From the Children’s Books Salon: Trends, Concerns, and Publishing Pride appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Taipei 2018: Publishers Explore a Unique Market

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Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff visits UK this month

Author and journalist Michael Wolff is coming to the UK this month to promote Fire and Fury (Little, Brown), the bestselling exposé that caused a presidential melt-down earlier this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Canadian Children’s Book Publisher Margie Wolfe and the ‘Trump Bump’

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Publishers call on Man Booker prize to drop American authors

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Orion Children’s to publish Ghost Boys

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UK Facebook-first publishers have a stiff upper lip on feed changes

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Deacon to lead Amazon Publishing UK

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Barrington Stoke author defends children's book about racism

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BookExpo Names 2018 Children's Breakfast Authors

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White Lion Publishing: Quarto Announces Reorganization of Its UK-Based Trade Imprints

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