Mahey-Morgan urges publishers to focus on boardroom diversity

Crystal Mahey-Morgan, the founder of OWN IT!, has called on the industry to stop focusing on entry-level schemes to improve diversity, but instead to look at the boardrooms “where the real decisions are actually made”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]

Other news stories related to: "Mahey-Morgan urges publishers to focus on boardroom diversity"


Hachette undergoes 'major overhaul' of recruitment after staff and author census

Hachette is undergoing a "major overhaul" of its recruitment and outreach practices to improve diversity in the workplace, after publishing the results for its first staff and author censuses. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-25 00:35:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this


BA launches action group to improve diversity in bookselling

The Booksellers Association is launching an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Action Group, as part of its work to improve diversity within bookselling and the wider trade. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-10 15:18:27 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Industry leaders look at what lies ahead in 2021

Senior figures in the trade have said support for bookshops is a high priority in the coming year, while promising further steps to improve diversity across the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-08 04:59:16 UTC ]
More news stories like this


How we can enable different voices to emerge in book publishing?

The professor and author discusses his research into the publishing industry’s recent attempts to improve diversity. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Booksellers urged to tackle diversity with £50k worth of grants

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


Mahey-Morgan: Diverse stories important in current 'dark times'

Diverse stories in today’s “dark times” have never been more important, Crystal Mahey-Morgan, founder of OWN IT! said at the launch of No Place To Call Home. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Mahey-Morgan urges publishers to focus on boardroom diversity

Crystal Mahey-Morgan, the founder of OWN IT!, has called on the industry to stop focusing on entry-level schemes to improve diversity, but instead to look at the boardrooms “where the real decisions are actually made”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


What can publishing learn from grime?

Crystal Mahey-Morgan looks at whether publishing can learn anything from grime artists choosing to make their own way in the music industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


PRH UK launches its 'creative responsibility manifesto'

Penguin Random House has launched a "Creative Responsibility Manifesto", which includes a formal programme to improve diversity, in a bid to become a “force for good in society above and beyond” the books it produces. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Accent Press to become Living Wage employer

Accent Press founder Hazel Cushion has called on the industry to end “morally wrong” unpaid internships and improve diversity by signing up to pay the Living Wage to staff. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this


Publishers need to be braver on diversity

Publishers should “be braver, be too brave” when it comes to taking on new writing if they want to become more diverse, poet and writer Salena Godden told the Stoke Newington Literary Festival. Godden was joined on yesterday’s (7th June) panel, focussing on diversity in the industry, by writer... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this