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 Courttia Newland, children’s publisher Sarah Odedina, and Crystal Mahey-Morgan, from Zed Books. Godden said publishers needed to “think about the fact that you’re making books for the next 100 years, not just for now”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]

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