New series A Quick Ting On… foregrounds black British culture
This week saw the heartening launch of a new series of nonfiction books focusing on elements of black British culture, which will publish with Jacaranda Books in October 2020. According to… Read more »
The future of diversity in publishing looks bright with these two organizations at the helm
Last month, two volunteer organizations within publishing met to discuss the state of diversity in publishing. For Publishers Weekly, Calvin Reid wrote on the optimistic and ambitious tone of the first… Read more »
In the Stacks with Librarians
Last Thursday, The Book Industry Guild of New York (BIGNY) hosted an event titled “In the Stacks with Librarians,” which was a fantastic panel featuring: Karen Ginman, Manager of Youth… Read more »
Tall, dark, and handsome — but not too dark, ok?
Romance writing has done the impossible. Hard to say how this even happened, but… it’s gotten whiter. This is from the second of two annual studies done by the Ripped Bodice, our fair nation’s… Read more »
We need diverse kids’ books!
In recent years, the troubling lack of diversity in kids’ books has become an area of increasing focus. As Thu-Huong Ha wrote at Quartz earlier this month, last September a team of researchers… Read more »
Same as it ever was: Publishers Weekly has released its 2017 Industry Salary Survey
Folks, it’s that most wonderful time of year, when we all gather around the water cooler and grumble about our salaries, the pay gap, and a horribly entrenched lack of… Read more »
Andrew Wylie to publishing world: Diversify
Publishers from around the world are gathered at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany this week to discuss the future of the industry. Among a number of high-profile speakers, legendary… Read more »
With sales down, Marvel blames diversity
Hello, Marvel. I am not a white man but I have been enjoying your characters and storylines… until now. “What we heard was that people didn’t want any more diversity,” David… Read more »
The Wall Street Journal newsroom staff demands diversity
The time for increased diversity in publishing is long overdue. And many corners of the industry have devoted this particular moment to addressing the problem, with literary agents, book publishers, festivals, and authors rising… Read more »
Literary agents are seeking Muslim writers
Very often we measure the health of the publishing industry by taking its pulse of units sold (she’s really tickin’, by the way). But we can imagine employing other metrics to give us a more… Read more »