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    Tag: Diversity

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    Diversity in Action: Interview with Leonie Annor-Owiredu

    Following our interview with Jaheed Hussain, which sprang from a recent article in DesignWeek, entitled â€˜Can the design industry’s diversity problem be fixed?’, we approached Leonie…

    Leonie Annor-Owiredu December 4, 2020

    Becoming the change we want to see: #Inclusivityconf17

    On Monday 13th November, London Book Fair and the Publisher’s Association held their second annual Building Inclusivity in Publishing Conference in London. Hosted by BBC’s…

    Alice Geary November 17, 2017

    We really need diverse books

    Typically, when I tell someone I work at the Feminist Press one of two things usually happens. People either share all of their (usually negative)…

    Alyea Canada September 11, 2017

    Interview with WriteNow participant Nels Abbey

    WriteNow, Penguin Random House UK’s programme to find, mentor and publish new writers currently under-represented on the nation’s bookshelves, is back for 2017.

    Norah Myers July 13, 2017

    Interview with WriteNow mentor Lydia Yadi

    WriteNow, Penguin Random House UK’s programme to find, mentor and publish new writers currently under-represented on the nation’s bookshelves, is back for 2017. The world’s number-one…

    Norah Myers July 8, 2017

    Innovative publishing for people who have visual impairments

    It’s entirely possible that you won’t have heard of Calibre and yet this organisation is a key part of the publishing supply chain for thousands…

    Jo Burges July 5, 2017

    Roundup of the Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar

    Abbie Headon is Commissioning and Digital Development Editor at Summersdale Publishers, and a BookMachine Board Member (representing the Editorial Channel). I was lucky enough last week to…

    Abbie Headon January 30, 2017

    Interview with Literary Agent Diana Beaumont

    Diana Beaumont joined Marjacq in 2017; she started agenting with Rupert Heath Literary Agency in 2011 before moving to UTA. Before that she was senior…

    Norah Myers January 24, 2017

    What can publishers learn from the Women’s March London?

    On 21st January 2017, I made the journey to London, met with my youngest sister and some friends and we marched from Grosvenor Square to…

    Caroline Goldsmith January 22, 2017
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    Realities of publishing which I find hard to imagine

    Lisa Davis is the Book Purchasing Manager at BookTrust, the UK’s largest reading charity that gifts books to over two million children, including books specially…

    Lisa Davis December 20, 2016
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    Inclusivity and diversity in publishing: Interview with literary agent Isobel Dixon

    Isobel Dixon grew up in South Africa, studied in Scotland and now works in London. She is a director of the Blake Friedmann Literary Agency…

    Norah Myers December 8, 2016
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    Making publishing more diverse: Interview with Josie Dobrin

    Josie Dobrin is Chief Executive and co-founder of Creative Access. Creative Access works to tackle the absence of diversity in creative industries by providing young BAME…

    Norah November 25, 2016
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    Hometown Tales

    Hometown Tales diversity initiative seeks submissions

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson (part of Orion Books) is opening submissions in a bid to find new voices from across the UK. Jennifer Kerslake, editor at…

    Norah Myers November 7, 2016

    Diverge! How thinking differently could boost your career

    In an industry that outsources most of its physical tasks and processes, what’s the one thing that can set you and your organisation apart from…

    Sam Perkins November 6, 2016
    Hometown tales

    Hometown Tales: open for submissions

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson is opening submissions in a bid to find new voices from across the UK. Jennifer Kerslake, editor at W&N, tells us more…

    BookMachine September 5, 2016
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