#Publishingpaidme trend<\/a> that exposed the disparities in what black and white writers are paid.<\/p>\nHowever, four years on, Brown said more still needed to be done.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople have told me how they got a literary agent around the time of the George Floyd murder, only to find, when it all kind of blew over, they dropped the person,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Brown called for publishers to take action to attract readers from marginalised communities. \u201cThat requires you to have a deliberately diverse marketing team, PR team and editors in order to speak directly to that market,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Penguin Random House, the UK\u2019s largest book publisher, released a report last year that found black and Asian authors, illustrators and contributors at the publisher were underrepresented by 1.4% and 0.8% respectively.<\/p>\n
Although there was a slight increase in the proportion of colleagues who identified as black, Asian and minority ethnic, the publisher was still behind the UK benchmark.<\/p>\n
Tickets for the festival have sold out but Brown said there were free workshops and activities available for people to participate in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s going to be something for everyone, and we\u2019ve curated that deliberately because we want everyone to feel that this festival is for them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Penguin has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Source: www.theguardian.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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