And we have begun! Head over to @wordsofcolour on IG Live for Day 2 of #RethinkingDiversityWeek for our next talk: Looking Beyond the White Middle Class Reader

Speakers: @valrey @bertsbooks @MerylHalls @BAbooksellers @Anamik1977
Read the #RethinkingDiversity in Publishing report here: https://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/rethinking-diversity-in-publishing-the-first-in-depth-academic-study-in-the-uk-on-diversity-in-trade-fiction/
Rethinking ‘Diversity’ in Publishing the first in-depth academic study in the UK on diversity in...

Rethinking ‘Diversity’ in Publishing is the first in-depth academic study in the UK on diversity in trade fiction and the..

https://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/rethinking-diversity-in-publishing-the-first-in-depth-academic-study-in-the-uk-on-diversity-in-trade-fiction/
On bookshop audiences: "I wanted to make something that isn't intimidating so people who don't normally go into a bookshop feel really comfortable coming in" - @bertsbooks on founding Bert's Books
On recommendations + 'Must Read lists': 'There’s an assumption that ‘Oh, if you've read Jane Austen…’ - people will worry that they haven’t and therefore think they can’t browse a bookshop.' @bertsbooks, formerly Wh Smith's former Head of Books & Marketing #RethinkingDiversity
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