Inside the Australian and New Zealand book industry

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Lack of diversity remains an issue within the book industry

‘How can we expect anything other than a white and middle-class way of looking at the world if the key decision-makers are predominately white and middle-class? Diversity isn’t a trend, it’s a lived experience—claiming otherwise reduces FNPOC experiences down to the equivalent of a trending flame icon on Booktopia.’—Camha Pham for Kill Your Darlings on the continued lack of diversity in the Australian publishing industry despite increased demand for books by First Nations writers and people of colour.

 

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