A publisher's perspective on diversity: A conversation with Hermione Thompson.
In this conversation, Hamish Hamilton's editorial director Hermione Thompson discusses the stages by which a book reaches the buying public. The role of agents and the different expectations of literary and genre-focused publishers are considered. The Black Lives Matter movement has been instrumenta...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Postcolonial Writing Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 391 - 399 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2023
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