The London Book Fair and the Publishers Association have announced that the Building Inclusivity in Publishing conference will return for a second year on November 13, 2017, following the great success of the inaugural conference in 2016.
Entitled Building Inclusivity in Publishing – Reflecting All: Effecting Change, and chaired by BBC's arts correspondent Razia Iqbal, the conference will highlight the action currently being taken to improve diversity across the publishing industry, while exploring what more needs to be done to ensure equal representation.
Spanning the entire publishing process, from author to reader, this year's conference will revisit some of the pledges made at last year's conference and encourage delegates to make new pledges.
Key themes will include: BAME progression and the commercial imperative; getting more writers from minorities published; supporting employees with disabilities in the workplace; and the importance of role models in the workforce.
Building Inclusivity in Publishing is open to all those working in the book industry and the wider creative industries, and attendees include booksellers, agents, authors, literary festival and event organisers, and publishers.
The inspirational full-day programme will feature a range of speakers from beyond the publishing industry, including: Selma Nicholls, founder of Looks Like Me, a talent and casting agency for underrepresented groups; Nancy Roberts, founder of Business Inclusivity, a social enterprise supporting greater inclusivity in boardrooms; and Jamie Beddard of Diverse City, an organisation committed to diversity and equality in the arts.
Tickets are now available at: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/Whats-On/conferences/bipconference/
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