Amid the heated debate over whether traditional publishing will survive e-publishing and the Kindle, what is happening to black publishing? Since the publication of Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African in 1789, Margaret Busby launching Allison & Busby Ltd in the 1960s and the heady launch of The X Press in 1992, how is black publishing faring? What is its current role? From the margins to the mainstream? The state of Black British publishing will also discuss the role of e-publishing in sustaining its future and that of black authors. Joy Francis, executive director of Words of Colour Productions, will chair an exciting panel of publishers, editors and writers, including Patsy Antoine (former editor at HarperCollins, former commissioning editor for Random House), Steve Pope (former editor of The Voice, co-founder of X Press), Kadija (George) Sesay (founder/publisher SABLE LitMag, series editor for the Inscribe imprint at Peepal Tree Press) and Jacob Ross, (former editor of Artrage Intercultural Arts magazine, associate editor for fiction at Peepal Tree Press).
Date: Thursday 24 October 2013
Venue: Dalston C.L.R. James Library, Dalston Square
Dalston, London E8 3BQ
Time: 6.30pm-7.45pm
Price: Free
Age: 16+
Bookings: No booking required