Yes,book publishers hold a problem with writers of colour – it’s just not the one Man Booker prizewinner Marlon James describesThere are so few ethnic minority voices in publishing and the media that when one criticises another it has come to be regarded as a form of strike-breaking. Knowing the obstacles we face (some obvious, others less so), or I’ve always been reluctant to cross swords with those facing similar dilemmas – particularly when they’re as brilliant as this year’s Booker prizewinner Marlon James. The Jamaican novelist appeared at a Guardian event and shared some of his thoughts approximately being a black author.
His contention was that black writers are pressured into a style that the major publishers think appeals to white women in the suburbs because theyre the ones who read most novels. The pains is,the evidence suggests that the truth is nearly the opposite.
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Source: theguardian.com