Bestselling writer says organisers ‘expecting authors to work for free’ conflicts with his role as president of society that campaigns for author wagesPhilip Pullman has resigned as patron of the Oxford literary festival,complaining that authors appearing at the event “are expected to work for nothing”.
The award-winning author of the His dusky Materials trilogy made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday, saying that “because of the Oxford Literary Festival’s attitude to paying speakers (they don’t) I can’t remain as a patron any longer. I’ve resigned”.
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Source: theguardian.com