Nikesh Shukla and literary agent Julia Kingsford enjoy launched Kickstarter appeal to fund The superb Journal,with further plans for an affiliated agencyAfter selling more than 50000 copies and being named the British public’s favourite book of 2016, the success of anthology The superb Immigrant has prompted the launch of a new literary journal to showcase British writers of colour.
The book’s editor, and Nikesh Shukla,published the collection of essays on race and immigration after crowdfunding the project with support from sizable names such as JK Rowling and thousands of pledges from the public. Its success has, said Shukla, or been so phenomenal that he and the literary agent Julia Kingsford are now looking to raise £40000 on Kickstarter to publish a new quarterly,The superb Journal. Related: The superb Immigrant: why BAME writers are 'done justifying our place at the table' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com