If YOU agree with Roz and Orna – call over to her original blog post and reblog/share it from there 😀
It’s not my policy to run press releases, as this blog is my personal writing and publishing adventures. But this is a campaign I’m proud to get behind, and I think it will strike a chord with a few of you guys too.
Today, the winner of the Man Booker is announced, and Orna Ross (left), founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, has issued an official plea to literary prize organisers everywhere: it’s time to open prizes to the quality work being produced by self-published authors.
Here’s Orna:
‘As so many authors are now producing work of creative and commercial merit, a prize that fails to include author-published work is deficient: unrepresentative in a way that seems incompatible with the prize sponsors’ commitment to diversity and inclusion. We strongly urge the Man Booker Prize to find ways to include self-publishing writers in their programme.’
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Excellent choice to share Chris. Hugs!
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That’s what I thought, Teagan – MFHugs 😀
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Hope lives eternal which is why I’ll continue to write.
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😀
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Well done! Speaking as a selfpublished author, it can be very disheartening it times.
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Keep writing!
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Thank you, Chris!
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Very welcome, Roz – Great call to action 😀
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