@article{discovery10053872,
         journal = {Publishing Research Quarterly},
          number = {3},
            year = {2018},
           title = {The Eight Percent Problem: Authors of Colour in the British Young Adult Market (2006-2016)},
           pages = {385--406},
            note = {{\copyright} The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).},
       publisher = {Transaction Periodicals Consortium},
           month = {September},
          volume = {34},
            issn = {1053-8801},
          author = {Ramdarshan Bold, M},
             url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-018-9600-5},
        abstract = {The conversations surrounding 'diversity' in the Anglo-American book publishing industry have increased in recent years, and often centre around the lack of representation of publishing professionals, authors, and characters of colour. This paper contextualises these discussions within British YA, a market that has grown in popularity since 2006. Through an analysis of the corpus of all Young Adult fiction titles published, in the UK, during the 2006-2016 period, this paper will investigate what percentage of the titles were created by authors of colour; to determine whether this number has risen over the years, and to pinpoint any patterns and anomalies that emerge over the time period.},
        keywords = {Young adult fiction, YA, UKYA, Young adult publishing, Authorship, Diversity, Diverse YA, Inclusive YA, Authors of colour, British authors, British publishing, UK publishing, BAME authors}
}