eprintid: 10053872
rev_number: 24
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datestamp: 2018-08-07 12:39:10
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creators_name: Ramdarshan Bold, M
title: The Eight Percent Problem: Authors of Colour in the British Young Adult Market (2006–2016)
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B03
divisions: C01
divisions: F15
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
note: © 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/).
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.
date: 2018-09
date_type: published
publisher: Transaction Periodicals Consortium
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-018-9600-5
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Journal Article
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elements_id: 1573790
doi: 10.1007/s12109-018-9600-5
language_elements: English
lyricists_name: Ramdarshan Bold, Melanie
lyricists_id: MRAMD18
actors_name: Ramdarshan Bold, Melanie
actors_id: MRAMD18
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Publishing Research Quarterly
volume: 34
number: 3
pagerange: 385-406
issn: 1053-8801
citation:        Ramdarshan Bold, M;      (2018)    The Eight Percent Problem: Authors of Colour in the British Young Adult Market (2006–2016).                   Publishing Research Quarterly , 34  (3)   pp. 385-406.    10.1007/s12109-018-9600-5 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-018-9600-5>.       Green open access   
 
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