by Suzanne Collier | Jan 14, 2019 | Careers Guidance, Inclusivity, Podcasts, Publishing
We are delighted to announce our new bookcareers podcast and platform bookcareers.com LIVE. You can listen to the first episode about Cliques in Publishing and find out all that is going on with bookcareers.com/live. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes...
by Suzanne Collier | Aug 8, 2018 | Inclusivity, Publishing, Work Experience
Where are the opportunities for under 18s to undertake work experience? I have spoken to many publishers and all have told me that they cannot take anyone under 18 for ‘health and safety reasons’. Those that do, have it arranged by a select school...
by Suzanne Collier | Mar 8, 2018 | Careers Guidance, Inclusivity, Publishing
As a celebration of International Women’s Day, here is a podcast of panel talk given to the Society of Young Publishers Oxford Branch back in July 2010, on the subject of the Careers of Women in Publishing. Even though many years have gone by since this speech,...
by Suzanne Collier | May 2, 2017 | Inclusivity, Publishing, Work Experience
As part of its Changing the Story initiative launched last year, Hachette UK will be partnering with The Book Trade Charity (BTBS), to offer subsidised accommodation in London to support people, for whom London is otherwise prohibitively expensive, to start their...
by Suzanne Collier | Mar 8, 2017 | Inclusivity, Publishing
When I wrote last year for International Women’s Day about ‘What happens to women’s careers when they get pregnant?’ I asked women who felt they’d been discriminated against because of pregnancy to get in touch. I was perhaps expecting...
by Suzanne Collier | Feb 23, 2017 | Inclusivity, Publishing
Many areas of publishing are anxious to innovate and, quite rightly, want to increase the diversity of their workforce. Innovation usually focuses on solutions to improve publishing’s outputs—the revenue-generating products and services which pay the bills. But the...
