‘Let them read books’: why publishing needs to pay its interns

It’s been a year since Spread The Word’s ‘Writing the Future’ report found that unpaid internships were hampering diversity in publishing, and six years since Suzanne Collier called for publishing internships to be structured and monitored. A panel on diversity at this year’s London Book Fair heard that unpaid internships were a “very real barrier” to entry. Read more here.