Featuring: Nels Abbey, Farrah Serroukh, Aimee Felone, Melody Triumph
Chair: Jasmine Richards
Auditorium 2, Level 4 (10 mins from Level 0)
Time: 4pm – 5pm
In the years since 2020, the publishing industry made bold promises about equity and representation. But how much has really changed — and how do we ensure progress isn’t just performative, but permanent?
In this vital discussion, a leading panel of changemakers unpacks the realities of structural inequality and asks what it will take to create a publishing ecosystem that is both economically sustainable and equitably diverse.
Join Farrah Serroukh (CLPE), Nels Abbey (Black Writers’ Guild), Melody Triumph (The Black Curriculum), and Aimee Felone (Knights Of) in conversation with Jasmine Richards (Storymix) as they explore what meaningful change looks like — from who gets published and paid, to who holds power and makes decisions behind the scenes.
This session moves beyond talk to action: strategies, investments, and systemic shifts that can truly transform the future of British publishing.
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