Skylark funds writing retreat place for diversity in publishing

Children’s literary agency Skylark Literary is sponsoring a place on a writers’ retreat in the hope of advancing diversity within children’s publishing.

Book Bound Retreat, an intensive, three-day children’s-fiction writing workshop, is run by four editors who are also published authors; Skylark has joined forces with the Book Bound team to offer a free place to a writer from a community currently underrepresented in children’s publishing. The retreat takes place on 11th–13th May 2018.

Skylark founders Amber Caravéo and Joanna Moult said: "We firmly believe children’s publishing would be all the richer for the inclusion of more diverse voices. The Book Bound team are experts in giving authors the skills to strengthen their craft and, hopefully, develop writing careers. We are excited to give that Book Bound opportunity to someone who might otherwise not have had the chance."