Submissions for the third edition of The Bookseller’s Black Issue open

The Bookseller will publish a third Black Issue on 26th May 2023, guest edited by associate editor Natasha Onwuemezi.

Submissions are now being welcomed for the issue, including interviews, features and opinion pieces. Onwuemezi is looking for pieces focusing on Black people and topics within the book trade. 

Pitches from writers including authors, agents, editors, industry employees and booksellers should be sent to natasha.onwuemezi@gmail.com by 14th April 2023.

A preview of books by Black authors and illustrators will also be published in the same issue. Book submissions, for titles to be published between May 2023 and April 2024, should be sent to The Bookseller by 14th April 2023.

Printed books for the preview may be sent, with an AI, by 14th April, to Katie Fraser at The Stage Media Company, 47 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XT, or an electronic AI may be sent to Katie.Fraser@thebookseller.com. For advertising support, please contact Emma.Lowe@thebookseller.com.

Onwuemezi said: “I’m very excited to be working on the Black issue again this year. I look forward to building on two years of important work and highlighting all things in Black publishing.”