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English PEN promotes new writing from Albanian, Chinese and Lebanese authors

Another month, another great set of books and events for PEN supporters to enjoy! We’re proud to be promoting not one but three books this coming October, Continue reading

Authors’ incomes collapse to ‘abject’ levels

ALCS survey finds median annual earnings for professional writers have fallen to £11,000, 29% down since 2005

Will Self
‘My own royalty income has fallen dramatically over the last decade,’ … Will Self. Photograph: Murdo Macleod
Will Self’s lament for the death of the novel earlier this summer has been cast into stark relief by “shocking” new statistics Continue reading