According to the The Bookseller author Philip Pullman has resigned as patron of the Oxford Literary Festival, since the festival does not pay speakers.

Following this decision a number of authors have now signed a letter, written by Amanda Craig, calling on publishers and writers to boycott festivals that do not pay them.

We welcome this action by writers – which highlights the issues that ‘artists’ in many different practices are not being paid for their works, skills and experience.

Published in April 2016

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