Common people: Breaking the class ceiling in UK publishing
Common people: Breaking the class ceiling in UK publishing
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普通人：打破英国出版业的阶级天花板
作者：
K. Shaw
英国人口仅占世界人口的百分之一，但却是世界上最大的图书出口国。作为一个蓬勃发展的创意产业，英国出版业也通过零售、印刷和营销等直接相邻部门对英国经济做出了重大的间接经济贡献。然而，英国工人阶级作家在英国出版业的代表性不足，已被出版业和英国政府确定为一个重大的社会和经济挑战。2018年，英国艺术理事会资助了英国工人阶级作家的第一个写作发展计划，旨在解决这种不平衡。本文首次评估了这一独特举措对英国创意和创意产业的影响，以及对英国出版业中阶级天花板的存在和影响的更广泛认识。
Abstract The United Kingdom has just one percent of the world’s population but is the largest exporter of books in the world. As a thriving creative industry, UK publishing also makes a significant indirect economic contribution to the British economy via immediately adjacent sectors including retail, printing and marketing. However, the under-representation of British working class writers in UK publishing has been identified as a major social and economic challenge by both the publishing industry and the British government. In 2018, Arts Council England funded the first ever writing development programme for British working class writers that aimed to address this imbalance. This article assesses for the first time the impact of this unique initiative on both creatives and the creative industry in the UK, as well as on wider awareness of the presence and impact of the class ceiling in UK publishing.