#KeepFestivalsHybrid campaign launches

Penny Batchelor and RedDoor Press are asking literary festival organisers to make accessibility a key factor in their planning.


#KeepFestivalsHybrid is a campaign to encourage event organisers in the publishing world to prioritise accessibility by running events both in-person and online.

Online events enable disabled authors who are unable to travel to promote their work on a level playing field with other writers. They also widen participation to include readers who can't afford to pay travel costs on top of the ticket price or who may have been put off attending in person events by social anxiety or simply the thought that the literary world was not open to them.

The campaign is supported by The Bookseller magazine. To add your signature to our open letter go to: https://bit.ly/3bU4bso