Event commits to paying all authors £150 from next year, in the wake of protracted dispute sparked by Philip Pullman’s resignation as patron
Oxford literary festival has announced that it will in future be paying all authors who appear there. The news follows an 11-month standoff prompted by Philip Pullman’s resignation as patron on the basis that it was no longer acceptable to expect writers to “work for nothing”.
Pullman’s resignation followed a wave of anger from leading authors, 30 of whom went on to sign a letter calling for a boycott of the event, which will celebrate its 21st year in April.
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