Friday 19 April 2013

Independent Alliance creates 'Independents Day'

The Independent Alliance consortium of ten UK publishers including Faber and Faber, Atlantic Books, Canongate, Icon Books, Profile Books, Short Books, Quercus, Serpent's Tail and Granta, in association with the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is to launch a one-day festival 'to celebrate and explore independence across the creative industries in Britain'.

The festival is scheduled to take place on 6th June.  Among the featured publishers will be Faber's Stephen Page and Atlantic's Ravi Mirchandani who will take part in seminars along with other leaders in the creative industries including Laurence Bell, founder of Domino Records and well-known writers including Alan Bennett and Edna O'Brien.

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