March 2025: news for emerging authors

Spring has sprung and so we too must spring into action. I make no apologies for that pun and I hope it made you smile. There was so much author-relevant news last month, including the passing of the award-winning and beloved children’s author Alex Wheatle; the Booksellers Association committing to piloting a mentoring programme for candidates from the global majority to diversify bookselling staff across the country; and even The Bookseller’s own editor Philip Jones reflecting on a request for more representation from Wheatle years ago, and whether The Bookseller did enough to deliver on it.