The Basics

King, Amy & Sarah Clark. “The 2017 VIDA Count.” VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, June 17, 2018. Visit Site Compiles demographic data on how various underrepresented groups and populations are reviewed, awarded grants, etc.

Low, Jason (JASONTLOW). “Where Is the Diversity in Publishing? The 2015 Diversity Baseline Survey Results.” Lee & Low Books, Jan. 26, 2016. Read Article

Pope, Colin. “We Need to Talk About the Canon: Demographics in The Norton Anthology.” The Millions, April 29, 2019. Read Article 

A Deeper Dive

2018 Canadian Book Publishing Diversity Baseline Survey – Summary Report. Association of Canadian Publishers, March 2019. Read Report

Agosto, Denise E., Sandra Hughes-Hassell & Catherine Gilmour-Clough. “The All-White World of Middle-School Genre Fiction: Surveying the Field for Multicultural Protagonists.” Children’s Literature in Education, Vol. 34, No. 4, Dec. 2003, pp. 257–75. ResearchGate. Read Article

Bala, Sharon. “Canada Reads and the Gender Gap.” Sharon Bala, March 25, 2018. Read Article

Degen, John & Harry Thurston. “Canadian Writers Working Harder While Earning Less.” The Writers’ Union of Canada, 2015. Read Press Release and Report

Demand for Diversity: A Survey of Canadian Readers. Booknet Canada, May 1, 2019. Read Report

“The Diversity Baseline Survey: Taking a Look in the Mirror.” Lee & Low Books. Read Article

Harvey, Melinda & Julieanne Lamond. “2017 Stella Count.” The Stella Prize, 2018. Read Report

Horning, Kathleen T. “Publishing Statistics on Children’s Books about People of Color and First/Native Nations and by People of Color and First/Native Nations Authors and Illustrators.” Cooperative Children’s’ Book Center, University of Wisconsin/Madison, last updated July 5, 2019. Read Report

Kean, Danuta, ed. “Writing the Future: Black and Asian Writers and Publishers in the UK Marketplace.” Spread the Word, April 15, 2015. Read Report

Lo, Malinda. “2014 LGBT YA by the Numbers.” Diversity in YA, Dec. 10, 2014. Read Report

Pajovic, Vesna & Kristina Vyskocil. “2015 CWILA Count Methods & Results.” Canadian Women in the Literary Arts, 2015. Read Report

Rawson, Casey. “Are All Lists Created Equal? Diversity in Award-Winning and Bestselling Young Adult Fiction.” The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, June 14, 2011. Read Article

Shah, Angilee. “A Survey of Who Works in the Book Industry Gives Us a Clue about Why It’s Not Diverse.” Public Radio International, Jan. 28, 2016. Read Article

“The 2018 Black SFF Writer Survey Report.” FIYAH-Literary Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. Visit Site

Wilson, Kristian. “How Diverse Is Children’s Literature?” Bustle, Sept. 14, 2016. Read Article