In this candid business of publishing panel, three industry experts examine the systemic challenges facing BIPOC and other marginalized professionals. Unpack leadership, access, gatekeeping, and the structural shifts still needed to build a more equitable industry.
Sponsored by Dundurn Press.
Author
Annahid Dashtgard (she/her) is an author and CEO of leading inclusion company Anima Leadership. Fire and Silence is her third non-fiction book after Bones of Belonging and Breaking the Ocean.
Speaker
Nour Sallam (she/her) is a literary agent at The Caldwell Agency. She is a member of the AALA and sits on the advisory committee of BIPOC of Publishing in Canada.
Speaker
Joe Lee (he/him) is the publishing manager at McClelland & Stewart, a division of Penguin Random House Canada. A publishing professional of ten years, he acquires and edits fiction and non-fiction.
Ameema Saeed (she/her) is a writer, a book reviewer, a Sensitivity Reader, a book buyer at Indigo Books & Music, and the Books Editor for She Does the City, where she writes and curates bookish content, and book recommendations. When she’s not reading books, she likes to talk about books (especially diverse books, and books by diverse authors) on her bookstagram: @ReadWithMeemz
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