University Research Project Brings Together Pakistani Women Editors

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This article by Asian Standard reports on how the Editing Women Workshop at The Last Word bookshop in Lahore brought together Pakistani women editors to develop sustainable solutions for independent literary publishing.

This article provides an overview of the participants in the Editing Women Workshop in Lahore (July 2022), participants and topics for discussion. It comments:

“A research project funded by Teesside University has brought together women editors in Pakistan to develop sustainable solutions for the country’s literary publishing industry.

The workshop, which took place in Lahore earlier this month, has made significant advances in connecting women editors with wider stakeholders to think through shared goals and challenges and pinpoint current priorities.

Led by Dr Madeline Clements, a Senior Lecturer in English Studies in Teesside University’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Law, Editing Women was aimed at supporting women editors in investigating their position in the contemporary Pakistani publishing landscape.”

This article can be read in full at: https://www.asianstandard.co.uk/university-research-project-brings-together-pakistani-women-editors-to-develop-sustainable-solutions-for-independent-literary-publishing-in-pakistan/