Don’t miss Adam Szetela’s talk exploring censorship, sensitivity reviews, and the battle over free speech in publishing. When he interviewed presidents and vice presidents at the Big Five publishers, literary agents at the most prestigious agencies, award-winning authors, editors, marketers, sensitivity readers, and other industry professionals, what Adam Szetela found was unsettling: mandatory sensitivity reads, morality clauses in author contracts, even censorship of "dangerous" books in the name of antiracism, feminism, and other forms of social justice. Szetela's talk is a much-needed wake-up call for anyone who cares about the freedom to read and write books.
Free lunch begins at 11:30am, event spans 11:45am-12:45pm.
