18 for ’18: the talent and trends tipped for the topin 2018
by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Holly Williams, Killian F from on (#3C1ZR)
From girls with attitude on screen to new grime debuts, from Steve McQueen's return to Tacita Dean's London takeover, Observer writers on what to look forward to in the coming year
Something special is happening in UK publishing. After the success of The Good Immigrant (edited by Nikesh Shukla) and titles like Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, there has been a renewed push to rectify the problems of an industry that has too long ignored narratives outside the white experience. Out of the thousands of titles published in 2016, a Bookseller study found that fewer than 100 books were published by non-white Brits.
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