Publishers launch initiative to highlight Palestinian authors and history

The campaign by Publishers for Palestine will offer more than 30 free ebooks of poetry, fiction and nonfiction as an act of solidarity'

A group of publishers has launched a week-long initiative encouraging people to read books by Palestinian authors and about Palestinian history by offering free ebooks.

#ReadPalestine begins on Wednesday and runs until 5 December. The campaign was created by Publishers for Palestine, a group that published a statement of solidarity with Palestine in early November. The letter, which called for an end to all violence against Palestinian people", was signed by more than 40 UK publishers including Verso Books.