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Diane Patrick’s Biography

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On a freelance basis, I create B2B content. My hundreds of business articles covering book publishing, entertainment, and law have appeared in Billboard, Black Issues Book Review, Criticas, Diversity and the Bar, Essence, JazzTimes, Legal Assistant Today, People, Publishers Weekly, The Recorder (f/k/a The San Francisco Law Journal), The Wire (U.K.) and more.

Diane Patrick’s Journalist Portfolio

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Meet the Editor: Rakia Clark

Meet the Editor: Rakia Clark

Though she started her career working on staff for New York trade publishers, Rakia Clark worked as a freelan…

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Call and Response: Social Justice Books 2020-2021

Call and Response: Social Justice Books 2020-2021

In an effort to understand how the public outcry over systemic racism has impacted publishing programs, PW co…

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Meet the Publicist: Fauzia Burke

Meet the Publicist: Fauzia Burke

In 1995, the internet was still in its infancy and many in the publishing industry were trying to ignore it. …

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'Melanin in YA' Database Promotes Black Voices

'Melanin in YA' Database Promotes Black Voices

For those seeking to support and amplify the Black presence in the YA literature category, Los Angeles-based …

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Meet the Agent: Regina Brooks

Meet the Agent: Regina Brooks

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Brooklyn-based Serendipity Literary Agency, one of the largest Black-…

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Meet the Agent: Tanya McKinnon

Meet the Agent: Tanya McKinnon

As readers look to understand America's current social crisis, Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper, What Truth S…

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WI2025: ABA Offers Pre-Conference Program for BIPOC Booksellers

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By Diane Patrick Verified
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In response to concerns raised by BIPOC booksellers at Winter Institute 2024 that so-called traditional bookselling models center white business strategies, the ABA is launching Ignite, a free pre-conference program, this year. Ignite is designed to connect booksellers and bookstore owners of color with BIPOC authors and editors for conversations about entrepreneurship and equity in a diverse industry landscape.
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ABA Offers Pre-conference Program for BIPOC Booksellers

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By Diane Patrick Verified
| Publishers Weekly Verified
In response to concerns raised by BIPOC booksellers at Winter Institute 2024 that so-called traditional bookselling models center white business strategies, the ABA is launching Ignite, a free pre-conference program, this year. Ignite is designed to connect booksellers and bookstore owners of color with BIPOC authors and editors for conversations about entrepreneurship and equity in a diverse industry landscape.
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Inclusive Children’s Book Publishers

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By Diane Patrick Verified
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photo credit: The Booth Photo & Video Kandace Coston Kandace Coston Editor, Lee & Low Books Coston graduated from Barnard College in 2012 with a degree in music and sought career advice from the alumni center. The recommendation was surprising: children’s book publishing. The office connected her with graduates in the field, and through contacts at We Need Diverse Books, Coston landed a marketing internship at Lee & Low in 2015.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yup! My first few articles were created on a typewriter. Learned to use it in high school.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

By editors who are assigning the story to me... which is how all my articles have come about!

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Not my newspaper, but I was an editor of my high school yearbook.