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LIT BITS: The publishing glass ceiling

A report recently published by Thorpe-Bowker, the Bloom Report, claims that there is a glass ceiling for women in Australian publishing.

14 Jun 2007 12:00

Lauren Finger

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Glass Ceiling
A report recently published by Thorpe-Bowker, the Bloom Report, claims that there is a glass ceiling for women in Australian publishing. The Weekly Book Newsletter states that the report on business and employment trends in the Australian publishing industry indicates that only 32% of women in publishing earn over $100,000, ‘even though [they] accounted for 78% of those earning over $45,000 a year, and 62% of all employees in publishing’.

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Lauren Finger

About the Author

Lauren Finger lives in Sydney and is an editor at a trade publishing company. She is studying for her Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Technology and has been on the editorial committee of their annual writers' anthology. When not reading or scribbling, she is quite keen on the beach, fine food and football.