Have your say on the skills needs of the literature sector

From a Creative & Cultural Skills press release:

Creative & Cultural Skills is inviting the literature sector to contribute to a new plan to develop the skills needs of the industry.

The Literature Blueprint will be a workforce development plan for literature in the UK. It will analyse the skills needs of the literature sector and propose key actions in response. The plan is focused on creative writers and those who support them. We would like to hear a range of views from the sector, from writers across different disciplines to writers’ networks and anyone who works to support the development of the literature sector. The plan will be UK-wide.

Tom Bewick, Group Chief Executive, Creative & Cultural Skills, said: “The UK is rightly proud of its literature sector, which encompasses a range of working practices and business models. To ensure the continued success of the sector in a time of intense technological and economic change, we need to focus now on developing those skills that will be needed in the future.”

Antonia Byatt, Director, Literature Strategy at Arts Council England, said: “We are delighted to have been partners with Creative & Cultural Skills in developing the Literature Blueprint. To ensure that everybody can access high-quality literature experiences, both now and in the future, is at the heart of our work, and the development of skills is vital in this aim.”

Please go to http://www.ccskills.org.uk/Industrystrategies/Industrysectors/Literature/tabid/103/Default.aspx to download The Literature Blueprint. The consultation closes on Friday 19 March 2010.