Social Classes and Social Form

4 Dave O'Brien holds that the publishing industry in the UK has a "serious class problem,[being] one of the most socially exclusive of creative industries" (2019, 278).Accordingly, Katy Shaw's work on the North-South divide and the creative industry shows the extent to which the representation of authors is shaped by their socio-economic background and regional differences.Her article "Common People: Breaking the Class Ceiling in UK Publishing" (2020) provides valuable insights into the current dynamics in the Londoncentred publishing industry and the lack of representation of British working-class writing.