Authors Pay, Influencers Get Paid: Make It Make Sense

This week on Authors Off Script, we're getting into bookish spaces, who gets to take up room in them, and who actually pays the price for being there.

We talk about the growing presence of men in spaces that have historically been created, shaped, and largely supported by women readers and authors—and the frustration that can come when people enter those spaces without considering whether their presence is actually needed, or whether they're simply taking up space that could be going to the people the community was built around.

And then we get into the money conversation.

Authors can spend hundreds of euros to attend book events, travel, book accommodation, pay for tables, and promote their work… while influencers and other guests can sometimes be invited and paid to attend.

So naturally, we have questions.