Welcome
To the website of the All Party Parliamentary Writers Group
The creative industries form a hugely significant part of the UK economy and will have a major role to play in our efforts to establish a more financially stable future. These industries are built around the talent and hard work of creative individuals and I am therefore delighted to be involved with this group at such an important time for creators.
The digital environment presents both opportunities and challenges for writers and there are many questions ahead concerning how best the new technology can be harnessed to achieve a balance between access and fair reward. Debates over copyright will no doubt continue in the coming years and I look forward to working with members of the All Party Writers Group to ensure that the writer’s voice is heard in these important discussions at the appropriate level.
John Whittingdale MP
Chair of the APWG
6 March 2012
Author Dialogues Evening
A joint event being held by the All Party Parliamentary Writers Group and the All Party Parliamentary Publishers Group, this seminar will begin with a series of discussions between leading authors and their publishers:
- Julia Donaldson, Children's Laureate and writer of The Gruffalo will be joined by Alan Hurcombe, MD of Scholastic.
- Crime writer Val McDermid will be in discussion with Ursula Mckenzie, CEO of Little Brown.
- Robert Levine, author of Free Ride: How Digital Parasites are Destroying the Culture Business, will be joined by Kay Peddle, Editor at The Bodley Head.
Drinks and canapés
will be provided
5-7pm, Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, Westminster
News
8 February 2012
Details of the adjournment debate, held by Pete Wishart MP on 7 February 2012 into Intellectual Property, can be seen now on Hansard here.
14 December 2011
The IPO launched a consultation on proposals to change the UK's copyright system.
Details can be found here.
3 August 2011
The Government response to the Hargreaves Report was published today. A copy of the response is available to download from the IPO website
www.ipo.gov.uk/ipresponse.
The ALCS press release commenting on the response is available to download here.
A briefing note will follow shortly.