Spare Room Project

The London-centric nature of our industry is well-acknowledged.

The Spare Room Project helps people from outside London enter the publishing industry by arranging free temporary accommodation in the capital. By easing accommodation costs, this allows hopefuls to secure potentially career-changing
job interviews and short term internships that they previously would be unable to attend.

Many participants have also enjoyed the opportunity for informal mentoring that the scheme creates.

This initiative is a practical, flexible, and constructive way existing members of the book trade can support publishing hopefuls and help to increase the regional diversity within the publishing industry.

You can apply to be a guest here.

You can apply to be a host here.