Writers' society warns against plan to dissolve France's National Book Centre
The Société des gens de lettres says a Senate proposal threatens the body that funds much of French publishing, warning of consequences for editorial diversity.
The Société des gens de lettres (SGDL) has raised the alarm over a proposal, carried by Les Républicains senators Pauline Martin and Mathieu Darnaud, to dissolve the Centre national du livre (CNL), according to Livres Hebdo.
The SGDL argues that scrapping the CNL would put at risk the funding of the book sector as a whole, the independence of grants supporting literary creation, and, above all, editorial diversity, Livres Hebdo reports.
The CNL is the public institution that channels state support to writers, publishers, booksellers and translators in France. No further detail on the senators' proposal, its timetable or the government's response was given in the available reporting.
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