Do I still count as a working class writer?

Navigating identity, privilege, and the publishing world's latest attempt to fix its class problem.

I’ve been chewing on this question since New Writing North launched The Bee—an initiative aimed at tackling the “class crisis” in UK publishing. They say only 10% of authors come from working-class backgrounds. That statistic doesn’t surprise me. It’s clear to anyone who's ever hovered at the fringes of the industry: literature, like so much else in Bri…