Blake Friedmann Places Two In Carole Blake Open Doors Project
Blake Friedmann has offered two places on their inaugural Carole Blake Open Doors Project, along with a three-month paid internship to a third applicant.
Ada Igwebu, from Aberdeen, will take the first placement, from May 8-19. Connor Faulkner, from Doncaster, has been offered a second placement from July 31 to August 11. Grace Kabeya, from Zimbabwe by way of University of Exeter, will take up a 3-month paid internship from May to July 2017.
The Carole Blake Open Doors Project is a program specifically aimed at encouraging candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds to enter the publishing industry. Applications will re-open in July for a placement in late autumn 2017. The project offers 10 days of work shadowing to selected applicants over a two-week period, including funding for travel and up to twelve nights’ accommodation in London.