According to the Society of Authors, some literary festivals in Britain pay £150-£200 ($310-$414) per appearance. Novelist and critic Amanda Craig wrote an open letter calling for the boycott that other writers such as Linda Grant, Francis Wheen, Joanne Harris and Louisa Young have now signed. Many of us have had enough of that," he said. Only the authors are expected to work for nothing. "That's equivalent to saying 'we're not paying you, and we're not letting you get paid anywhere else either. What's more, the festival demands that writers do not appear on the same topic within 30 days or 40 miles of the festival. British writers festivals that don't pay authors for their appearances face a potential boycott by authors and publishers after Philip Pullman, the president of the country's Society of Authors, resigned as patron (after being so for 20 years) of the Oxford Literary Festival because of its policy of not paying his members.
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