On Diversity: A Survey of Canadian Readers 2021

The 2021 update on our 2018 report, Demand for Diversity asks Canadian readers if there’s continued demand for diversity. We wanted to know: How do they define “diversity”? What type of diversity do they want to see? What do they think about industry efforts to diversify books and the publishing workforce?

In addition to the answers to the questions above, the full, free report includes data on how and where readers acquire their books, how and where they discover their books, their reading behaviours, and more.

Download a PDF copy or an EPUB copy of the report.

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