The route to publication needs to be more transparent and less mystifying to the new or emerging writer in order for the literary market to become less elitist and more inclusive. The stories of ordinary people who may have had extraordinary lives, memoirs from more marginalised groups are all needed in order to not only show different experiences and perspectives but also can encourage other minority groups to share their experiences too. And consequently, this makes for a more diverse, more illuminating, richer literary market – and readership.