How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy

Abstract

uses the pit village dialect of North-East England (Pitmatic) in the dialogue of working-class characters. The accompanying exegesis explores how writers of contemporary fiction from the UK use dialect to represent Northern and working-class characters, and whether this choice affects the response to this work from the book industry in the form of acceptance for publication, reviews and sales.