How To Get Involved

Watkins Media is profiting from authors, readers, and cultural workers while their CEO, Etan Ilfeld, invests in Israeli AI technology linked to the military occupation and genocide of Palestinians. Join us in demanding divestment, transparency, and the return of rights to authors.

Here’s how to take action

Watkins Authors (Books already published)

Request rights reversion from Watkins in writing. If refused or asked to pay, go public.

Cease promotion of your Watkins-published book(s) and ask others not to stock or promote them until rights are returned.

Readers

Don’t buy Watkins books.

Spread the word on social media: #BoycottWatkins

Support displaced Watkins authors by buying their other work, inviting them to speak, or supporting new publishers that take them on.

Watkins Authors (Books in the pipeline or under contract)

Pause all collaboration—do not submit edits, approve proofs, or promote preorders.

Publish a statement announcing your withdrawal of support unless the boycott’s demands are met.

Bookshops

Stop ordering or selling titles from Watkins and its imprints (Repeater, Angry Robot, Nourish, Datura, Moon + Bird) until demands are met.

Host events spotlighting displaced Watkins authors now seeking new homes for their work alongside Palestinian authors

Agents

Refuse to sell or license work to Watkins or its imprints.

Advocate for your clients seeking to exit contracts on ethical grounds.

Support authors in negotiations and resist legal pressure from Watkins when authors request rights reversion.

Cultural Workers (Editors, Designers, Freelancers, Critics)

Refuse paid or unpaid work with Watkins Media and its imprints.

Publicly endorse the boycott and withdraw your labor.

This is Not Just About One Company

It is about challenging the normalization of investment in violence and the silencing of those who resist it. When writers, readers, and cultural workers act together, we become impossible to ignore.