One of Britain's biggest publishers, Bloomsbury, dropped a book about malpractice at the Tavistock gender identity clinic and sacked the editor who supported the project. The publisher insists that the views of younger staff had no bearing on the decision. The book went on to become a bestseller. Additionally, Bloomsbury canceled another contracted manuscript on the complex legacy of the British Empire. Meanwhile, JK Rowling's publisher told junior employees demanding the severing of ties with the world's highest-grossing author that they would not comply with their demands and that they were welcome to seek employment elsewhere.
JK Rowling's publisher told junior employees demanding the severing of ties with the world's highest-grossing author that they would not comply with their demands and that they were welcome to seek employment elsewhere if they couldn't deal with this refusal. An easy decision.… https://t.co/F7DfwD32HI
To clarify: I've had two different publishers. Little, Brown, publisher of my current books, refused to bow to pressure from staff members who didn't want to work on The Ickabog, but it was Bloomsbury, publishers of Harry Potter, who turned down the excellent #TimeToThink. https://t.co/PP8Izd4dGE
JK Rowling's publisher told junior employees demanding the severing of ties with the world's highest-grossing author that they would not comply with their demands and that they were welcome to seek employment elsewhere if they couldn't deak with this refusal. An easy decision.… https://t.co/F7DfwD32HI
JK Rowling's publisher told junior employees demanding the severing of ties with the world's highest-grossing author that they would not comply with their demands and that they were welcome to seek employment elsewhere. An easy decision. The harder decision was to stand by a… https://t.co/F7DfwD32HI
One of Britain's biggest publishers dropped a book about malpractice at the Tavistock gender identity clinic, cancelled another contracted manuscript on the complex legacy of British Empire, and later sacked the editor who had supported both projects. https://t.co/5bgE7SMhQQ
Publisher insists the views of younger staff had no bearing on decision about the book on the gender identity services clinic, which went on to be a bestseller ⬇️ https://t.co/ofSc5ite5c
'How Bloomsbury dropped Tavistock book — and sacked editor behind it "Publisher insists the views of younger staff had no bearing on decision about the book on the gender identity services clinic, which went on to be a bestseller" https://t.co/IiVTT1mjKy