David Walliams dropped by his publisher
From The Bookseller magazine, 'Bestselling children’s author David Walliams has been "dropped by HarperCollins" over allegations of "inappropriate behaviour".
A statement first reported in the Telegraph, which followed an investigation, read: “After careful consideration, and under the leadership of its new CEO, HarperCollins UK has decided not to publish any new titles by David Walliams. The author is aware of this decision.
“HarperCollins takes employee wellbeing extremely seriously and has processes in place for reporting and investigating concerns. To respect the privacy of individuals we do not comment on internal matters.”
I hadn't got to the end of that before I thought 'Bet the new CEO is a woman' and yes, I was right - though you could say that it took a CEO with balls to kick out such a best-selling author. I'm assuming that a lot of people here know who he is because of the kids' books – I only know him from his TV work and had always thought him creepy.
A statement first reported in the Telegraph, which followed an investigation, read: “After careful consideration, and under the leadership of its new CEO, HarperCollins UK has decided not to publish any new titles by David Walliams. The author is aware of this decision.
“HarperCollins takes employee wellbeing extremely seriously and has processes in place for reporting and investigating concerns. To respect the privacy of individuals we do not comment on internal matters.”
I hadn't got to the end of that before I thought 'Bet the new CEO is a woman' and yes, I was right - though you could say that it took a CEO with balls to kick out such a best-selling author. I'm assuming that a lot of people here know who he is because of the kids' books – I only know him from his TV work and had always thought him creepy.
