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“Stories matter. And words matter.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the PEN America Symposium

On Monday, September 12, at a sold-out event in New York that celebrated the centenary of the free expression group PEN America, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was among the many literary

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Bestselling children’s author Gillian Philip is sacked, after she added hashtag #IStandWithJKRowling to her Twitter handle amid bitter transgender row

A bestselling children’s author has been sacked after expressing support for fellow writer JK Rowling in the bitter row over transgender rights. In the latest example of Cancel Culture, novelist

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Opinion: J.K. Rowling Is Taking Heat From the LGBT Left. And The Reason Should Concern Us All

Originally published on The Daily Signal   Just weeks ago, few could have predicted the fiery backlash that J.K. Rowling, author of the bestselling Harry Potter series, would receive from