Children’s literature festival criticised after requests that comments on diversity be deleted

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:58:35 GMT

John McLay, one of the founders of the festival in Bath, contacted writers who had noted a lack of diversity in the programme to request they remove comments posted to social mediaBath children’s literature festival is facing criticism after its founder emailed authors asking them to delete social media posts about the festival’s lack of diversity in its 2026 programme.Authors said that their comments criticising the festival for its lack of representation under a post on its Instagram page were deleted, with the original post later removed and comments limited on other posts. Continue reading...

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