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What do sensitivity readers actually do? We meet them

To some, they are the foot soldiers of wokeness, tinkering with the words of literary legends like Roald Dahl. Laura Antonia Jordan meets today’s sensitivity readers to hear what they actually do

Evening Standard

Cynthia M. Allen: Leave Roald Dahl alone! Classics for kids don’t need to match our delicate sensibilities

There has been a debate raging within my household for months over when my oldest children (ages 6 and 7) will be permitted to watch “The Witches,” the 2020 film based on Roald Dahl’s fantasy children’s novel of the same title.

Tribune News Service

Merseyside writers divided on reworking of Roald Dahl's famous books

One Wirral author said the changes were "inevitable" despite reading Roald Dahl's work growing up

Liverpool Echo

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First Roald Dahl, now Ian Fleming’s James Bond books are changed by publishers

Ian Fleming's James Bond novel series is being adjusted for political correctness ahead of its 70th anniversary re-release.

The New Daily

‘Sweet tang of rape’: Offensive language that has – and hasn’t – been cut from Ian Fleming’s James Bond books

An overview of what’s made the cut in the sensitivity reader-approved editions

The Independent UK

Editorial: The absurd and asinine cleansing of Roald Dahl’s work

Like the rest of the sane universe, we couldn’t believe the gall of Puffin U.K. when word came out that the publishing house and the Roald Dahl Story Co., the entity that manages his work, had conspired to make hundreds of changes to the writers’ iconic books.

Tribune News Service

‘Updating’ Roald Dahl? It’s the same old story…

Rewriting the children’s author is about profit not ‘wokeness’ – part of the endless recycling and exploitation of old ideas

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Ricky Gervais shares expletive-ridden thoughts on Roald Dahl censorship debate

Comedian has now weighed in on furore over children’s books being edited

The Independent UK

Roald Dahl threatened publisher with ‘enormous crocodile’ if they changed his words

Conversation with Francis Bacon emerges amid the row over updating controversial language in the children’s author’s books

The Guardian - UK

Penguin to publish 'classic' Roald Dahl books alongside new editions after 'censorship' backlash

Penguin Random House announces it will publish "classic" unaltered versions of Roald Dahl's children's novels after it received criticism for cuts and rewrites in new editions.

ABC News

Penguin announces ‘The Roald Dahl Classic Collection’ after outrage over censorship

Penguin has decided Roald Dahl’s books can remain intact after all.

Los Angeles Times

Roald Dahl ‘classic’ books to be published intact after backlash

The move comes after criticism of scores of changes made to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and other much-loved classics for recent editions published under the company’s Puffin children’s label, in which passages relating to weight, mental health, gender and race were altered.

Chicago Sun-Times

Penguin to Publish ‘Classic’ Roald Dahl Books after Backlash

Publisher Penguin Random House announced Friday it will publish “classic” unexpurgated versions of Roald Dahl’s children’s novels after it received criticism for cuts and rewrites that were intended to make the books suitable for modern readers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Roald Dahl originals revived after backlash

LONDON: Roald Dahl’s famous children’s books including “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Matilda” will be published uncensored later this year, the publisher Puffin said on Friday, bowing to pressure after a public outcry over modernised versions.

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The Independent UK

Penguin to publish 'classic' Roald Dahl books after backlash

Publisher Penguin Random House says it will publish “classic” unexpurgated versions of Roald Dahl’s children’s novels, after criticism of cuts and rewrites intended to make the books suitable for modern readers

The Independent UK

The 6 most glaring edits to Roald Dahl’s books by publisher Puffin

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic

The Conversation

I was an adoring Dahl fan as a child but let's not reissue them for a new generation

If children are built, in part, by the books they’re raised on, then I was all Roald Dahl. From my small bedroom in suburban Essex, his stories allowed me to try on new and distinctly more exciting lives for size.

The Conversation

Roald Dahl: A brief history of sensitivity edits to children’s literature

Puffin Books have worked with the consultancy Inclusive Minds (who say they help publishers, authors and illustrators work towards authentic inclusion, accessibility, and diverse representation) to revise some of the language used in Roald Dahl’s books for children, more than 100 years after his birth.

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The Independent UK

Camilla appears to criticise Roald Dahl book edits: ‘Enough said’

Publisher Puffin removed hundreds of words such as ‘fat’ and ‘flabby’ from beloved Dahl titles

Evening Standard

OPINION - Changing Roald Dahl’s words is an act of cowardice and we all know it

Inclusivity is a good thing. No one in our society should be made to feel left out because of who they are. We should all be mindful of gratuitously offending anyone. But increasingly this thoughtful principle has turned into a thoughtless obligation — and this has severely damaging ramifications for…

ABC News

Revisions to Roald Dahl's books stoke anger about censorship, but authors say change is justified

Roald Dahl's UK publisher releases a statement on revisions to his books, prompting some bestselling authors to share their thoughts about changing works to suit modern sensitivities.

Salon

Bait and switch censorship of Roald Dahl

There are issues with the children’s book writer, but they’re not the words “fat" or "men"

Reason

Save Roald Dahl Books From the Dreaded Sensitivity Readers

Let Augustus Gloop be fat.

Los Angeles Times

Roald Dahl's books have been edited to stop calling people fat so much

New editions of classic 20th century children's books by British author Roald Dahl — such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," "Matilda," "The Witches" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox" — have been edited and rewritten to remove language seen as offensive or potentially insensitive to modern-day…

Daily Mirror

'The changes in Roald Dahl's books are offensive - I'd rather be fat than enormous'

Confidence strategist Lizi Jackson-Barrett has spoken out about the changes to Roald Dahl's books, saying they are unnecessary and in some cases the new texts are more insulting than the original

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