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17-09-2020, 01:26 PM | #1 | |||
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A book shop has announced they will no longer stock JK Rowling novels and will "phase out" the copies of Harry Potter they currently have in store. Rabble Books and Games in Maylands, Australia, shared their bold decision in a post on social media on Tuesday. They explained that this move was intended to help them become a "safer space" for the community. This comes after the 55-year-old author sparked outrage by voicing an opinion regarding transgender ,"rights" https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...?ocid=msedgntp Last edited by LeatherTrumpet; 17-09-2020 at 04:52 PM. |
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17-09-2020, 01:28 PM | #2 | |||
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Keeping the Darren's happy.
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17-09-2020, 01:31 PM | #3 | |||
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This is ridiculous. Pffft.
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17-09-2020, 01:33 PM | #4 | |||
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...it’s an outlet in Australia and it says that there are many books that it doesn’t stock on the shelves...(...similar to Waterstones and many other bookstores..)..but they’re happy to order...that’s often the way with books...
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17-09-2020, 01:34 PM | #5 | |||
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Thank's for cutting through the fog.
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17-09-2020, 01:34 PM | #6 | |||
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...they’re not censoring it, it’s readily available to order from them...(...as are many other books..)...
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17-09-2020, 01:35 PM | #7 | |||
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17-09-2020, 01:36 PM | #8 | |||
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I thought they just meant the'll order in the Harry Potter books after phasing them out? Maybe im wrong, it's not crystal clear.
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17-09-2020, 01:39 PM | #9 | |||
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...actually, I think that you’re right, Swan...I stand corrected, I don’t think that the new book is available in that Perth shop at all...
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17-09-2020, 01:39 PM | #10 | |||
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Honestly I think things like this will only give more support to her
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17-09-2020, 01:40 PM | #11 | |||
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...I have no idea how her books sell in Australia....but she is worldwide so...
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17-09-2020, 01:42 PM | #12 | |||
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Bloody hell, Ammi. I'd deleted my outraged post, and now I have to be outraged all over again.
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17-09-2020, 01:42 PM | #13 | |||
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...it’s still not clear whether it’ll be available to order from them or not...as Swan said, it’s quite confusing how it’s all worded...
“Whilst stocking a book isn’t an endorsement (good grief, that would be a minefield), and we will always take orders for books that aren’t in stock, there are more worthy books to put on the shelf, books that don’t harm communities and won’t make us sad to unpack them.” |
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17-09-2020, 01:43 PM | #14 | |||
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17-09-2020, 01:44 PM | #15 | |||
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Yeah, sounds like they're skipping it.
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17-09-2020, 01:48 PM | #16 | |||
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Going by the * it's just a side note on her pseudonym, not that they'll stock her new book, or any other book written by her (other than Harry Potter), even to order.
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17-09-2020, 02:05 PM | #17 | |||
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A private establishment has the right to stock whatever they want or don’t want to, no big deal
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17-09-2020, 02:17 PM | #18 | ||
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It's their shop, they can choose what stock to sell. To call it censorship is a bit silly, especially when you can still order the titles with them, they just won't stock 'em.
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17-09-2020, 02:17 PM | #19 | |||
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17-09-2020, 02:20 PM | #20 | |||
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Troubled Blood, the new book from Robert Galbraith aka J K Rowling, has shifted more copies in a day than Lethal White sold in its first week, according to publisher Little, Brown.
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/r...g%20-%20170920 No publicity is bad publicity ...as they say
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17-09-2020, 02:28 PM | #21 | |||
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That first pic she looks amazing
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17-09-2020, 02:35 PM | #22 | |||
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POW! BLAM!
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Bit pathetic really. If seeing a book by somekne who points out biological realities is that triggering for someone, maybe they just shouldn't leave the house.
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17-09-2020, 02:50 PM | #23 | |||
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...this is from Pink News also as well as the Australian bookstore one...Jedward and Piers Morgan in ‘furious clash’ on Twitter...
...the Tweets aren’t loading for me for some reason so I’ll just link the whole article... https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/1...ights-twitter/ |
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17-09-2020, 02:53 PM | #24 | |||
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Book burning though? Didn't they do something like that in the 1950's
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17-09-2020, 02:54 PM | #25 | |||
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Yes and back then they liked to tell women to shut up and sit down as well...backwards in time we're going
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