Phillipa Gregory, whose historical novels such as The White Queen and The Red Queen are critically acclaimed, pulled out after she refused to bow to the demands of the organisers over the content of a talk she had planned for today.
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Leading author in attack on book festival
A best selling author has criticised Edinburgh International Book Festival after more than 20 events involving some of Britain’s best-known writers and artists were cancelled.
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