Author Joanne Harris faces growing pressure to be axed from her position as Chair of the Society of authors after she was accused of mocking death threats to writers.
Radical feminist Julie Bindle, novelists Christina Dalcher, Anne Fine, Alex Marwood and Paula Byrne along with journalist Helen Joyce expressed deep disquiet in an open letter to the trade union.
A university research paper by Swedish PhD student Karl Andersson s examination into has attracted considerable criticism in the media and social media this week.