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An anti-trans activist called for screening attendees of the film Adult Human Female to be protected by police... from cheering and clapping.

Ms Harris posted the poll on Twitter in August after Harry Potter author Ms Rowling had expressed her support for her fellow writer Sir Sir Salmon Rushdie, who had just been stabbed in the US.

The chair of Lavenham Literary Festival shares her favourite things about the county

The chair of Lavenham Literary Festival shares her favourite things about the county

Former Sussex university professor Kathleen Stock suggested public figures should not have "undeclared trans-identified offspring".

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.

Harris, who faces calls to resign, posted on social media following Rowling receiving a death threat for her support for Sir Salman Rushdie in the wake of his stabbing on Friday.

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.

Writer Joanne Harris last night faced calls to resign as chairman of the Society of Authors after she was accused of mocking JK Rowling with a tasteless Twitter poll about death threats.

With friends like this, who needs homophobes?