Updated: 2 May 2021, 20:59
BOOK festival bosses have axed a Harry Potter quiz because of author JK Rowling’s stance on trans issues.
Organisers of the Featherston Booktown Kurakatea bash said they acted after talks with the LGBTQ community and literary experts.
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A book festival in New Zealand has axed a Harry Potter quiz over author JK Rowling s stance on trans issuesCredit: Debra Hurford Brown
Festival chairman Peter Biggs told local media in New Zealand: “The overwhelming response was there was a risk around causing distress to particular members of the community and that was the last thing we wanted.
“We always thought that Booktown should be an inclusive, welcoming place for everyone, so we took the decision not to go with Harry Potter.”
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7 January 2021 Congratulations to Lesley, who received the biennial award for her role as an educator, pioneer and advocate in architectural education around the world.
The prestigious prize was established in 2000, and is awarded by RIBA to individuals who “have made an outstanding contribution to architectural education in a higher education institution”. The estate of architect Herbert Spink bequeathed the Annie Spink Memorial Trust to RIBA in honour of his wife, for the “advancement of architectural education”.
Lesley is an architect and an academic advocate. She trained as an architect at The Bartlett during the 1990s. She completed her PhD at The Bartlett in 2007 and is now a Visiting Professor for the School. In 2014 she founded and led the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, and has also taught at Iowa State University, University of Illinois, Kingston University, University of Westmin