Edinburgh International Book festival sponsor Baillie Gifford has been criticised over its fossil fuels investments.
The multi-award winning, best-selling novelist Zadie Smith is among the writers who signed the letter
The authors of the letter expressed solidarity with those harmed by the climate crisis, including people in the global south and in the UK, who have lost their homes, livelihoods and been forced to migrate. Novelist Yara Rodrigues Fowler added recent global wildfires, flooding and extreme heat showed the destruction being caused by the fossil fuel industry.
"For these reasons we promise to think about your letter carefully. The last thing we want is to let anyone give the impression we are on opposite sides."
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