Menopausing is Book of the Year and Salman Rushdie gets a special accolade at British Book Awards
In his acceptance speech, he said: "We live in a moment, I think, at which freedom of expression, freedom to publish has not in my lifetime been under such threat in the countries of the West."
The author said the freedom to publish was also the freedom to read what you want without it being decided for you externally.He described it as an "extraordinary attack" and added: "It is quite remarkably alarming, and we need to be very aware of it, and to fight against it very hard." He also warned publishers against altering the work of authors like Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming. He said they should resist that and allow books "to come to us from their time and be of their time."
Philip Jones, editor of The Bookseller and chair of the judging panel said publishers had played a role in creating conversations around "mental health, misogyny, sexuality and gender, the menopause and more".Bonnie GarmusRichard E Grant, the creator of the Heartstopper graphic novels which inspired the Netflix series, was named illustrator of the year
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