UQP: Aboriginal Children's Book Bila Pulled over Illustrator's Bondi Attack Comments

UQP: Aboriginal children's book Bila pulled over illustrator's Bondi attack comments

Several writers have cut ties with the University of Queensland Press for cancelling the book.

‘Shameful and abhorrent’: Authors call for publisher boycott after book pulled from print

The University of Queensland’s publisher cancelled the upcoming First Nations children’s book over illustrator Matt Chun’s political posts about last year’s Bondi attack.

Book pulled over illustrator's Bondi massacre post

A university publishing house has cancelled a children's book, saying the illustrator's past comments breached its anti-Semitism policy.

Authors leave publisher after kids book cancelled for illustrator's comments

Writers including Evelyn Araluen and Randa Abdel-Fattah have left University of Queensland Press after the publisher axed publication of an Indigenous kids book over its illustrator's past "anti-Semitic" comments.

Children's book scrapped after illustrator's remarks on Bondi victims

The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has cancelled a forthcoming children’s book after concluding it could not proceed without appearing to endorse public comments made by its illustrator following the Bondi terror attack. Bila: A River Cycle, written by Wiradjuri poet Jazz Money and illustrated by Matt Chun, had been scheduled for release this year. […] The post Children’s book scrapped after illustrator’s remarks on Bondi victims appeared …