Anne Fine

...in 2006. The controversy was recently renewed when children's authors, including Philip Pullman and Anne Fine, said they would rather give up their regular school visits than comply with the "insulting requirement". Unpaid volunteers...

In this article: Ed Balls, ISA, Barry Sheerman, and Philip Pullman

...it is madness to extend this to every individual who enters a school. Popular children's authors, including Phillip Pullman and Anne Fine, are perfectly justified in objecting to the demands of the new "Independent Safeguarding...

In this article: Phillip Pullman, God, Tax, Gordon Brown, Stipulation, and Ed Balls

...he warned. "You can't argue about boundaries," he said, referring to writers such as Philip Pullman, Frank Cottrell Boyce and former children's laureate Anne Fine, who were vehement in their protests against the scheme. Pullman had...

In this article: Philip Pullman and Frank Cottrell Boyce

...children against paedophiles. 'Poisonous' Figures such as Philip Pullman, Anne Fine and Anthony Horowitz have all told theIndependent they object to having their names on the database. Mr Pullman calls the new policy "corrosive and...

In this article: The Guardian, Daily Mail, Anthony Horowitz, Philip Pullman, Carbon, and Asperger's Syndrome

...nothing but contempt." Mr Pullman is not alone in his refusal. Other authors who object to being vetted include Anne Fine, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake. According to former Children's Laureate Mrs Fine: "The whole...

In this article: Philip Pullman, Department of Health, Quentin Blake, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo, Alan Johnson, and Andy Burnham

...Dark Materials, said the idea was "ludicrous and insulting". Former children's laureates Anne Fine and Michael Morpurgo have hit out at the scheme which costs GBP64 per person. Officials say the checks have been misunderstood and authors...

In this article: Philip Pullman, Michael Morpurgo, The Guardian, and BBC Radio 4

...were safe to talk with children. Anne Fine described the scheme as "Government idiocy" which would drive a wedge between children and adults, while Morpurgo described the compulsory database as "a nonsense". But Deary, speaking on Thursday...

In this article: Terry Deary, Philip Pullman, Horrible Histories, ISA, Michael Morpurgo, Criminal Records Bureau, and Quentin Blake

...visiting schools in protest. Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake all said they would refuse to have their names on the database, which carries a GBP64 registration fee. However, the chief executive...

In this article: ISA, Allegation, Cannabis, Philip Pullman, France, Barnardo's, Quentin Blake, Anthony Horowitz, and Michael Morpurgo

...alone with a child, it's not anything like working with children day in and day out." Authors joining the boycott include Anne Fine, the 2001-2003 children's laureate whose book, "Madame Doubtfire," was made into an Oscar-winning movie...

In this article: Michael Morpurgo, Allegation, Anthony Horowitz, Francesca Simon, Philip Pullman, London, Criminal Records Bureau, and Alex Rider